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Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by arijun on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:34PM (#27452853)
Do you have a source for that? Beyond the NYT piece, which is so laughable it does hit pieces a disservice by being grouped with them.
Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:48PM (#27453048)
The NYT piece didn't even say that; it said that he supported genocide (??), which is similar, but I don't remember it saying that he courted neo-Nazis. (Or was that one of the heavily-implied things I was oblivious to?)
Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by arijun on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:22PM (#27454068)
Perhaps it was more implying they were welcomed?

> The voices also included white supremacists and neo-fascists. The only people who struggled to be heard... were “social justice warriors.”

Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by agentwiggles on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:01PM (#27453167)
I've read a lot of his stuff and have never heard about that. Would you want to provide a link that supports your claim, so I can make an informed decision about continuing to read his generally good, substantive, and interesting content?
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Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by agentwiggles on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:14PM (#27453985)
I read through the comments he made in the images attached to those tweets, and I don't personally find what he's saying there to be especially problematic. I certainly don't read anything he's saying there as being motivated by racism, hatred, or alt-right political views.

I still really appreciate you backing up your post with a link and the chance to dig into his sources. Thanks for the link.

Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by BurningFrog on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:56PM (#27453120)
It shouldn't be hard for a grownup to read his texts even if that were true.
Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by commandlinefan on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:58PM (#27453144)
And that's "Mr. Alexander" to you, GP.
Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by Impassionata on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:57PM (#27454420)
... nah.
Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by Impassionata on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:21PM (#27453380)
It's not that it's hard to read his texts, and sometimes there's still some good stuff in there. It's that once someone shows bad judgment you have to think about how that manifests, and that manifests in poor thinking that's well-disguised.

Once you know a clock is broken don't use it to tell the time.

Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by BurningFrog on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:12PM (#27453974)
Yeah, I guess I somewhat deliberately misinterpreted you. I should know better...

I'm pretty sure you've been lied to about this though.

That Twitter link is mostly unreadable, but what's in human font size is just vague gossip from some angry dude on Twitter.

Re:Drug users use a lot of drugs by agentwiggles on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:17PM (#27454024)
I also followed up on the link. I was able to open the image links in separate tabs to get them to load. There's a whole bunch of commentary from Scott there that I'd say is worth reading to understand where impassionata is coming from. I don't personally agree with their take, but there _is_ actual substantive content at the link.