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Ehhhhh. It’s just my experience but everyone I have encountered quoting Watts in the last two or three years follows someone like Naomi Wolf or James Delingpole
by bemusedthrow75 3y ago
Ehhhhh. It’s just my experience but everyone I have encountered quoting Watts in the last two or three years follows someone like Naomi Wolf or James Delingpole or Russell Brand or Tucker Carlson on Twitter. He’s the alt-right geek’s alternative of choice for Chopra.
- _bfhp 3y agoi'm not alt-right but this comment just makes me want to read alan watts more
- CalRobert 3y agoWhat do you dislike about him? There's plenty to find flaw with but it would be helpful if you could elaborate.
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoI have no opinion on his work other than that it’s in an entire category of work in which I have no interest. I am just saying what I am saying: that Watts quotes are now a signifier for me.
- ryandv 3y agoIsn't this extremely reductive and an instance of the association fallacy? I am going to judge the complexity of your entire person based on one bit of information - whether or not you espouse the teachings of Alan Watts? Talk about confusing images and ideas of selves, with the people themselves. Quite judgmental, and dare I say, biased, or even prejudiced. For what it's worth I follow none of those people, so perhaps you ought to revisit your biases and correct some of your priors. Moreover, I began listening to Alan Watts over 10 years ago, when I was into Eckhart Tolle's "Power of Now" and all of that jazz. But thank you for exposing your innate biases and revealing your priors. It's very illuminating.
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoOK