Must the Right Unite?

What is a rightist?

I’ve seen a lot of debate about what to with the alt-right/groyper people.

Matt Walsh has decried all discernment, saying we need to only focus on the left.

Now, this is in reaction to the text from the Young Republicans (who I guess are actually in their 30s?) getting their texts leaked, and to be honest, I have not paid much attention to that, as they don’t seem particularly important or pivotal people. Most people instead seemed to interpret this as talking about the people who have more influence on the right but have terrible views, such as Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson and all those alt-right Nazi-lite people talking about how Israel is the real problem in the world and Churchill was the true villain of WWII.

Matt Walsh never clarified who exactly he was talking about uniting with, though, and what exactly he plans to achieve by uniting with those people, so we are left to speculate.

Now, first off, I have to point out that a central premise of that statement isn’t true. Anyone who observes the far left at all notices they spend more time attacking people who are center-left (a mirror image of the far right, who seem much more concerned with Ben Shapiro than AOC). And this trying to unite with these people did nothing but hurt Democrats electorally. Kamala, to try to appease these nutjobs, made a number of ridiculous statements (especially on trans issues) that came back to haunt her in the presidential election.

So, unity with nutjobs is not a win. Still, Matt Walsh insists that we shouldn’t focus on calling out bad actors on the right and instead focus on the enemy, the left. But even if you were to embrace that idea uncritically, you still have to answer this question:

How do you tell a right-winger from a left-winger?