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TopicWhat particular statements by Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson make them alt righ
TheMikh
12/08/18 11:52:08 PM
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Dash_Harber posted...
TheMikh posted...
The fundamental difference between its use by Nazis and its use by opponents of conflict theory today is that the former used it to refer to anything they didn't like in society


This is exactly what Peterson does with Cultural Marxism, though. Remember when he said he didn't think he could support gay marriage legalization in Australia because it would be giving to much ground to the 'Cultural Marxists'?

The most telling feature is that he can't identify a single group or entity that actively claims to be Cultural Marxists. It's just a label he applies to anyone he doesn't agree with to try and discredit them ad-hominem.

Touch.

His claim is indefensible in that context, and you are correct that his use of the term is vague with respect to a concrete definition, aside from the occasional namedropping with questionable accuracy, as far as I know.

Furthermore, his trademark bogeyman "the bloody postmodern neomarxists" is loaded with inaccurate assertions about poststructuralism and its thinkers, which to my understanding quite is distinct from Marxism and its derivatives, despite some overlap here or there.

I maintain that his opposition to antisemitism and to racial identitarianism of any kind (the latter in particular, as there are some otherwise terrible alt-right figureheads that are not antisemitic) is the primary litmus test with respect to whether he falls under the category of the alt-right, or at least its post-2016 incarnation. But he certainly uses the term "cultural marxism" inappropriately.
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