I think it is merely personal. I don't get that "aura" from lefties. I
definitely get it from the righties. I think that says more about you, as a
person, and me, as a person, than it says anything generalizable about lefties
or righties.
It's mind boggling that you don't get that feeling
Glen,
It is not a matter of definition, but of "aura;" a kind of
'altered-state-of-reality' that reminds me of the stereotype of Communist
political officers, McCarthy-ites, Red Guard members, etc.
Or maybe it is just personal. I have no fear of being tried and shot by any
group on the right
I must not have any idea what you mean by zealotry and True Believer psychology
if you don't see it in the right wing groups. The 3 percenters, oath keepers,
and sovereign citizen groups sure look like zealots and TBers to me.
Can you describe the concepts (zealotry and TBP) in a way that shows
This is somewhat orthogonal to Glen's question, but might be used as context
for thinking about it.
About six years ago, I spent the summer playing anthropologist among
'militias'. 'posses', and 'separatist' ultra-far right groups in Eastern Oregon
and Idaho. I did not have the time or funds
The Terrorist Threat from the Fractured Far Right
https://www.lawfareblog.com/terrorist-threat-fractured-far-right
The "Salad Bar" or what I typically call "cafeteria style" stochastically
accumulated naturfacts has been a hallmark of the fringy people I end up
talking to. It's rarely, but
