re: #174 Charles

I wondered how long it would take people to show up denying that these kooks are “far right.”

Not long at all.

It’s really sad that some people are so invested in the term “right wing” that they refuse to even see the existence of an extreme right wing.

Yes, there is one. And yes, it’s often antisemitic, fascist, and promotes New World Order conspiracy theories, international banker conspiracy theories, and neo-Nazism.

But don’t let me me interrupt the denial with any reality. Wouldn’t want to do that.

It is a matter of definition of terms and the ‘guilt by association, not investment in a term. Clearly institutional racism was a function of our culture and as such was historically ‘protected’ by a conservative orientation. Thankfully that is breaking down. But to suggest that kooks of the above variety can be lumped into a general conservative grouping is absurd. So either conservatives are not on the ‘right’ or these folks are not on the ‘right’ because the values they espouse are antithetical to any conservative valuation.