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| + | [[File:Charlottesville Ukraine.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Charlottesville protesters received training from the Ukrainian neo-Nazis [[Azov Battalion]].<ref>https://worldbeyondwar.org/letter-charlottesville-ukraine/</ref><ref>Shuster, Simon; Perrigo, Billy (January 7, 2021). [https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/ Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members]. ''TIME Magazine''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>]] | ||
| + | The '''alt-right''' ("alternative right") is an anarchic banditti of various atheistic, pagan, white supremacist, and socialistic circles. Virulent violence glorified among its mobs culminated in the 2017 "Unite The Right" rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]], hijacking peaceful protests against the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue. Conservatives have widely denounced the alt-right as "garden variety, left-wing fascists"<ref>Weigel, Daniel; Wagner, John (February 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/cpac-organizer-denounces-alt-right-as-left-wing-fascist-group/ Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces ‘fascist group’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref><ref>O'Neil, Tyler (February 23, 2017). [https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2017/02/23/dan-schneider-the-alt-right-are-nothing-but-garden-variety-left-wing-fascists-n50471 Dan Schneider: The Alt-Right Are 'Nothing But Garden Variety, Left-Wing Fascists']. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref> | ||
| − | + | At the Charlottesville protests, many racial hate groups were present, such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and Neo-Nazis which President Trump unequivocally condemned.<ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/what-happened-in-charlottesville</ref> 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> | |
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| − | + | The alt-right is a mostly [[pro-abortion]] movement. (see: [[Alt-right and abortion]]) | |
| − | + | The movement is said to not have many set stances or positions aside from self-purported 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> Despite presenting itself as a "right-wing" movement, '''a convenient narrative propagated by both neo-Marxists ''and'' the alt-right,''' it, much as the German Nazis a century ago, competes with the mainstream neo-Marxist left not as legitimate opponents from the opposing side of the political spectrum but as rivals competing for the same recruits—gullible college students.<ref group=note>As noted by the left-wing publication [https://www.salon.com/2023/02/19/why-the-right-is-ascendant-on-college-campuses/ Salon], white nationalist movements have found a breeding ground on college campuses, indicating alt-right appeal to students.</ref> | |
| − | + | 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 | + | 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.' | |
| − | + | ==Leftist roots== | |
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| − | The alt-right | + | ==Alt-right and National Socialism (Nazism)== |
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| + | The alt-right seeks racial "identitarianism" through a largely monocultural state; and cultural cohesion over economic interests.<ref>https://archive.is/tI40s</ref> Most on the alt-right does not explicitly seek genocide of nonwhite races; it views national borders as a proxy for racial segregation, but some do not support de facto racial segregation. Mainstream alt-righter members support skilled immigration. | ||
| − | + | Relationally, neo-nazism is a component of the alt-right (big-tent movement); the alt-right is NOT a component of neo-nazism. The alt-right heavily employs principles from Italian fascism which is the racially-agnostic predecessor of Nazism (German fascism). | |
| − | + | Currently, there are growing tensions between the mainstream alt-right and the neo-Nazi wing. In September 2015, mainstream Alex Jones and neo-Nazi David Duke have also exchanged barbs, the former calling the latter a "Democratic plant" and the latter referring to his news organization, ''Infowars'', as being "infiltrated" by Zionists.'In November 2016, a feud broke out between neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer (who, as previously stated, was one of the coiners of the term "alt-right") and Mike Cernovich, one of the most prominent alt-right meme-makers, after Cernovich publicly condemned Spencer and accused him of being controlled opposition for including the use of Nazi salutes at a pro-Trump victory party he held. Meanwhile, Paul Joseph Watson was harassed on Twitter by neo-Nazis after he posted a tweet that claimed that there were ''two'' alt-rights (the mainstream and the neo-Nazis), and that the neo-Nazi alt-right were "right-wing SJWs." [http://davidduke.com/dr-david-duke-official-statement-on-the-duke-jones-great-debate/][http://heatst.com/culture-wars/the-alt-right-movement-is-in-disarray-founder-claims-its-civil-war/] In December 2016, Mike Cernovich again got into a clash with the neo-Nazi wing after he banned Tim Treadstone from attending a pro-Trump victory party after Treadstone posted multiple purportedly anti-Semitic tweets on Twitter.[https://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12] | |
