I\u2019m a white guy. I\u2019m a well-educated intellectual who enjoys small arthouse movies, coffehouses and classic blues. If you didn\u2019t know any better, you\u2019d probably mistake me for a lefty urban hipster.
And yet. I find some of the alt-right stuff exerts a pull even on me. Even though I\u2019m smart and informed enough to see through it\u2026
Trust me: After all that, some of the alt-right stuff feels like a warm, soothing bath. A \u201csafe space,\u201d if you will. I recoil from the uglier stuff, but some of it \u2014 the \u201chey, white guys are actually okay, you know! Be proud of yourself, white man!\u201d stuff is really VERY seductive, and it is only with some intellectual effort that I can resist the pull. And yet I still follow this stuff, not really accepting it, but following it just because it\u2019s one of the only places I can go where people are not always telling me I\u2019m the seed of all evil in the world. If it\u2019s a struggle for someone like me to resist the pull, I imagine it\u2019s probably impossible for someone with less education or cultural exposure.
you: seduced by the alt-right
me, an intellectual: follow the alt-right, increasingly conceptualize my identity and ideals in its terms, write apologetic epistles about it, but resist its pull
I mean, christ, talk about no self-aw\u2026
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