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The alt-right is a segment of far-right ideologies in the United States presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism in its national politics. The alt-right has been described as a movement unified by support for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as opposition to multiculturalism and immigration.

Although there is no official ideology associated with the alt-right, various sources say it includes beliefs such as white nationalism, antisemitism, white supremacy and, citing the work of Jack Donovan, American secessionism.

Etymology

In November 2008, Paul Gottfried addressed the H.L. Mencken Club about what he called "the alternative right". In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the alternative right. It has been used more frequently since self-described "identitarian" Richard B. Spencer founded Alternative Right in 2010.

Origin

Jeet Heer of The New Republic identifies the alt-right as having ideological origins among paleoconservatives.

Beliefs

The alt-right includes beliefs such as white nationalism, antisemitism, and white supremacy and, citing the work of Jack Donovan, American secessionism. Commonalities shared across the otherwise loosely defined alt-right include disdain for mainstream politics, strong support for the 2016 presidential campaign by Donald Trump, and antisemitic views. Adherents view mainstream conservatives with ridicule and have been credited for originating and using the term cuckservative, Newsday columnist Cathy Young notes the alt-right's strong opposition to both legal and illegal immigration, and their hardline stance on the European migrant crisis of 2015–2016.

Reception

Support

The alt-right has been praised by Benjamin Welton of The Weekly Standard, who described the group as a "highly heterogeneous force" that refuses to "concede the moral high ground to the left". Proponents are said to use culture jamming and memes to promote their ideas.

Criticism

Although some conservatives have welcomed the alt-right, others on the mainstream right and left have attacked the movement as racist or hateful, particularly given the alt-right's overt hostility towards mainstream conservatism and the Republican party in general. David French, for example, attacked the alt-right as "wanna-be fascists" and bemoaned their entry into the national political conversation. Another National Review writer, Jay Nordlinger, attacked the alt-right for their use of gallows humor, social Darwinism, artistic homoeroticism, and accused them of embracing Nietzscheanism in place of Christian values. Some sources have connected the alt-right and Gamergate in multiple ways, such as Milo Yiannopoulos' supportive articles on Breitbart. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Breitbart has become the the dominant outlet for alt-right views.

Ian Tuttle, writing in National Review, states that "The Alt-Right has evangelized over the last several months primarily via a racist and anti-Semitic online presence. But for Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos, the Alt-Right consists of fun-loving provocateurs, valiant defenders of Western civilization, daring intellectuals—and a handful of neo-Nazis keen on a Final Solution 2.0, but there are only a few of them, and nobody likes them anyways." Bokhari and Yiannopoulos describe Spencer and American Renaissance founder Jared Taylor as representative of intellectuals in the alt-right, while Tuttle says they are "by definition" racists.

Michael Dougherty writing in The Week describes the alt-right as radical working-class white people who are critical of globalization and contemptuous of "permanent members of the political class". Similarly, Cathy Young writing in Newsday called the alt-right "a nest of anti-Semitism" inhabited by "white supremacists" who regularly use "repulsive bigotry". Likewise, Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes described alt-right as a euphemistic term for "essentially modern day white supremacy."

In a 2015 article in BuzzFeed, reporter Rosie Gray describes the alt-right as "white supremacy perfectly tailored for our times", saying that it uses "aggressive rhetoric and outright racial and anti-Semitic slurs", and notes that it has "more in common with European far-right movements than American ones." Gray notes that the alt-right is largely based online, and supports Donald Trump's candidacy while benefiting from his coattails. According to vlogger Paul Ramsey, the alt-right are not neo-Nazis, although Gray notes that some hold historical revisionist beliefs such as Holocaust denial. Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama suggested that the alt-right may pose a greater threat to progressivism than the mainstream conservative movement.

See also

• Neo-fascism
• Political correctness
• Cuckservative
• Social justice warrior

References

1. ^ Gray, Rosie (2015-07-07). "How 2015 Fueled The Rise Of The Freewheeling, White Nationalist Alt Right Movement - BuzzFeed News". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
2. ^ Welton, Benjamin (2016-02-01). "What, Exactly, is the 'Alternative Right?'". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
3. Betsy Woodruff. "Rush Limbaugh's Favorite New White-Power Group". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
4. Oliver Darcy (2016-01-20). "GOP Strategist Under Fire After Giving This Vulgar Description of Trump's 'Alt-Right' Fans on MSNBC | Video". TheBlaze.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
5. ^ Cathy Young (2016-01-25). "Donald Trump's rant against political correctness is comfort food to racists". Newsday. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
6. Gottfried, Paul (2016-01-22). "The Decline and Rise of the Alternative Right -". The Unz Review. Unz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
7. Gottfried, Paul (December 1, 2008). "The Decline and Rise of the Alternative Right". Taki's Magazine.
8. Theodoracopulos, Taki (2009-07-27). "Economism in the Alt Right". Taki's Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
9. Hunter, Jack (2009-11-03). "Whither the Alternative Right?". Taki's Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
10. Larry Keller (2010-03-15). "Paleocon Starts New Extreme-Right Magazine | Southern Poverty Law Center". Splcenter.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
11. Heer, Jeet (2016-01-22). "National Review Fails to Kill Its Monster". New Republic.
12. Powers, Darlene (2015-12-16). "And Bolder: Trump's Scariest Supporters Are Getting Meaner". The Voice Herald.
13. French, David (2016-01-26). "Donald Trump & Alt-Right's Rise - Not Conservatives Fault". National Review. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
14. Nordlinger, Jay (2016-01-24). "Donald Trump, Abortion, and 'Winners'". Nationalreview. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
15. Weigel, David. "'Cuckservative' – the conservative insult of the month, explained". The Washington Post.
16. Bernstein, Joseph (January 21, 2016). "Conservative Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos Starts "White Men Only" Scholarship Fund". Buzzfeed News.
17. Piggott, Stephen. "Is Breitbart.com Becoming the Media Arm of the 'Alt-Right'?". splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
18. Tuttle, Ian. "The Racist Moral Rot at the Heart of the Alt-Right". The National Review. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
19. Dougherty, Michael Brendan (2016-01-25). "The conservative movement has become the GOP establishment. Now what?". Theweek.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
20. "All In with Chris Hayes, Transcript 12/9/2015". MSNBC. MSNBC. December 9, 2015.
21. George Hawley (25 January 2016). Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism. University Press of Kansas. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7006-2193-4.

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