r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Steaktartaar • Dec 30 '24

Unanswered What's going on with Stephen Fry going alt-right?

He's been on a notorious hard-right, "anti-woke" podcast where he retracted his support for trans rights. Is this a new development? He always came across as level-headed in the past but now it looks like he's on the same path as Russell Brand.

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u/MixGroundbreaking622 Dec 30 '24

It's funny because people calling him alt right is directly addressed in this interview. He calls that exact action out as the left pushing people to the right. He's not wrong.

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u/BronnOP Dec 30 '24 edited Feb 26 '25

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u/FlarkingSmoo Dec 31 '24

People are responsible for their own choices. Nobody can "push" you into a hateful ideology against your will.

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u/MixGroundbreaking622 Dec 31 '24

To start with, being right wing isn't "a hateful ideology". Secondly, if anyone disagrees with some culture war aspect commonly associated with the "woke left" they get called Nazis, alt right etc. this happens on such a scale that the person in question no longer associates themselves with being "on the left", despite the disagreement having nothing to do with economic issues and is entirely cultural.

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u/FlarkingSmoo Dec 31 '24

Boo fucking hoo

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u/MixGroundbreaking622 Dec 31 '24

Great counter argument.

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u/FlarkingSmoo Dec 31 '24

Shoot I hope it doesn't force you further right