Alt Right......
Alt Right
Posted on 08/25/2016 4:22:01 AM PDT by servo1969
Hillary Clinton is set to deliver an entire speech on Donald Trump’s scary connections to a phenomenon known as the “alt right.”
If you paid deep attention to the news during this election cycle, you might have heard the term in passing during some CNN and MSNBC segments. When used by journalists, it basically denotes online white supremacists who love Trump.
Last week, the alt right earned its most attention yet after Trump announced Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon was joining his campaign as its new executive. Breitbart has gained a reputation among some journalists as a platform the alt right due to the way it covers immigration, Islam, crime and its promotion of internet provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
Yiannopoulos himself wrote an extensive piece explaining the alt right to Breitbart readers — which drew a large amount of outrage over the perception it painted a sympathetic picture of an extremist group.
Which brings us to the questions: What is this thing called the alt right? And why does the nominee of the Democratic Party think it is important enough to devote a major speech to it?
The alt right is an online movement opposed to political correctness, multiculturalism, feminism and mainstream conservatism. It’s primarily comprised of young white men. While a large portion of its adherents are white nationalists, not all of the folks tweeting out the hashtag are concerned with enforcing Aryan supremacy. The alt right is an umbrella term which includes multiple ideologies — everyone from anarcho-capitalists, neo-monarchists, American nationalists, men’s rights advocates, “identitarians,” and even out-and-out neo-Nazis all claim to be apart of the alt right.
The main activity of the alt right is trolling. The Google definition of trolling is to “make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.” The alt right getting a speech from Hillary Clinton is a sign their trolling is working.
Where does the alt right come from? The term comes from “alternative right,” which was first formulated near the end of the Bush presidency to describe the anti-Bush Right. Ron Paul fans, paleoconservatives and anyone else who opposed the policies of the Bush administration — particularly the Iraq war — could be placed under this umbrella in the beginning. That was how it was described by future Rand Paul adviser Jack Hunter in a 2009 article urging for the movement to take a more libertarian turn.
Instead, it became more white nationalist. Alternative Right became the moniker of a web publication run by Richard Spencer in 2010, which emphasized the racialist elements of the burgeoning movement while shedding itself of its libertarian elements.
Spencer eventually ditched AlternativeRight.com to head up the white nationalist National Policy Institute and oversee the “identitarian” (essentially an ideology in favor of white identity politics) Radix Journal.
What eventually became the alt right as an online phenomenon brought together white nationalist publications, most of “Gamergate” (a movement centered around a very convoluted controversy in video gaming), 4chan’s /pol/, men’s rights activists and various trolls to support Trump and attack his opponents on Twitter.
Now there’s a few things to remember what the alt right is not. Contrary to CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter’s assertions, the alt right did not arise from the birther movement, which was primarily older and more connected to the fringes of conservatism. If there was any connection to a larger political phenomenon prior to Trump, it would be to Ron Paul’s recent presidential campaigns.
The alt right also does not encompass the so-called “Counter Jihad” movement, as asserted by Mother Jones. The mainstream anti-Islamists are very pro-Israel, tend to be older and are generally respectful of mainstream conservatism. The alt right, on the other hand, dabbles in anti-Semitism, veers younger and despises mainstream conservatism.
Breitbart isn’t necessarily alt right proper either, even though it has done much to popularize the movement’s ideas and memes.
With the prospect of political correctness and radical left-wing movements like Black Lives Matter only growing stronger in the near-future, backlashes against these developments become a greater possibility. These elements give the alt right a chance to live on past this election cycle.
And the single event that what will do the most to popularize its ideas and memes is Hillary’s Thursday speech. While the talk may do a little bit of damage to Trump, it would only legitimize an internet theme as a serious political force.
May their name and memory be utterly blotted out!
“I have seen ZERO evidence of anti semetism.”
Not sure if this is sarcasm or not. If it isn’t, please look at any college campus today.
#AltRightMeans
Speaking the truth even if it isn't politically correct. 
As Dennis Prager has noted, to the Left one can never be "too-far Left" or "extreme Left".
I wouldn’t call it white-supremacy either - some of the folks on alt-right would probably be call white defenders. They see their color as legitimate as the others, in other words, regardless of color we should all be treasured.
And I would also state that the majority of alt-right is not concerned with that issue at all anyway - much of the alt-right is not pissed off white hipsters.
Trump called Hillary a bigot. The definition of Bigot is “a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions”. Which is pretty much the problem with PC in general.
The question is, will she prove herself a bigot by trying to prove Trump one?
It’s interesting to think about the way in which the word “bigot” has been corrupted away from it’s definition in the dictionary into a designation for anyone who might want to talk when other people don’t want them to be heard at all.
President Obama, to his credit, is on record against this, but Hillary isn’t. It will be interesting to see if this is where she goes with her speech.
Hint: 'existence' as in we refuse to be the victims of a caucasian genocide.
There's even the occasional lunatic on this site, yet in no way does that justify anyone's labeling FR with tags like neo-nazi, white nationalist.
I won't speak for the others you pinged, but when I desire a sermon from you, check your inbox.
(but don't hold yer breath)
Vox Day doesn’t speak for me.
I think it might be more accurately stated that “some” portion or aspect of people that consider themselves “alt-right” are racist and/or anti-semitic. Same can be said for those who call themselves republican, conservative, liberal, or democrat. Subsets of hateful people exist in almost every movement.
Here’s a very thorough article on the various sub-sets of those who consider themselves “alt-right”. Very interesting read:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3415746/posts
The old Jackson-Davis-Cleveland Democrats have disappeared from the party a long time ago, as William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt converted it into a socialistic party that moves further left each decade. Two generations ago, Republicans like Robert Taft, Sr., and Barry Goldwater were the closest to that tradition. Ron Paul is the most prominent representation in this time. The Republican Party, by and large, has favored business interests throughout its history. From Lincoln to Hoover, it was the party of high tariffs. In the current time, it is a "free trade" party, as the interests of business have changed due to access to cheaper labor markets overseas.
What is this "alt-right"? As far as I can tell, it is a mish-mash of paleo-conservatives, libertarians, nationalists, white separatists, and populists. Arguably, the conservative establishment, as represented by the Heritage Foundation, National Review, most conservative radio talkers, etc., has become something of a controlled opposition to the uni-party of socialistic Democrats and country club Republicans. Trump's triumph over both the country club and conservative establishment wings of the GOP represented a repudiation by the rank and file of the status quo, much as the Tea Party did, although the conservative establishment did support that movement.
The question arises: what impact will the "alt-right" have on a Trump administration? My guess is that the more extreme elements would be unwelcome. If Trump has an ideology, it is pragmatism, like Eisenhower. He is also unquestionably pro-Israel, a fact that would exclude those who blame the "Joos" for everything, including the earthquake that just hit Italy. Look at his most public defenders: Giuliani, Sessions, Perry, Christie. With the exception of Sessions, none of them pass conservative purity standards. They are basically B-list politicians who see in Trump a path to new prominence. These men are the sort of people who will likely dominate a Trump administration.
And btw, as your nick didn't sound at all familiar, I had a quick peek .. signed up in '12, seven posts total including today's, above.
A reasonable person could be excused for curiosity as to the actual motive that seems to have you fixated on this particular thread . . .
I thought they were saying “ult” right as in ultra right.
Finally, people who are saying what I am thinking and seeing and feeling.
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