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A review by deletednullfakeuser
The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics by Michael Malice
2.0
The beginning going over the roots of the new right was pretty interesting, and hearing some of the authors first hand experiences with it. However basically everywhere the author is expressing his actual views is essentially just getting some random point, making some pretty dopey/uninformed criticism and just moving on (Another reviewer mentioned podcasts and it does remind of the rigor those usually have). It has very little structure and makes no serious attempt to actually look at the ideas and even though I disagree with most of them seeing his arguments against them were far more offensive to me due to their confidence combined with total ignorance.
It was mainly with the issues of morality, for example saying that certain acts are natural/unnatural. He just sort of assumed what that means and just showed himself to be totally ignorant. His criticisms for the more controversial ideas were just as bad. But if anyone who read this is curious no people who say homosexuality is unnatural aren't just making emotional feelings based on that they don't like to do it themselves, there is 2500 years of philosophy particularly that of the Catholic Church and Aristotle behind that expression. You can disagree with it but you to say a long argued philosophical point is just peoples feelings comes across as, as I said above, ignorant and unserious.
It was mainly with the issues of morality, for example saying that certain acts are natural/unnatural. He just sort of assumed what that means and just showed himself to be totally ignorant. His criticisms for the more controversial ideas were just as bad. But if anyone who read this is curious no people who say homosexuality is unnatural aren't just making emotional feelings based on that they don't like to do it themselves, there is 2500 years of philosophy particularly that of the Catholic Church and Aristotle behind that expression. You can disagree with it but you to say a long argued philosophical point is just peoples feelings comes across as, as I said above, ignorant and unserious.