| − | + | Metapedia, an alt-right online encyclopedia, has attacked President Donald Trump for having Jewish allies, acquaintances, friends, and family members, whom the wiki lists under the title, "Donald Trump's Jewish Friends and Associates." This list is under the "See Also" section in their article about the President, who is listed under the category, "Zionists." Note that Metapedia is fervently anti-Zionist. These are attempts to demonize Trump by linking him with a malicious, destructive Jewish plot which doesn't exist. | |
| − | + | In light of such ideological differences, it is important to debate how often the term "alt-right" should be used by those who claim to follow the mainstream version of it. On one hand, the term is an accurate description (the mainstream "alt-right" are an ''alternative'' to RINOs). But on the other hand, since the term is most commonly attributed to neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer, it might not be smart to proclaim to belong to a term associated with him unless you actually agree with his core positions, and doing so could be considered as ideologically dishonest as the left's hijacking of the term "liberal." | |
| − | == | + | ===Hostility to Conservapedia=== |
| − | + | Currently, the two neo-Nazi alt-right wikis, Metapedia and Rightpedia (the latter which was created by neo-Nazis that think Metapedia isn't racist enough) portray Conservapedia in an extremely negative light. Just to be clear how deranged those websites are, at least one of them, and in many cases both of them, do the following: | |
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* Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology | * Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology | ||
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* Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [http://en.rightpedia.info/w/Conservapedia][http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia] | * Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [http://en.rightpedia.info/w/Conservapedia][http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia] | ||
| − | + | ==Style of alt-right== | |
| + | The style of the alt-right is to reject the approaches of the [[mainstream media]], and use the internet rather than traditional avenues of communication preferred by moderates.<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-American-alternative-right</ref> | ||
| − | = | + | The alt-right employs a "culture jammming" approach to its opposition with memes on Reddit, 4chan, 9gag, and Facebook.<ref> |
| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming</ref> This involves using modified artifacts of popular culture, specifically characters such as Pepe the frog, Moonman or anime characters to demonstrate the non-falsifiabile attributes of the neoliberal mantra of social change driven by global capitalism.<ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo+fascism</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/</ref> | ||
| + | ==Rejection of neoliberalism== | ||
| + | The alternative right holds neoliberalism responsible for the decimation of national borders and national identity. It views the rise of left-leaning governments as an effect of multicultural amalgamation caused by large business interests run amok. Libertarian (anarcho-capitalistic) elements of the alt-right oppose Keynesianism as well which, paradoxically, is the national (as opposed to global) predecessor of neoliberalism. | ||
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| + | Due to the alt-right's equation of globalized capitalism with Marxism, the movement has been compared to national anarchism (anarcho-fascism) on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_nationalism</ref> | ||
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| + | =="Libertarian nationalism"== | ||
The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated Independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings. | The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated Independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings. | ||
The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement. | The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Agnosticism, atheism and the alt-right== |
| + | :''See also:'' [[Atheism and the alt-right]] and [[Secular right]] | ||
| + | Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama and author of the book ''Making Sense of the Alt-Right'' said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) about the alt-right movement: | ||
| + | {{Cquote|I would say it is definitely a young movement. I'd say that it is predominantly white millennial men. It is not sort of stereotypically conservative in its profile. I'd say that probably it is a more secular population than the country overall. That is, there are a lot of [[agnosticism|agnostics]] and [[Atheism|atheists]] or people who are just generally indifferent to religion. And I think that it is a fairly well-educated movement on average, that as I think that probably the model alt-right member has at least some college education.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2017/08/15/543730227/unite-the-right-charlottesville-rally-represented-collection-of-alt-right-groups 'Unite The Right': Charlottesville Rally Represented Collection Of Alt-Right Groups], All Things Considered, National Public Radio</ref>}} | ||
| − | + | In the [[Western World]] whites and males are both majorities within the [[atheist population]] (see: [[Demographics of atheism]] and [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]). | |
