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I believe there are many schools of CRT, so nitpicking is always possible. Di Angelo, whose views are being taught at Google, seems to believe that white privi

I believe there are many schools of CRT, so nitpicking is always possible. Di Angelo, whose views are being taught at Google, seems to believe that white privilege and white unconscious racism are prevalent. I'm not sure that this is a "right wing" talking point. Here is a Black man, who studied CS at Oxford, talking about white privilege: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI

zimpenfish 5y ago
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI I mean, looking at the content, that's a heavily conservative, definitely alt-right, if not outright right-wing, channel. And the segment immediately prior to him proclaiming the white privilege is "a garbage concept" is him proudly relating the story about how he triggered and trolled people by "identifying as a female powerlifter" and all the alt-right people who covered it...
- CodeGlitch 5y ago
  So I've watched pretty much of all Triggernometry output, the 2 presenters have interesting backgrounds. Konstantin grew up in Soviet Russia and has been pretty left-wing his whole life (now identifies more centre-left), and Francis is a former teacher who spent time in Venezuela (I think his mother is from there?). As you can assume, they are pretty critical of communism. However it's interesting you've described the content as right-wing, as it's far from that. They are very pro-freespeech, and have interviewed some pretty old-school left-wing people such as George Galloway. Of course people just see that they interviewed people like Nigel Farage and assume they are right-wing (just because you interview a right/left winger doesn't make you that thing).
  - zimpenfish 5y ago
    > (just because you interview a right/left winger doesn't make you that thing) Indeed not but your reaction to what they're saying does - if you sit there and don't push back against X-wing views, that does tend to paint you as X-wing-leaning yourself (regardless of where you were born and where you claim to be politically.) In the linked video from above, for example, there's no pushback to Zuby's strongly conservative views about trans people, wokeness, abortion, etc.
    - CodeGlitch 5y ago
      I think their style is just to ask questions and get the guest to open up about whatever topic they're discussing, and they do push back if the guest says something outlandish. They usually just want the discussion "out there" for other's to make their own minds up. > strongly conservative views about trans people, wokeness, abortion, etc. Don't forget that outside of Twitter, Academia and Silicon Valley (i.e. most of the world), these are not "conservative" views but pretty mainstream. (I'll caveat that with abortion that one is probably too big a topic to discuss here.)
- bad_username 5y ago
  It sounds like you are using "conservative" or "right wing" to mean "wrong" or "bad".
  - zimpenfish 5y ago
    Given I fundamentally disagree with a lot of right-wing / conservative opinions, I suppose I would consider then "wrong", yes. "bad", not as much, until those opinions start to impact (mostly vulnerable) people negatively.

zimpenfish 5y ago

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo3t_KWHhI I mean, looking at the content, that's a heavily conservative, definitely alt-right, if not outright right-wing, channel. And the segment immediately prior to him proclaiming the white privilege is "a garbage concept" is him proudly relating the story about how he triggered and trolled people by "identifying as a female powerlifter" and all the alt-right people who covered it...

CodeGlitch 5y ago
So I've watched pretty much of all Triggernometry output, the 2 presenters have interesting backgrounds. Konstantin grew up in Soviet Russia and has been pretty left-wing his whole life (now identifies more centre-left), and Francis is a former teacher who spent time in Venezuela (I think his mother is from there?). As you can assume, they are pretty critical of communism. However it's interesting you've described the content as right-wing, as it's far from that. They are very pro-freespeech, and have interviewed some pretty old-school left-wing people such as George Galloway. Of course people just see that they interviewed people like Nigel Farage and assume they are right-wing (just because you interview a right/left winger doesn't make you that thing).
- zimpenfish 5y ago
  > (just because you interview a right/left winger doesn't make you that thing) Indeed not but your reaction to what they're saying does - if you sit there and don't push back against X-wing views, that does tend to paint you as X-wing-leaning yourself (regardless of where you were born and where you claim to be politically.) In the linked video from above, for example, there's no pushback to Zuby's strongly conservative views about trans people, wokeness, abortion, etc.
  - CodeGlitch 5y ago
    I think their style is just to ask questions and get the guest to open up about whatever topic they're discussing, and they do push back if the guest says something outlandish. They usually just want the discussion "out there" for other's to make their own minds up. > strongly conservative views about trans people, wokeness, abortion, etc. Don't forget that outside of Twitter, Academia and Silicon Valley (i.e. most of the world), these are not "conservative" views but pretty mainstream. (I'll caveat that with abortion that one is probably too big a topic to discuss here.)
bad_username 5y ago
It sounds like you are using "conservative" or "right wing" to mean "wrong" or "bad".
- zimpenfish 5y ago
  Given I fundamentally disagree with a lot of right-wing / conservative opinions, I suppose I would consider then "wrong", yes. "bad", not as much, until those opinions start to impact (mostly vulnerable) people negatively.