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Chad Loder Jan 8, 2023

When you see someone like Elon Musk embracing the far right, it's not because the far right has any kind of coherent political or intellectual worldview he agrees with. It's because the far right is the last bastion of shitty people - they will accept anyone regardless of their personal behavior.

The far right have no standards for behavior, identity or beliefs - you only need to share the raw desire to dominate others. The far right welcomes all manner of abusers, thieves, grifters, and scoundrels.

Logically therefore if you're an abuser, thief, grifter or a scoundrel you will eventually find that the only friends you have remaining are far right extremists.

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Chad Loder Jan 8, 2023

Because fascists lack a coherent political worldview, they have the biggest tent in politics. Contrary to popular belief, fascist movements do welcome all races, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

As long as you share hatred of some of the same groups, you can find a home in the fascist movement. If you're a trans woman who hates Black people, you'll find a home in the fascist movement (as long as you're willing to overlook transphobia).

If you're a Latino man who hates women and wants to dominate them, you'll find a home in the fascist movement (as long as you're willing to overlook racism). You'll be useful to the fascist movement as a token or ideological shield - they can use your marginalized identity to further their cause.

This is why you'll see gay fascists in a crowd of Proud Boys who are shouting "f*ggot", Black fascists storming the Capitol alongside people shouting the N-word at police, and Jewish fascists at an antivax rally standing next to people holding signs saying that COVID is a Jewish conspiracy.

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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

@chadloder This is, sadly, all too true. I've seen this happening in my own, mixed race, family. My brother is virulently misogynistic, racist, and homophobic/transphobic. He believes in the most wild conspiracy theories, is an anti-vaxxer (our parents were an MD and and RN), and has fallen down the "ethnonationalist" authoritarian reactionary fascist rabbit hole, desperately idolizing the Proud Boys and Trump despite being an object of their contempt. He took part in the Jan 6 attempted coup.