| − | + | The alt-right leader Richard Spencer is an atheist who calls himself a "cultural Christian".<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/01/22/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-says-hes-an-atheist/ White Nationalist Richard Spencer Says He’s an Atheist] by HEMANT MEHTA</ref> | |
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| + | The alt-right emphasizes the crypto-polytheistic aspects of Christianity and links it to Greco-Roman and pan-European polytheistic history and "Western" accomplishments. The alt-right views Christianity as a religion distinct from Islam and Judaism in its polytheistic elements and "special" relationship to European history. The alt-right accepts the study of evolution and global warming as a product of Western polytheistic science. It rejects the faction of evangelical Christianity for its pro-immigration stance (for proselytization purposes) although it views Europe's history of colonization and Christian proselytization as having a positive effect on those respective colonial countries. Evangelical Christianity has moved to the right in recent times when it comes to immigration. Evangelical - especially white Evangelicals -overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. However, the alt-right has not made significant inroads among evangelicals due to many alt-right individuals being irreligious or not very religious. In addition, many evangelicals have a sense of solidarity with their fellow Christians from other races. | ||
| − | + | Due to its pro–"Western science" views the alternative right has on occasion called itself "evolutionary conservatism" or "scientific conservatism." | |
==Alt-right's approach to the Constitution== | ==Alt-right's approach to the Constitution== | ||
| + | A large chorous of authors and activist in the alt-right view the Constitution as subordinate to nationalism, and some view the [[Constitution]] as completely outmoded, including mainstream alt-right publications such as Radix Journal, Counter-Currents, and The Right Stuff.<ref>[http://www.counter-currents.com/2012/12/the-solution-is-state-power/]</ref><ref>[http://www.radixjournal.com/blog/2014/9/26/power-is-power]</ref><ref>[http://www.radixjournal.com/blog/2016/2/29/paper-worship]</ref><ref>[http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/03/27/the-constitution-cargo-cult/]</ref><ref>[http://therightstuff.biz/2016/02/04/constitutional-logic-and-the-sanhedrin/]</ref> When the former advocate of alt-right ideology [[Vox Day]] wrote a journal entry saying that he believes that "the constitution has failed us",<ref>[https://voxday.net/2016/06/09/who-killed-conservatis/ Who killed conservatism?]</ref> one single author on Red Ice came to the defense of the Constitution.<ref>[https://redice.tv/news/an-alt-right-defense-of-the-u-s-constitution]</ref> | ||
| − | + | Some college students are coming to resent the ideals of [[Progressivism]], which seemingly pushes them toward the right. However, having a deep dissatisfaction for the perversion of "equality" (which is actually re-packaged sameness) that has come as a part of [[Postmodernism]], this leads them to reject "equality" outright and no attempts to describe the difference between equality and the push toward sameness have any effect. As such, these students are not progressives, but they wholly reject Christianity,<ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/03/the-anti-christian-alt-right THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN ALT-RIGHT]</ref> the Christian Reformation, the resulting age of Enlightenment, and finally the United States Constitution.<ref>[https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/are-the-kids-altright/ ARE THE KIDS AL(T)RIGHT?]</ref> | |
==Opposition== | ==Opposition== | ||
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The movement is smeared by elitists of society that thinks it knows better. However, the usual liberal scare tactics and other social engineering schemes are rejected. The alt-right moves to its own beat. The alt-right opposes [[Feminism]], and masculinity is promoted. Anything liberal and the views held by [[RINO]]s: immigration, [[political correctness]], [[cultural appropriation]], [[misogyny]], "[[homophobia]]", etc. are fiercely rejected. | The movement is smeared by elitists of society that thinks it knows better. However, the usual liberal scare tactics and other social engineering schemes are rejected. The alt-right moves to its own beat. The alt-right opposes [[Feminism]], and masculinity is promoted. Anything liberal and the views held by [[RINO]]s: immigration, [[political correctness]], [[cultural appropriation]], [[misogyny]], "[[homophobia]]", etc. are fiercely rejected. | ||
Where the [[Establishment]] or modern conservatives shy away from a fight for fear of being called "racist", "bigoted" or "ignorant" by liberals projecting their own attitudes and beliefs onto them, the alt-right unapologetically fights against this notion. | Where the [[Establishment]] or modern conservatives shy away from a fight for fear of being called "racist", "bigoted" or "ignorant" by liberals projecting their own attitudes and beliefs onto them, the alt-right unapologetically fights against this notion. | ||
