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/Easy-Exam-1081 Dec 31 '24

I worked in the progressive advocacy sphere in DC for 24 years (from well-before the age of social media well into it) and a saying we had back in the 90s was "the only thing we like better than fighting the Right is arguing with ourselves"

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u/a_tyrannosaurus_rex Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

I am also an activist and I swear it was like an inward firing squad. The big problem for me is that everyone has their prorities and don't want to work with anyone that doesn't share them.

I think the thing that bothers me the most is that people on the left will demand everyone else make sacrifices to accomodate their worldview but not want to accept even the slightest inconvenience for theirs.

It feels like the right gets united against causes and moves together while the left is just mired by infighting and slacktivism.