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Suprak the Stud posted...

I think you're joking, but none of them are leftists. Certainly not anymore. Vlado is as far to the right as you can possibly get and it doesn't matter if he used to be a communist ten years ago. What matters is he was right wing and voted for Trump specifically because Trump was right wing.

Extha also isn't a leftist. He's more of a centrist sort but has a real sore spot for feminism and that is driving him further right. Like, I do not think he is for a lot of right wing policies specifically, but he is so anti-feminism that all that other stuff doesn't matter.

Ulti is a conspiracy theorist and definitely isn't left leaning. The appeal of Occasio-Cortez or Sanders to a person like that is that they are also out of the "mainstream" and not a part of the system. It has nothing to do with their policies. They thing there is some global cabal of secret globalists globally globing their way around the globe. Anything not that is their ally. And, whenever Sanders or Occasio-Cortez say something in support of liberal or left leaning policies, Ulti is quick to call them idiots who don't understand monetary policy or this, that, etc.

Every single post Ulti has made has been in support of right or center right policies. He thinks Scalia was assassinated by Obama. He buys into every conspiracy theorist Alex Jones promotes (well, most of them).

None of those three are anywhere near the left. Extha is closest, but he absolutely isn't voting for anyone that is a proponent of modern feminism, regardless of what the rest of his political views are.

uh, are we talking about the same thing? obviously they aren't leftists NOW but they used to be. but the point is that they suddenly turned to the (alt-)right when trump announced his candidacy for the presidency. same goes for muffin. he's become a harcodre alt-rightist now, but he was an ancap/libertarian before the campaign.

honestly, as far as the "used to be a leftist" thing goes, out of those three extha is the one i'm the least confident in. he doesn't talk about politics much so i'm not entirely sure if he considered himself to be part of the left. i just vaguely remember him supporting obama.

as for vlado, i'm remembering it way differently than you are. as far as i remember his ahderence to communism was way more recent than "ten years ago." i don't recall there ever being a period when he was a more normal rightist. as far as i know he was always a communist, and then when trump announced his candidacy he jumped into the alt-right variant of the right. of course i could be misremembering, though.
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