| − | Extremist leftwing progressives at the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] have taken notice, recently commenting about [[Breitbart]] and their inclusion to the SPLC hate-list<ref>[ | + | Extremist leftwing progressives at the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] have taken notice, recently commenting about [[Breitbart]] and their inclusion to the SPLC hate-list<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2016/04/29/southern-poverty-law-center-slaps-breitbart-news-with-racist-charge/#ixzz47FmwBQ4z southern-poverty-law-center-slaps-breitbart-news-with-racist-charge, DailyCaller, April 29, 2016]</ref> |
{{cquote|The outlet has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenants making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.'}} | {{cquote|The outlet has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenants making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.'}} | ||
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While the term has been used in specialized writing about politics and ideology for years, the term gain mainstream usage following a speech by [[Hillary Clinton]] attacking [[Donald Trump]]'s connections to the Alt-Right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/28/the-alt-rights-take-on-clintons-speech-botched-but-legitimizing/|work=Washington Post|date=August 28, 2016|first=David |last=Weigel|title=The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}</ref> | While the term has been used in specialized writing about politics and ideology for years, the term gain mainstream usage following a speech by [[Hillary Clinton]] attacking [[Donald Trump]]'s connections to the Alt-Right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/28/the-alt-rights-take-on-clintons-speech-botched-but-legitimizing/|work=Washington Post|date=August 28, 2016|first=David |last=Weigel|title=The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Short-term, midterm and long term prospects of the alt-right== |
| + | Paul Gottfried argues that the alt-right brand has been permanently damaged due to the alt-right leader Richard Spencer and others ruining the brand of the alt-right and the movement is now associated with neo-nazism and racism (Richard Spencer made some allusions to Nazism and gave a Nazi salutes at an alt-right gathering and it was caught on film. Spencer claimed he was only joking and it was a display or irony and exhuberance. At the alt-right gathering, many alt-righters joined him in his Nazi salutes).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8VYmY89_KU The Alt Right - What went wrong?]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/white-nationalist/ Nazi salutes ‘done in a spirit of irony and exuberance,’ alt-right leader says]</ref> | ||
| − | + | ===Long term prospects of the alt-right=== | |
| + | The alt-right is heavily dependent on white nationalism. In Europe, the fertility rate of whites is below a sub-replacement level.<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref> In the United States in many areas, whites have a sub-replacement levels of fertility while racial minorities are growing thanks in part to their higher fertility rates (this is particularly true among Hispanics).<ref>[http://time.com/4585232/white-deaths-exceed-births-united-states/ More White People Are Dying Than Are Being Born in 17 States]</ref> | ||
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| + | :''See also:'' [[Atheism vs. Christian revival and Christian apologetics]] and [[Revival]] | ||
| + | Evangelicals have not been very receptive to the alt-right. If there was a substantial growth of evangelicalism in the West (due to a revival, their higher fertility rates, immigration and other factors), it likely would not benefit the alt-right. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:12, May 31, 2023
Due to suspected long-term subversive trolling, this article is currently under construction.
The alt-right ("alternative right") is an anarchic banditti of various atheistic, pagan, white supremacist, and socialistic circles. Virulent violence glorified among its mobs culminated in the 2017 "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, hijacking peaceful protests against the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue. Conservatives have widely denounced the alt-right as "garden variety, left-wing fascists"[3][4]
At the Charlottesville protests, many racial hate groups were present, such as the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis which President Trump unequivocally condemned.[5] 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.[6]
The alt-right is a mostly pro-abortion movement. (see: Alt-right and abortion)
The movement is said to not have many set stances or positions aside from self-purported opposition to multiculturalism, immigration, and globalism.[7][8] Despite presenting itself as a "right-wing" movement, a convenient narrative propagated by both neo-Marxists and the alt-right, it, much as the German Nazis a century ago, competes with the mainstream neo-Marxist left not as legitimate opponents from the opposing side of the political spectrum but as rivals competing for the same recruits—gullible college students.[note 1]
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.[9] Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of The Alternative Right web magazine,[10] advocated voting a straight Democratic ticket in the 2020 elections. Regardless of the definition(s) of "alt-right," the Left's extreme beliefs and behaviors are the cause of the alt-right's growth, not conservatives.[11] 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," 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.'
