I agree with the content of the essay, but I disagree with the allocated name.
A grayspace implies it’s just one intermediary place to station potential members. However, the process often involves multiple stages where checks and balances are applied. Furthermore, these intermediate stages may overlap, and the overall transition can be smooth rather than discrete.
It just isn’t directly clear what the term is referring to, since it’s an entirely new word.
Thus, I propose for the people to use in their discussions the term pipeline instead, since it’s an established word used to express the same notion of transitioning people from one state to another, and it correctly expresses that there may be multiple stations. I suspect the essay could have been made much shorter too if a single sentence about the “alt right pipeline” was given, or something similar, since it would instantly hook people up as to what the crux of the topic being discussed is.
I agree with the content of the essay, but I disagree with the allocated name.
A grayspace implies it’s just one intermediary place to station potential members. However, the process often involves multiple stages where checks and balances are applied. Furthermore, these intermediate stages may overlap, and the overall transition can be smooth rather than discrete.
It just isn’t directly clear what the term is referring to, since it’s an entirely new word.
Thus, I propose for the people to use in their discussions the term pipeline instead, since it’s an established word used to express the same notion of transitioning people from one state to another, and it correctly expresses that there may be multiple stations. I suspect the essay could have been made much shorter too if a single sentence about the “alt right pipeline” was given, or something similar, since it would instantly hook people up as to what the crux of the topic being discussed is.