No intention of gaslighting here.
The point being raised by @mindfu , as I understood it at least, is that Altemeyer’s research found that authoritarians and their adherents tended to be heavily right-wing.
You, @anon73430903 , noted that there are also left-wing authoritarians.
Mindfu acknowledged that idea, then clarified that from a standpoint of popularity in our current state of politics, right-wing politicians who espouse authoritarian ideals and talking points far outweigh those with authoritarian notions on the left.
Your follow-up to illustrate your point was to link to an article wherein a centrist-left politician was being embraced by the right-wing for holding a specific set of views commonly associated with the far right-wing.
My response was intended to point out that your linked example didn’t really follow the assertion of left-wing authoritarians, but instead backed up Mindfu’s, and thusly Altemeyer’s, original point.
It’s not that you don’t have a valid (and important) point on your end (especially with regards to transphobia); it’s that it appears that you’ve conflated two different points into one point, which means it doesn’t fit the thread of the original argument (by Altemeyer) and that makes your argument come across as disingenuous (not that it is, that’s just the way it reads). Which is unfortunate, again, because you have a valid point.
I do apologize, though, for coming across as snarky or mean-spirited; as well as any confusion I created.
