The optics debate is over. Anything which makes the dissident right more attractive to the Ricky Vaughn's of the world than natsoc larpers is good inherently. Ricky Vaughn became a "civnat" to distance himself from this. I dont agree with everything Vaughn said but he had real criticisms, it wasn't 'counter-signalling' which applies to contentless and grandiose narratives to inflate oneself