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:''The term "alt-right" has more than one definition, and this article currently uses both.''

:''The term "alt-right" has more than one definition, and this article currently uses both.''

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[[File:Charlottesville Ukraine.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Charlotteslville protesters received training from Ukrainian neo-Nazis [[Azov Battalion]].<ref>https://worldbeyondwar.org/letter-charlottesville-ukraine/</ref>]]

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 to 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 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>

The '''Alt-right''', or '''alternative right''', was a short-lived, loosely defined, [[conspiracy theory]] that began in 2008, and allegedlyy reached its highest prominence from 2015 to 2017 in connection to the rise of [[President Trump]], the [[2016 Presidential election]], and the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]], organized to protest the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue.

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 movement is said to 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 used the term 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 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".  

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".  

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.  

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". In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the 'alternative right.' The term is commonly attributed to

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.'

The alternative right has alternately been called libertarian nationalism, "neo"-paleoconservatism, "evolutionary" conservatism, "scientific" conservatism, and the post-'''religious right'''.<ref>https://twitter.com/douthatnyt/status/704462319074594816</ref>

The alternative right has alternately been called libertarian nationalism, "neo"-paleoconservatism, "evolutionary" conservatism, "scientific" conservatism, and the post-'''religious right'''.<ref>https://twitter.com/douthatnyt/status/704462319074594816</ref>