Contents
- 1 Leftist roots
- 2 Alt-right and National Socialism (Nazism)
- 3 Style of alt-right
- 4 Rejection of neoliberalism
- 5 "Libertarian nationalism"
- 6 Agnosticism, atheism and the alt-right
- 7 View of Christianity
- 8 Alt-right's approach to the Constitution
- 9 Opposition
- 10 Short-term, midterm and long term prospects of the alt-right
- 11 References
- 12 See also
Leftist roots
- For a more detailed treatment, see Neo-Marxism and the alt-right.
Alt-right and National Socialism (Nazism)
- For a more detailed treatment, see National Socialism.
The alt-right seeks racial "identitarianism" through a largely monocultural state; and cultural cohesion over economic interests.[12] Most on the alt-right does not explicitly seek genocide of nonwhite races; it views national borders as a proxy for racial segregation, but some do not support de facto racial segregation. Mainstream alt-righter members support skilled immigration.
Relationally, neo-nazism is a component of the alt-right (big-tent movement); the alt-right is NOT a component of neo-nazism. The alt-right heavily employs principles from Italian fascism which is the racially-agnostic predecessor of Nazism (German fascism).
Currently, there are growing tensions between the mainstream alt-right and the neo-Nazi wing. In September 2015, mainstream Alex Jones and neo-Nazi David Duke have also exchanged barbs, the former calling the latter a "Democratic plant" and the latter referring to his news organization, Infowars, as being "infiltrated" by Zionists.'In November 2016, a feud broke out between neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer (who, as previously stated, was one of the coiners of the term "alt-right") and Mike Cernovich, one of the most prominent alt-right meme-makers, after Cernovich publicly condemned Spencer and accused him of being controlled opposition for including the use of Nazi salutes at a pro-Trump victory party he held. Meanwhile, Paul Joseph Watson was harassed on Twitter by neo-Nazis after he posted a tweet that claimed that there were two alt-rights (the mainstream and the neo-Nazis), and that the neo-Nazi alt-right were "right-wing SJWs." [7][8] In December 2016, Mike Cernovich again got into a clash with the neo-Nazi wing after he banned Tim Treadstone from attending a pro-Trump victory party after Treadstone posted multiple purportedly anti-Semitic tweets on Twitter.[9]
Metapedia, an alt-right online encyclopedia, has attacked President Donald Trump for having Jewish allies, acquaintances, friends, and family members, whom the wiki lists under the title, "Donald Trump's Jewish Friends and Associates." This list is under the "See Also" section in their article about the President, who is listed under the category, "Zionists." Note that Metapedia is fervently anti-Zionist. These are attempts to demonize Trump by linking him with a malicious, destructive Jewish plot which doesn't exist.
In light of such ideological differences, it is important to debate how often the term "alt-right" should be used by those who claim to follow the mainstream version of it. On one hand, the term is an accurate description (the mainstream "alt-right" are an alternative to RINOs). But on the other hand, since the term is most commonly attributed to neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer, it might not be smart to proclaim to belong to a term associated with him unless you actually agree with his core positions, and doing so could be considered as ideologically dishonest as the left's hijacking of the term "liberal."
Hostility to Conservapedia
Currently, the two neo-Nazi alt-right wikis, Metapedia and Rightpedia (the latter which was created by neo-Nazis that think Metapedia isn't racist enough) portray Conservapedia in an extremely negative light. Just to be clear how deranged those websites are, at least one of them, and in many cases both of them, do the following:
- Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology
- Proclaim bigotry against evangelicals for their pro-Israel stance
- Reject creationism
- Accuse Conservapedia of being politically correct because it's not blatantly racist
- Reject capitalism as being too materialistic
- Pretend to be anti-Islam but in fact support it when it comes to Israel's enemies Hamas and Hezbollah
- Accuse Freemasonry of being a Jewish plot
- Promote Holocaust denial and a positive view of Adolf Hitler
- Attack Conservapedia for using the Bible, and not Social Darwinism, as the basis for its support for social conservatism
- Promotes eugenics
- Accuse Conservapedia of being a partisan hack website, completely ignoring the constant references to "RINOs" on that site
- Accuse Conservapedia of being pro-Communist for even using the word "racist" and "Nazi"
- Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [10][11]
Style of alt-right
The style of the alt-right is to reject the approaches of the mainstream media, and use the internet rather than traditional avenues of communication preferred by moderates.[13]
The alt-right employs a "culture jammming" approach to its opposition with memes on Reddit, 4chan, 9gag, and Facebook.[14] This involves using modified artifacts of popular culture, specifically characters such as Pepe the frog, Moonman or anime characters to demonstrate the non-falsifiabile attributes of the neoliberal mantra of social change driven by global capitalism.[15][16]
Rejection of neoliberalism
The alternative right holds neoliberalism responsible for the decimation of national borders and national identity. It views the rise of left-leaning governments as an effect of multicultural amalgamation caused by large business interests run amok. Libertarian (anarcho-capitalistic) elements of the alt-right oppose Keynesianism as well which, paradoxically, is the national (as opposed to global) predecessor of neoliberalism.
