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The NYT is the most visited website from Stormfront users. What is happening is bigots feed off other bigots. It's a self licking icecream.

The evangelical Christian/Jewish/Political Liberal hybrid - who runs the NYT sees 99.9% of Americans as out-groups. It's what happens when contrarianism causes people to inhabit their caricature - Stormfront and the NYT have strange symmetry.

It's bigotry with access to better writing skills. You often need to be a member of the in-group to spot the submarines.

Scott Alexander is a real Liberal without the pathology and that is why they hate him. He is reminding them of what Liberal ideals used to be and that makes him register as a threat.



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