Talk:Alt-center

From RationalWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Others[edit]

White supremacist Ryan Faulk also described himself as an alt-centrist (or something similar to that effect). Muslim guy (talk) 00:26, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

The trifling matter of evidence[edit]

I can find no evidence that either Nathan Cofnas, or [redacted], has ever labelled themselves as "alt-center". Is there any? If not, shouldn't they both be removed from this page?--Greenrd (talk) 21:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

They don't specifically need to use the label; both [redacted] and Cofnas try to present themselves as centrists who oppose both far-right and far-left extremes, when their views are more or less far/alt-right (only minus in Cofnas' case the anti-Semitism.) Cofnas has 1745 tweets; I've failed to find him having a normal discussion - all he unhealthily fixates with is race/ethnicity, race and IQ and Kevin MacDonald etc. Someone so obsessed with these sort topics to the extent they look nuts is not a political centrist.Tobias (talk) 21:49, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
That's not what centrist means. Centrist doesn't mean both not-far-right and not-far-left; it's more specific than that. It means at, or near, the political center. Most people are not of the far left or of the far right - that doesn't, in and of itself, make them centrists. Have either of them ever called themselves centrists, even? If not, you're constructing a straw man only to knock it down very efficiently, which is not actually very impressive, I regret to inform you.--Greenrd (talk) 22:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Greenrd, you seem be labouring under the erroneous impression we can only call someone something if they self identify as that thing. It isn't very helpful. — Dysk (contribs) 22:07, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Lets provide an example; Cofnas' laughable attempt to try to present himself as a "race realist" between "race denying liberals" and the alt-right:

I had more respect for the alt-right 5 months ago [...] But now [...] They are no different from liberals who deny race differences.

Who is meant to believe this BS? So we're expected to believe he's not alt-right, despite sharing their "race realism"/HBD views. And read the whole thread on that link. Plenty of other individuals have pointed out his views on race are more or less alt-right.Tobias (talk) 22:11, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Concern[edit]

This article if I am not mistaken was mentioned in recent legal complaints by plaintiffs (I won't name them) and provides numerous alleged defamatory descriptions. Should not this article be deleted? 204.48.29.0 (talk) 15:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)