Maybe "creatures" takes it a little too far, but it's hard to read anything other than "less-than" from your comments. > I don't think anyone really knows why

Maybe "creatures" takes it a little too far, but it's hard to read anything other than "less-than" from your comments. > I don't think anyone really knows why the alt-right is stuck in this imagined persecution complex, and insists on being belligerent against experts and authority figures. Ignoring the alt-right part (because it means something different to everybody), consider that these people are aware that practically all of the experts and authority figures have the same low opinion of them that you do (conspiracy theorists, performative contrarians, victims, tough guy actors). How much stock do you put in the words of people who don't care about/like/respect you?