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Hello lovely Patrons! Here's a video about the role of love in political philosophy, and how hate groups will masquerade as love groups to try to fool you. Enjoy!

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Do Racists Just "Love Their Country?"

How does "love" figure into politics? White supremacists and racists like the Ku Klux Klan will sometimes insist that they aren't hate groups, but love groups. But what kind of "love" is it? Is it true love, or just narcissism? Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Paypal.me/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/jgjek5w Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube realphilosophytube.tumblr.com Recommended Reading: Sara Ahmed, "The Cultural Politics of Emotion" Sara Ahmed, "Fascism as Love" https://feministkilljoys.com/2016/11/09/fascism-as-love/ Music by Epidemic Sound (Epidemicsound.com) If you or your organisation would like to financially support Philosophy Tube in distributing philosophical knowledge to those who might not otherwise have access to it in exchange for credits on the show, please get in touch! Any copyrighted material should fall under fair use for educational purposes or commentary, but if you are a copyright holder and believe your material has been used unfairly please get in touch with us and we will be happy to discuss it.

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Taran Plamondon

Oooooooh the PewDiePie callout at 1:05 was vicious. (y) Excellent take on the subject, as always!

Benedict Marko

Excellent analysis, as usual. Personally I would have made the connection to abusive relationship and child abuse, where the abuse is often framed as "for her/his own good" by the perpetrator, which is again really just a pretext to form the other in one's own image. The psychological mechanism is the same, which explains the overlap between these groups. You are touching on it when you mention white nationalist's tendency to value classical ideas of gender, sexuality and race, of course.