Thank you for taking the time to read and respond, Jon! I agree with most everything you said, but I did want to challenge you on one part of your response. Though I laughed when you called the PC Egalitarians “morons” and dismissed the idea that they may make up most of the Alt Left, I do disagree with you. I can understand your pov, but take it from someone who was in it for 20 years: a lot of people in the SJW Left believe they are doing the Lord’s work, so to speak. Even if this is a delusion they have sold themselves, I believe those people can more easily be engaged with than the PC Authoritarians. I mean — look at me. I used to be a true cultish believer and yet once I started noticing the authoritarian means, the violence and the hypocrisy, the ‘scales fell from my eyes and I regained my sight.’ I believe in empathy for everyone — Trump voters (for whom this part of left likes to deny empathy) and for this part of the left! It is a hard exercise for sure, but I believe when I speak from a place that’s more judgmental than compassionate (which I have sadly found myself doing of late, actually) it is not very productive or positive.
