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> he appeared on the podcasts of Sam Harris and Joe Rogan numerous times. He moderated two debates between Harris and Jordan Peterson ... Weinstein describes himself as a political progressive and left-libertarian[1]

What is it with these alt-right people claiming to be "left" or "progressive"? Are they deluded or do they do this on purpose to troll

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He's weird. I don't think he's alt right, that's a stretch, something about him and by extension the intellectual dark web, it just comes off as elitism pretending to be digestible , a bad new atheism leftover. But he does have that in common with left identifying folks who end up coming from rich or status quo backgrounds.

There's another phenomenon with Jimmy Dore: many on the right see him as on their side, even when he's not, because he criticizes establishment Democrats.

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