Some turned on the center itself, where McCann is a fellow. Critics include people who describe themselves as fellows there.
“As many other @C4ARR fellows and researchers of the far right, as well as a someone who identifies ‘passionately as Anti-Fascist’ myself, I am am strongly condemning this article,” Greta Jasser tweeted.
Matthew Feldman, director of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, defended its work and commitment to publishing a variety of perspectives.
“Genuinely, the thing that I’m proudest of is our independence—from academia, from government; from everyone,” Feldman tweeted of the outrage. “It allows us to publish a wide spectrum of views rather than to be a comfort blanket—for anyone.”
Feldman also said that the center has granted one of its fellows the right to reply to McCann’s piece.