| | The term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Bertrand Spencer]], an outspoken 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> advocated voting a straight [[Democrat]]ic ticket in the 2020 elections. 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 term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Bertrand Spencer]], an outspoken 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> advocated voting a straight [[Democrat]]ic ticket in the 2020 elections. 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 alt-right virulently loathes traditional conservative principles and particularly neoliberalism. Although some factions embrace a theology-less, de-Judaized, apostatized cultural interpretations of Christianity, most notably "Christian Nationalism," | + | The alt-right virulently loathes traditional conservative principles and particularly neoliberalism. Although some factions embrace a theology-less, de-Judaized, apostatized cultural interpretations of Christianity, most notably "Christian Nationalism," popular among socialistic "right-wing populists." |
| | Alt-right as a term appeared in November 2008 when Paul Gottfried addressed the H. L. Mencken Club about what he called "the alternative right", or a rejection of traditional [[conservativism]]. In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the 'alternative right.' | | Alt-right as a term appeared in November 2008 when Paul Gottfried addressed the H. L. Mencken Club about what he called "the alternative right", or a rejection of traditional [[conservativism]]. In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the 'alternative right.' |