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What Is The Alt Right?
Dailycaller.com ^ | 8-24-2016 | Scott Greer

Posted on 08/25/2016 4:22:01 AM PDT by servo1969

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To: servo1969
Thank you for this thread. At least now I have a clue what is being talked about when I see alt-right.
81 posted on 08/25/2016 7:19:47 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: servo1969
Cuz you know it's gonna be....
Alt Right......

Alt Right


82 posted on 08/25/2016 7:30:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: servo1969
The "alt-right" hates Jews and Israel. 'Nuff said.

May their name and memory be utterly blotted out!

83 posted on 08/25/2016 7:31:24 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
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To: Mariner

“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.


84 posted on 08/25/2016 7:47:36 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Alt-Right means different things to different people...

#AltRightMeans
Speaking the truth even if it isn't politically correct.


85 posted on 08/25/2016 7:59:45 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: All
BenGarrison Cartoons
#AltRightMeans You know who is behind the bullhorn...


86 posted on 08/25/2016 8:04:45 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: Russ
What about the “alt left”?

As Dennis Prager has noted, to the Left one can never be "too-far Left" or "extreme Left".

87 posted on 08/25/2016 8:09:33 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: glennaro
On twitter: (Rubin's a Democrat)
Dave Rubin ‏@RubinReport 17 minutes ago
For the record, the #RegressiveLeft, which wields real power in academia / media, is more dangerous than the #AltRight band of meme posters.

88 posted on 08/25/2016 8:23:26 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: baxtelf

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.


89 posted on 08/25/2016 8:24:31 AM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: servo1969

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.


90 posted on 08/25/2016 8:37:05 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.)
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To: BreakingWorse
Do yourself a favor, read (15), then explain to us all how (14) in any way conflicts with it.

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)

92 posted on 08/25/2016 8:52:31 AM PDT by tomkat (Alt-Right .. sounds about right)
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To: BreakingWorse

Vox Day doesn’t speak for me.


93 posted on 08/25/2016 8:55:39 AM PDT by marron
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To: a fool in paradise

Alt Left theme song by Alt J

“Left Hand Free”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUoDpo2fo


94 posted on 08/25/2016 9:08:12 AM PDT by Nachum (ISIS is alive... and Chris Stevens is dead)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

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


95 posted on 08/25/2016 9:10:47 AM PDT by Texas2step (<><)
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To: BreakingWorse
By definition, conservatism wants to conserve. In an American context, that means what Europeans call classical liberalism: free market economy, a maximum degree of civil liberties, and government authority limited to the protection of life and property from force or fraud. Among the Founders, there were two factions: those who favored an agrarian economy and maximum decentralization, such as Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, and those who favored a commercial economy and government focused on promoting those interests, such as Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. The former faction developed into the Democrat Party of Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Grover Cleveland, the latter into the Whig and later Republican Parties. Abraham Lincoln started his political career as a Whig and an admirer of Henry Clay.

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.

97 posted on 08/25/2016 9:44:03 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: BreakingWorse
I had already 'looked it up' before you started preaching at us, thanks just the same.
I would argue that you seem to be conflating racial reality with 'neo-nazism', which is a false equivalence fallacy of the first order.

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 . . .

98 posted on 08/25/2016 9:46:53 AM PDT by tomkat (Alt-Right .. sounds about right)
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To: servo1969

I thought they were saying “ult” right as in ultra right.


99 posted on 08/25/2016 9:49:19 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: oblomov
I didn't know I was alt-right until I realized there was an alt-right.

Finally, people who are saying what I am thinking and seeing and feeling.

100 posted on 08/25/2016 9:54:43 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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