You misunderstood what I just said. To be even more explicit and direct, if you discount the parts about Nazis, if you assume Lorenz isn't trying to defend them, what is left is her just saying that leftists are toxic, that they are neither welcoming nor accommodating, that they lack empathy
She isnt saying they lack empathy at all. She is saying they aren't as versed in pulling people together. Which is probably true. Hate groups run off a sort of brotherhood of hate . Us versus them. With leftists groups People can be a bit awkward and less sociable. Because we typically pick our ---
No she’s saying they’re assholes, and you seem to be agreeing with her but reframing that as just being awkward and less social.
friends very selectively. We have a hard time letting new people into our lives just to discover they are secretly Pro-life or anti immigrant. Its a learning curve that groups acknowledge and work on. its pretty fair criticism. Lots of us have given up family members who turned to hate. Its hard.