"But that doesn’t make you a “dissident” in the sense these other groups use the term. My sense—and I could be wrong here—is that the classical liberal commentariat are closer to a more extreme segment of the left than a moderate-wing of the (online) right."
You're not wrong here, as I explained in another comment. In addition to cognitiv…
"But that doesn’t make you a “dissident” in the sense these other groups use the term. My sense—and I could be wrong here—is that the classical liberal commentariat are closer to a more extreme segment of the left than a moderate-wing of the (online) right."
You're not wrong here, as I explained in another comment. In addition to cognitive dissonance. Additionally I think liberals like Lindsay are trying to gatekeep, despite the fact that the right is always on the forefront. The pattern goes: right notices, gets called bigots, people afraid to associate with the right, problem metastasizes to an undeniable flashpoint, liberals speak up and act like the defenders of freedom. See also: lockdown, vax mandates. It's possible if not likely that it's not just his ideological loyalty but that he senses a rightward shift (not an incorrect instinct) and is trying to mitigate it, due to ideological loyalty.
Kisin's history is too sketchy to bother make any assertions of motivation. His family is connected. Speaking of which, criticizing woke is lucrative. Anti-SJW Youtube exploded almost ten years ago just like this. Just because people dunked on SJWs it didn't mean they were right wing. It followed the dynamic I laid out previously: Gamergate (a makeshift right) was at the forefront, got slandered, liberals and classical liberals enter the fray when SJWs are well on their heels. The later the entry point the more likely it is to be grift. Why else would Lindsay call everything communist? It's a surefire way to hook your only remaining audience, the right. Not for nothing did he use the Communist Manifesto in his doctored hoax.
I'm a complete nobody but I tweeted out the term "woke right" Nov 1 of 2023, in the wake of 10/7. Dave Smith also had a good take last week. His take explains my use of it a year ago.
"But that doesn’t make you a “dissident” in the sense these other groups use the term. My sense—and I could be wrong here—is that the classical liberal commentariat are closer to a more extreme segment of the left than a moderate-wing of the (online) right."
You're not wrong here, as I explained in another comment. In addition to cognitive dissonance. Additionally I think liberals like Lindsay are trying to gatekeep, despite the fact that the right is always on the forefront. The pattern goes: right notices, gets called bigots, people afraid to associate with the right, problem metastasizes to an undeniable flashpoint, liberals speak up and act like the defenders of freedom. See also: lockdown, vax mandates. It's possible if not likely that it's not just his ideological loyalty but that he senses a rightward shift (not an incorrect instinct) and is trying to mitigate it, due to ideological loyalty.
Kisin's history is too sketchy to bother make any assertions of motivation. His family is connected. Speaking of which, criticizing woke is lucrative. Anti-SJW Youtube exploded almost ten years ago just like this. Just because people dunked on SJWs it didn't mean they were right wing. It followed the dynamic I laid out previously: Gamergate (a makeshift right) was at the forefront, got slandered, liberals and classical liberals enter the fray when SJWs are well on their heels. The later the entry point the more likely it is to be grift. Why else would Lindsay call everything communist? It's a surefire way to hook your only remaining audience, the right. Not for nothing did he use the Communist Manifesto in his doctored hoax.
I'm a complete nobody but I tweeted out the term "woke right" Nov 1 of 2023, in the wake of 10/7. Dave Smith also had a good take last week. His take explains my use of it a year ago.