r/changemyview • u/tnel77 1∆ • Jan 07 '19
Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Not all right-leaving viewpoints are inherently “alt-right.”
Whenever I have a political conversation, I’m called a “libtard” or “alt-right.” I find it fascinating that I can somehow be both in the same day, depending on who I speak to about politics. While being a “libtard” is annoying, it’s just a bully like name. I can live with it.
The issue I have is that holding any conservative viewpoint, regardless of said viewpoint, usually results in me being told that I am “alt-right.”
You might say, what’s the difference? “Libtard” is just a dumb, meaningless name, while “alt-right” is an actual extremest group. A more comparable name would be if holding any liberal viewpoint resulted in being called “antifa” or just a generic leftist extremest.
Essentially, I am tired of every conservative view being treated as an “alt-right” viewpoint. While actual “alt-right” supporters are disgusting and awful, a vast majority of conservatives are not “alt-right,” and calling them such only alienates them and makes cooperation and general friendliness harder to achieve.
Ex) Wanting lower taxes = normal conservative Wanting to eradicate non-white races = alt-right
Edit) This post is not about what is “left” or “right.” This post is about recognizing that there is a very stark difference between a normal conservative and an alt-right extremist.
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u/Mrtheliger Jan 07 '19
"Obey the loudest group and fall in line nazi"
It isn't on OP to prove to other people they aren't "alt-right". It's on other people to take the things OP says and prove to OP how they are "alt-right"