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The '''Alt-right''', or '''alternative right''', was a short-lived, loosely defined, [[right-wing]] faction and movement. The movement did not have many set stances or positions, but the main views commonly held among members were opposition to [[multiculturalism]], [[immigration]], and [[globalism]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/</ref><ref>http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism</ref> The term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Spencer]], supporter of the 2020 [[Biden/Harris]] ticket and organizer of the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' Charlottesville rally, who falsely claims he created the term.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref> Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of Alternative Right magazine,<ref>https://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/from-the-old-right-to-the-alt-right-how-the-conservative-ideology-of-fdrs-day-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/</ref> advocates voting a straight [[Democrat]] ticket.

The '''Alt-right''', or '''alternative right''', was a short-lived, loosely defined, [[right-wing]] faction and movement that began in 2008, and reached its highest prominence from 2015-2017, largely in connection to the rise of [[President Trump]], the [[2016 Presidential election]], and the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' rally in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]], organized by alt-right figures to protest the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue, as well as to give the alt-right more mainstream influence. Many racial hate groups were present, such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and Neo-Nazis. The event resulted in much violence between protestors, counter-protestors, and police, culminating in self-identified white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of people, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 35 other people.<ref>https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11cjpdc0b5</ref>  

According to the [[mainstream media]] the alt-right supposedly emerged as one of the central opponents of the [[Establishment]], and was also oftentimes hostile to mainstream anti-Establishment conservatives. Although originally intended to refer to nationalist and anti-establishment conservatives, [[liberal]]s have twisted the term and have used it to describe white supremacists and Neo-Nazis. Regardless of the definition(s) of "alt-right," the [[Liberal|Left]]'s extreme beliefs and behaviors are the cause of the alt-right's growth, not conservatives.<ref>Fiene, Hans (May 17, 2019). [https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/17/mom-reveals-lefty-political-tribe-breeds-affection-alt-right/ Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref>  The Alt-Right supposedly is synonymous with Hillary Clinton's "deplorables".  

The movement did not have many set stances or positions aside from opposition to [[multiculturalism]], [[immigration]], and [[globalism]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/</ref><ref>http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism</ref> According to the [[mainstream media]], the alt-right supposedly emerged as one of the central opponents of the [[Establishment]], and was also oft hostile to [[mainstream conservative]]s. Although originally intended to refer to [[nationalists]] and anti-establishment conservatives, [[liberals]] have twisted the term and have used it to describe [[white supremacist]]s and [[Neo-Nazis]]. Despite the alt-right as a movement being long dead in the last few years, mainstream leftists seem to insist on using the term as one of their many inaccurate weaponized pejoratives to scare more moderate people in the political sphere away from certain figures.

The alt-right movement's central theme is as follows:<ref>[http://angrywhitedude.com/2016/04/51778/ What is the Alt-Right?, AngryWhiteDude.com, April 12, 2016]</ref>

The term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Spencer]], supporter of the 2020 [[Biden/Harris]] ticket and organizer of the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' Charlottesville rally, who claims to have created the term.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref> Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of The ''Alternative Right'' web magazine,<ref>https://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/from-the-old-right-to-the-alt-right-how-the-conservative-ideology-of-fdrs-day-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/</ref> advocates voting a straight [[Democrat]] ticket. Regardless of the definition(s) of "alt-right," the [[Liberal|Left]]'s extreme beliefs and behaviors are the cause of the alt-right's growth, not conservatives.<ref>Fiene, Hans (May 17, 2019). [https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/17/mom-reveals-lefty-political-tribe-breeds-affection-alt-right/ Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> The Alt-Right supposedly is synonymous with Hillary Clinton's "deplorables".

 

{{cquote|The alt-right is not defined by any particular school of thought, but by the [[neoliberal]] school of thought it rejects. The alt-right, in the simplest terms, is an unapologetic purging of [[liberal]] idiocy.}}

{{cquote|The alt-right is not defined by any particular school of thought, but by the [[neoliberal]] school of thought it rejects. The alt-right, in the simplest terms, is an unapologetic purging of [[liberal]] idiocy.}}

"The origins of the alternative right can be found in thinkers as diverse as Oswald Spengler, Joseph Sobran, H.L Mencken, Julius Evola, Sam Francis, and the [[paleoconservative]] movement that rallied around the presidential campaigns of [[Pat Buchanan]].<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-2015-fueled-the-rise-of-the-freewheeling-white-nationali?utm_term=.gro5QeAlb#.am3VkM4ZB</ref> The French New Right also serve as a source of inspiration for many leaders of the alt-right.".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right, Breitbart, March 29, 2016]</ref>  Contemporary alt-right authors include Jared Taylor, Steve Sailor, Richard Spencer, Paul Kersey, Razib Khan, and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]].<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/05/meet-milo-yiannopoulos-the-appealing-young-face-of-the-racist-alt-right.html</ref>

As Milo Yiannopoulos writes, "The origins of the alternative right can be found in thinkers as diverse as Oswald Spengler, Joseph Sobran, H.L Mencken, Julius Evola, Sam Francis, and the [[paleoconservative]] movement that rallied around the presidential campaigns of [[Pat Buchanan]].<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-2015-fueled-the-rise-of-the-freewheeling-white-nationali?utm_term=.gro5QeAlb#.am3VkM4ZB</ref> The French New Right also serve as a source of inspiration for many leaders of the alt-right.".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ ''An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right'', Milo Yiannopoulos, March 29, 2016 Breitbart]</ref>  

Leading alt-right websites include Radix Journal, Countercurrents Publishing, The Unz Review, Taki Mag, The Right Stuff, and Red Ice.<ref>http://www.counter-currents.com/</ref><ref>http://www.radixjournal.com/</ref><ref>http://www.unz.com/</ref><ref>http://takimag.com/#axzz4MpkgjNbs</ref><ref>http://therightstuff.biz/</ref><ref>https://redice.tv/</ref>  More mainstream "alt-lite" websites include [[Breitbart]] and The Gateway Pundit.  

Leading alt-right websites include Radix Journal, Countercurrents Publishing, The Unz Review, Taki Mag, The Right Stuff, and Red Ice.<ref>http://www.counter-currents.com/</ref><ref>http://www.radixjournal.com/</ref><ref>http://www.unz.com/</ref><ref>http://takimag.com/#axzz4MpkgjNbs</ref><ref>http://therightstuff.biz/</ref><ref>https://redice.tv/</ref>  More mainstream "alt-lite" websites include [[Breitbart]] and The Gateway Pundit.  

In addition, a significant growth of evangelical Christianity in the West is due to American Hispanic evangelicals and evangelical European immigrants.

In addition, a significant growth of evangelical Christianity in the West is due to American Hispanic evangelicals and evangelical European immigrants.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ A Guide To The Alt-Right] by ALLUM BOKHARI & MILO YIANNOPOULOS, ''Breitbart News''

*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ A Guide To The Alt-Right] by ALLUM BOKHARI & MILO YIANNOPOULOS, ''Breitbart News''

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