Neither did Felix about NOI. He said they were normal people who do normal people things. We already know the right can be racist scumbags with terrible opinions about everything but also help people change their flat tire. It's not a defense of right wingers, it's admitting they're not caricatures. I believe you already understand that. However it's chapo and they're problematic so we have to read everything in the most uncharitable way because at the end of the day they're cozy, white-passing media people. They have a history of saying slurs and making inappropriate jokes. People still cling to the idea that liking something problematic makes you a bad leftist because it's causing harm to those who are insulted. Which is why this thread is trying to make the case that Felix's post is causing harm. The idea that NOI couldn't have gotten this far without brocialists treating them as an ironic joke is pretty silly. But we have to mystify what causes harm because posting is mystical.