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aristarchus [soylentnews.org] writes:

Over at The Tab [thetab.com], (it's a British thing, for you Yanks), they spoke to some "Traditionalist Society" Thing. Select details follow:

Lancaster's Traditionalist Society has been a contentious topic on campus over the past year. Not affiliated with the uni, their Facebook page sits at just over 100 likes, pumping out quotes by philosophers and backing Alex Jones.

Whilst they say they're passionate about social conservatism and preserving family values, to some, they're linked to the rise of fascism and the alt-right. The page posts quotes from Italian far-right philosopher Julius Evolva – branded a "fascist intellectual", pictures of Enoch Powell, and regularly bashes feminism.

Yet, others see them as vital to the debate about free speech on campus.

Despite being passionate advocates of free speech and holding public meetings, two members of the Traditionalist Society would only speak to us on the condition of anonymity. In an interview with The Lancaster Tab, they explained their views and defended their society. They also took the chance to argue that women should be encouraged to work less, and that homosexual parents may lead to their children dropping out and taking drugs.

Well, yes, tut-tut and toodle-loo about all that! Trad Soc ACs? Could theoretically get interesting.

How would you define yourselves then, if it isn't alt-right?

Just traditionally conservative. Not Tory conservative, just more like social conservatism as an ideology. We would have taken that name if it weren't for the party.

So, bat-shit right-wing-nut insane, then? Racist? Pouftas?

So, in your ideal version of society, would you want women to not work?

I would not want them to be as encouraged to work. I think women are currently encouraged to work and to build a career and as a result that plays into the degradation of the family thing because when you build a career it's not going to be easy to have a home life in the same way.

Do you have any female members in your society, that agree with this view?

Our society is largely male and white, although we do encourage people from different groups to join.

Well, incels, to be sure. Telling women what to do! Ha! And they think they are men? Oh, the Hugh Walters Manatee! Well, a fun read.

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