What are the go-to subjects for revealing the true, regressive beliefs of reactionaries who don’t consider themselves reactionary? Off the top of my head:
-Trans people in sports: Major gateway to transphobia and misogyny. Complaints about trans athletes inevitably lead to sexism towards literally any woman with muscles. Pretty sure this is how Joe Rogan and a ton of his supporters became so unhinged.
-Affirmative action: So, so many liberals and “leftists” will complain about how they would’ve totally gotten into Harvard and Yale if not for The Blackstm. Love to bring up SAT scores even though they’ve been proven to be racist and classist and a shit metric for intellectual value.
-Shakespeare authorship question: A bit niche. Basically, Curtis Yarvin and other Dark Enlightenment dweebs don’t think that Shakespeare was capable of penning such timeless plays because he wasn’t rich, and according to them, not rich=dumb and uncreative mental husk.
One of the most immediate and easy ones to spot is .eth suffixes or NFT avatars. Yes some exceptions exist, the same way that one of the coolest posters still on Twitter has a skull with sunglasses and skulls are often reactionary chuds.
When it comes to takes, the moment someone says “everything is so political these days,” you’ve just read a take from a reactionary because pretty much everything is political by definition and being upset about noticing it is inherently a reactionary take in favor of the “nonpolitical” status quo that they so miss.