:The term "alt-right" has several meanings. One meaning is "anti-establishment conservatism", another is "white supremacism," and another is what you mentioned above (though maybe it's also the second definition). Before the 2016 election, I always thought of the alt-right as anti-establishment conservatives who are more bold and bombastic than "traditional" conservatives, and I was actually surprised to see the term suddenly used to refer to "white supremacism" after the election. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:26, 6 March 2018 (EST)
::I was never surprised to see the term "Alt-right" be used to describe white ethno-nationalism. During the election, I saw the warnings. But unfortunately, almost all of them were from the pro-Clinton and NeverTrump Republican camps who were trying to frame Trump as one of those guys. So I knew that most people in the Trump camp would dismiss these warnings. But not me. I did my own homework during the election and I slowly discovered that many of the claims about the Alt-right made by the pro-Clinton and NeverTrump Republican camps were true. The cold, hard truth is that we stole the term "Alt-right" from the people who actually coined the term as the name of a political movement. The original "Alt-right" are these racist, neo-pagan, anti-Christian nationalists who I'm talking about. We stole that term out of vanity. Because Hillary Clinton (wrongfully) labeled us as such, we embraced the term without bothering to do research on what it actually means -- out of spite for Clinton. In my opinion, this was an extremely foolish decision on our part, and it has the potential to cause serious damage to the GOP over the next quarter of a century.
::This long-term damage would be done in two steps.
::First, because we embraced the term "Alt-right," the actual Alt-right is starting to infiltrate the GOP. Perhaps the two most prominent examples of such infiltration thus far are Paul Nehlen and Arthur Jones. Ever since he lost his first primary race against Paul Ryan, Paul Nehlen has gone over to the dark side. He has openly embraced the actual Alt-right and repeatedly posted racist and anti-Semitic tweets/memes, including one where he basically called President Trump a "cuck." As for Arthur Jones, he is a former leader of the American Nazi Party who is running for Congress in Illinois as a Republican. It is very likely that he will win the primary in his district due to lack of opposition. I have no doubt that the MSM will use these two men as excuses to discredit the GOP in 2018 and later elections. In fact, it already has tried that tactic. Go on YouTube and type "Alisyn Camerota interviews Arthur Jones." This will put us in a position where we will come out damaged no matter what we do. If we continue to embrace the term "alt-right," the MSM will continue their efforts to demonize us as racist/Nazis. And even if the American people don't buy that narrative (they didn't buy it in 2016), we still will have an Alt-right infiltration problem -- that likely will worsen with each electoral success we have.
::Second, the actual Alt-right despises traditional American Conservatism. Truly despises it. Once it becomes influential enough in the GOP, it will begin attempts at a hostile takeover. It will demonize us of all people as Establishment globalists because we embrace traditional American Conservatism, and therefore are not "alt-right" enough. If those tactics sound familiar, they should. Those are the same tactics the radical left used to take over the DNC nearly 50 years ago. History is in the process of slowly repeating itself. The DNC had their Baby Boomers, and now we have our Millennials. Like their Baby Boomer counterparts, the Millennials are so disillusioned with American society that they have become prone to accepting extremist, counter-cultural, anti-Chrstian ideologies as the answer to life. The Baby Boomers flocked to the New Left. The Millennials are flocking to both the Bernie Sanders Left and the Richard Spencer Alt-right [[User:James Kardys|James Kardys]] ([[User talk:James Kardys|talk]]) 11:10, 7 March 2018 (EDT)