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I would argue that him not liking far right people is a good outcome rather then bad one. Him becoming far right too would be the worst outcome possible.

Because then far right would become bigger and that is catastrophic for their targets. Far right has victims, a lot of them.

Becoming friendly with far right by moving closer and closer to them while ignoring victims is wrong strategy.



There's really very little difference between far left and far right. They're both radical extremes that allow no diversity of thought and that demand unquestioning allegiance to the tribe. Contrary to popular sentiment (or media narratives) they will both resort to verbal and physical violence in support of their views. The only real difference is their opinion of government. Leftist want a total nanny state, far right-wingers want anarchy -- until one of them actually takes power. Then they both take the form of a dictatorship in some form.

Unfortunately, in today's atmosphere (and the sentiment in your comment seems to betray this), people on the left view anyone who's actually a moderate or even slightly right-of-center as "far right".




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