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The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

This is the best explanation for the disconnect between progressivism and conservatism that I've ever heard. It makes total sense. I sort of knew this already, since it's clear from their racism that they think helping minorities hurts them somehow, but this video wraps that idea up into a nice, simple explanation.

[+] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The quality of Innuendo Studios has been declining lately, and I no longer feel comfortable sharing their videos. https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/innuendo-studios-is-getting-more-reactionary-2c9e54da67b5

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The first reference in that article is to a behavior. It’s not IS’s fault that there are a lot of articles denigrating people with NPD for displaying that behavior. The behavior itself is an issue, whether or not the person doing it has NPD. A job interview is an example of flattery and manipulation, and that’s why nobody expects them to be an absolutely accurate view of a person.

The second reference is a language issue and it’s a valid point. “Narcissistic” is a loaded term, in that it’s both a diagnostic descriptor and a colloquial term, and it’s easy to simply substitute it with egotistical or self-obsessed, which don’t have additional medical definitions. This is the absolute first time this has come across my radar, though, so I wouldn’t be hugely surprised if it’s also not on IS’s radar- the author of that piece ascribes it to hate, but that seems like a real stretch.

I watched the video, and then visited the sources. This seems like a good candidate for the psychology of the video, but frankly, there are a lot of sources that all describe the methods of alt-right actors online. It would be great if it was better sourced, but it’s a quick video that doesn’t cover too much new ground.

The title of the article is also misleading- the author notes a poorly cited video and two microaggressions against people with NPD, but those aren’t reactionary things imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I think that aggression against people on the basis of disability is inherently reactionary, no matter the scale of the aggression, nor the disability in question. Furthermore, there's also the fact that Ian thinks Gary was wrong to defend an indigenous species from genocide by a colonising power. That is an incredibly bad take to be coming from an outlet often touted as exemplary of leftist values. And the fact that it seems to be a factor that the liberator of the indigenous people is supposedly disabled, makes it very sus.

[+] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

The whole capitalizing 'my' thing is a really weird vibe that comes off ironically narcissistic. Also who starts an article with a digit? Does Medium no longer have editors?

Honestly it kind of reminds me of a thread that popped up here a few weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I am not sure Medium ever had editors. I think they got a good reputation because a lot of professional writers wrote blogs and articles on there, but AFAIK it has always been a blog site.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I use capitalised neopronouns because I'm transgender and nonbinary. I'm sure you didn't realise that, or else you wouldn't have complained about My pronouns. And yes, I am a person living with narcissistic personality disorder. You can psychoanalyse a potential connection between My gender and My disability if you wish, but please don't feel the need to share your opinion of My psychiatric history, as I've heard, and thought about, it all before. Chicken, egg, it doesn't matter to anyone else but Me, because it doesn't hurt anyone except perhaps Me. That is if people are not understanding of My gender identity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If discussion of politics is not to your liking

Actually, I am Extremely Political. Here are My blog posts on the subject of the subject of politics. One admittedly quite aggressive on the subject:
https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/there-is-no-such-thing-as-apolitical-and-claiming-otherwise-is-dangerous-72180711a310
https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/apolitical-queers-dont-deserve-to-opt-out-of-discourse-25bf467f9cc2

Also, I admit that I am constructing a very emotional narrative in the blog post, which is a transparent attempt at emotionally manipulating people into feeling empathy and patience for the big scary person living with NPD. I find that when I use language that permits people to think of these issues as a matter of cold, hard, factual accuracy, their ability to empathise with oppressed peoples who they've been told to hate is deeply impaired. Stories are the language of human memory. They're easy to listen to, easy to remember, easy to think about, and easy to feel about. The human mind is optimised for processing stories more readily than facts. So I often try to present facts as stories.

In any case, thank you for the idea to ask Ian directly. I just did so, and I plan to heavily rethink My post if he agrees.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Been many years since I saw this. Thanks for bringing it back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the good share

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Wow, this was a fantastic explanation.