Carl Benjamin 🏴@Sargon_of_Akkad
BAP's criticisms of Charlie are pretty insubstantial, from what I've seen.
The first is "he is interpreting Rousseau/positive liberty incorrectly". Well, Rousseau has a complex doctrine, and it isn't hard to misinterpret it to some degree. A small amount of charitability on BAP's part would lead him to realise that "Rousseau" when discussing interpretations of liberalism means a hyper-liberal, extreme interpretation, in which the state takes on the aspect of nature and becomes the protector, provider, and cradle in which man is "forced to be free". Getting into the weeds about Charlie's inexact interpretation is unnecessary because it's hard to deny that British liberals are attempting to slowly enact the French Revolution and do believe in the Noble Savage. They want the state to be the provider, and they want people to have maximal license to indulge every vice at the expense of every virtue. Why is he calling people "stupid" over this obvious truth? Completely uncharitable and unnecessary.
The second is a complaint about Charlie's perspective that young people "have too much freedom". This is just a demonstrably correct take: young men know they shouldn't have infinite porn on tap, legalised drugs, complete license to have premarital sex, etc and there is an argument to be made to young women that abortions should not be used as birth control and have exterminated a third of Gen Z. Moreover, they are protected from failure by an ever-expanding welfare state (tying into the Rousseauian liberalism we just mentioned) to prevent them from suffering the consequences of their choices. This is a state of affairs that can't last, and won't last. Objecting to the formulation "we have too much freedom" because it sounds bad to a foreigner, but actually a lot of British people have a puritanical moral streak and understand that duty means acting against one's base nature and reining oneself in. Perhaps someone called "Bronze Age Pervert" doesn't agree or care for Cromwellian morals, but so what?
Third, having an agenda that goes beyond sending foreigners home is good, actually. Saul Alinsky knows what he's talking about in this regard. This isn't just about demographics, it's about a moral restoration to the proper order of Britain. I guess he wouldn't understand as he isn't British, but that's fine, nobody is expecting him to get it. The question is, though: why he has gone into anti-campaign mode? It's peculiar, almost like he's been told to get a bee in his bonnet about this by someone. Weird.
Fourth, supporting subversive pro-tory outfits with insubstantial critiques of their own. Why signal boost these not-even-astroturfed nobodies? I doubt they have 10k followers between them, but suddenly BAP is reading them breathlessly as they preach the "collapse" or "implosion" or whatever of Restore, despite the fact this is obviously untrue and patriots keep joining? Bizarre, inauthentic, and deeply suspicious.
BAP ends up looking like an agent of a power network who has been activated to sow discord. Not having it.
