>>iannopoulos 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.
Unless the group is planning or executing violent activity, “extremist” is merely an epithet used to marginalize their opinions.
I do not consider myself alt-right, but I have read Mencken, Spengler, Evola, Sam Francis, and many of the writers at Taki’s Mag such as Steve Sailer, John Derbyshire, and Jim Goad. Many of their viewpoints are within the mainstream of conservatism. There views on race and culture are not too different from what one might have read in National Review or Commentary in the 90s.
Finally, people who are saying what I am thinking and seeing and feeling.