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Ann Coulter, Radicals Who Never Fight, and Antifa Cowardice
from Searching For Bobby Fischer · #81
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3 minTim mocks people who think a single book or tweet changes their politics, calls out keyboard radicals like Dylann Roof sympathizers, and rips into Antifa for only throwing rocks at Gavin McInnes instead of actually fighting the government.
- 26:17Ann Coulter's books don't actually shift your thinking, no matter how provocative her rhetoric.
- 26:48Deep engagement with ideology is tedious and ultimately fills you with dread about how insurmountable real change actually is.
- 27:15In some countries, people do more than tweet about their political beliefs.
- 27:29The people who take decisive action in collectivist movements are always the worst people.
- 27:43College kids at Tufts claim to be Maoists while their fathers are dentists and their mothers order them sushi.
- 28:17If you actually believe you're a radical, stop doing street skirmishes with the alt-right and go fight the government instead.
- 28:43Tim tells self-identified radicals they need to fly a real plane into the Pentagon if they want to accomplish anything.
- 29:06Throwing rocks at Gavin McInnes accomplishes nothing—it's just posturing that fifteen-year-olds engage in.
Ann CoulterGavin McGinnisTufts CollegeJohn EdwardsDylan Rube