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[Nepenthe]

It's always about being called a racist and not that they are actually doing racist things. They are jusst going to keep jumping ship to different names as each becomes too toxic for the public, the core groups don't change though.

Basically. It's worse to be called a racist than to actually do racist things.

 

[Akuun]

White ISIS

I wouldn't be too surprised. Isn't ISIS an offshoot of Al Qaeda, and made of people who thought that Al Qaeda wasn't crazy or murderey enough?

 

[Bolivar687]

This was also my impression, that alt-right was a catchall for conservative personalities picking up traction outside of the establishment. It wasn't until the big news outlets caught on to Spencer's speech that it became associated with white supremacy.

I liked how Hannity tried to make "alt-left media" a thing.

 

[RinsFury]

Alt right, republicans, white supremacists...different names for the same shit.

 

[Ozigizo]

I liked how Hannity tried to make "alt-left media" a thing.

I think he still is.

 

[L Thammy]

The far right has been infighting ever since Spencer held that Nazi rally in DC right after the election. The main thing they still have in common is bigotry.

To be fair, isn't hating each other the norm for far right folks? My understanding is that when they aren't all under one label they're a bunch of small groups who spend too much of their time bickering to actually be effective. When they're all motivated by constant hate, it shouldn't be surprising.

I liked how Hannity tried to make "alt-left media" a thing.

I might be confusing it with "far left", but isn't that also one of the things that people with low post counts throw when they're being called out for saying "both sides"?

 

[Muffin1611]

I might be confusing it with "far left", but isn't that also one of the things that people with low post counts throw when they're being called out for saying "both sides"?

Mostly followed by the words "echo chamber", yeah.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Anti-globalists...

"I've got to stop the white supremacists!"

"No Lucian, you are the white supremacists."

And then Lucian was a Nazi.

 

[Strike]

It's just easier to call them assholes.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

If you support trump, youre alt-right and a piece of shit for one reason or another.

That simple.

 

[Frozenprince]

I find "Bigots" works for both groups.

 

[Messofanego]

I know one conservative Youtuber stated on Twitter that he heard alt-right all the way back in like 07-09 at Libertarian-leaning rallies, and that Spencer basically coopted it because it hadn't taken off.

When did he say this? Are you sure he isn't just an alt-right hipster?

"I liked alt-right before it was cool."

 

[unpopularblargh]

Coincidentally isn't this the exact same thing that happened between Al-Qaeda and ISIS?

 

[Gattsu25]

Bull fucking shit.

The neo-nazis are the people who coined the term alt-right. Richard Spencer himself coined it.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/alt-right/

 

[devilhawk]

Bull fucking shit.

The neo-nazis are the people who coined the term alt-right. Richard Spencer himself coined it.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/alt-right/

The only evidence I've seen for that is himself saying he coined it. Which is evidence of jack shit.

 

[Gattsu25]

The only evidence I've seen for that is himself saying he coined it. Which is evidence of jack shit.

You're right. It's impossible to know who coined it. All we know is he's taking credit for it and no one was using it before him.

Similarly, we'll never know if Adam Baldwin coined the phrase GamerGate either. We just know that he says he did and no one was using it before him.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Alt-right is just racists with no use for dog-whistles. Their parents are the traditional right.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

So teabaggers broke off from the republicans, and alt-righters broke off from the teaparty. I wonder what will inevitably break off from the alt-right.

Hydra

 

[Kremzeek]

Maybe try "xenophobes who say they're Christian but do nothing Christian-like".

 

[KarneeKarnay]

IB4 ALT-ALT-BI-RIGHT-BEHIND-THE-CORNOR-ALREADY-SPLINTERED-RIGHT

 

[Jinfash]

So teabaggers broke off from the republicans, and alt-righters broke off from the teaparty. I wonder what will inevitably break off from the alt-right.

Hopefully STDs.

 

[Haly]

How about neue reich, I mean, new right?

 

[Chasm Skulker]

How about neue reich, I mean, new right?

Nah that's French.