I guess I should have been more precise and specified left/liberal on the relevant issues. Someone's position on guns probably doesn't matter, but their positio

I guess I should have been more precise and specified left/liberal on the relevant issues. Someone's position on guns probably doesn't matter, but their position on race does. That said, Xu specifically just very much is a conservative. He self-identifies as conservative and positions himself in opposition to the left, he's worked for conservative groups like the YAF and The Federalist, and generally holds conservative positions (like on Abortion: https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/01/new-yorks-barbaric-abortion-law-prompt-doctors-stand-life/ https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/01/new-yorks-barbaric-abor..., as well as immigration and vaccination if you look at his twitter). Like, he's I'd argue more conservative than most of the people I listed (or at least more explicitly so). But you asked specifically about him being racist and intolerant. And that deserves a slightly deeper dive. Part of the issue is that you're framing him based on one of his most moderate positions. Yes, Xu thinks that affirmative action is problematic. If that were his only thing I think you'd have a reasonable point, but it isn't. He's not just anti-affirmative action, he's strongly anti-CRT (https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1481295452804898820 https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1481295452804898820, which amusingly misrepresents CRT) and generally against diversity and inclusion period. [aside: so much of his twitter content is just completely making up positions and then being outraged about them. Like I'm not saying that CRT or progressives approach to race is "right", there's enough debate within those groups that that's clearly silly. But Xu doesn't actually engage with any, he just argues with positions he makes up] More specifically, he tweets stuff like https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1480674815283400708 https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1480674815283400708 and https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1484930804425838594 https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1484930804425838594, the first is some mild transphobia and I have a hard time coming up with a not-racist explanation for the second. Like his worldview seems to be that "Black culture" is bad while mainstream US culture is good, and that therefore it is black cultures responsibility to better integrate. But further recognition of good things within Black culture, or even help integrating, are anti-meritocratic and therefore harm Asian people (and further, that this harm is racist, which is circular). He even essentially says as much explicitly : https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1483282964272365574 https://twitter.com/kennymxu/status/1483282964272365574, equivocating "diversity" with "anti-Asian racism". At the point where you're arguing that all attempts to improve diversity and inclusion are bad, I think it's fair to say that you're intolerant. I think that when so much of that intolerance is based around race, racism is a reasonable conclusion to draw.