Due to the alt-right's equation of globalized capitalism with Marxism, the movement has been compared to national anarchism (anarcho-fascism) on Wikipedia.[17]
"Libertarian nationalism"
The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated Independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings.
The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement.
Agnosticism, atheism and the alt-right
- See also: Atheism and the alt-right and Secular right
Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama and author of the book Making Sense of the Alt-Right said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) about the alt-right movement:
| “ | I would say it is definitely a young movement. I'd say that it is predominantly white millennial men. It is not sort of stereotypically conservative in its profile. I'd say that probably it is a more secular population than the country overall. That is, there are a lot of agnostics and atheists or people who are just generally indifferent to religion. And I think that it is a fairly well-educated movement on average, that as I think that probably the model alt-right member has at least some college education.[18] | ” |
In the Western World whites and males are both majorities within the atheist population (see: Demographics of atheism and Western atheism and race and Atheism and women).
The alt-right leader Richard Spencer is an atheist who calls himself a "cultural Christian".[19]
View of Christianity
The alt-right emphasizes the crypto-polytheistic aspects of Christianity and links it to Greco-Roman and pan-European polytheistic history and "Western" accomplishments. The alt-right views Christianity as a religion distinct from Islam and Judaism in its polytheistic elements and "special" relationship to European history. The alt-right accepts the study of evolution and global warming as a product of Western polytheistic science. It rejects the faction of evangelical Christianity for its pro-immigration stance (for proselytization purposes) although it views Europe's history of colonization and Christian proselytization as having a positive effect on those respective colonial countries. Evangelical Christianity has moved to the right in recent times when it comes to immigration. Evangelical - especially white Evangelicals -overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. However, the alt-right has not made significant inroads among evangelicals due to many alt-right individuals being irreligious or not very religious. In addition, many evangelicals have a sense of solidarity with their fellow Christians from other races.
Due to its pro–"Western science" views the alternative right has on occasion called itself "evolutionary conservatism" or "scientific conservatism."
Alt-right's approach to the Constitution
A large chorous of authors and activist in the alt-right view the Constitution as subordinate to nationalism, and some view the Constitution as completely outmoded, including mainstream alt-right publications such as Radix Journal, Counter-Currents, and The Right Stuff.[20][21][22][23][24] When the former advocate of alt-right ideology Vox Day wrote a journal entry saying that he believes that "the constitution has failed us",[25] one single author on Red Ice came to the defense of the Constitution.[26]
Some college students are coming to resent the ideals of Progressivism, which seemingly pushes them toward the right. However, having a deep dissatisfaction for the perversion of "equality" (which is actually re-packaged sameness) that has come as a part of Postmodernism, this leads them to reject "equality" outright and no attempts to describe the difference between equality and the push toward sameness have any effect. As such, these students are not progressives, but they wholly reject Christianity,[27] the Christian Reformation, the resulting age of Enlightenment, and finally the United States Constitution.[28]
Opposition
The movement is smeared by elitists of society that thinks it knows better. However, the usual liberal scare tactics and other social engineering schemes are rejected. The alt-right moves to its own beat. The alt-right opposes Feminism, and masculinity is promoted. Anything liberal and the views held by RINOs: immigration, political correctness, cultural appropriation, misogyny, "homophobia", etc. are fiercely rejected.
Where the Establishment or modern conservatives shy away from a fight for fear of being called "racist", "bigoted" or "ignorant" by liberals projecting their own attitudes and beliefs onto them, the alt-right unapologetically fights against this notion.
Extremist leftwing progressives at the Southern Poverty Law Center have taken notice, recently commenting about Breitbart and their inclusion to the SPLC hate-list[29]
| “ | The outlet has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenants making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.' | ” |
While the term has been used in specialized writing about politics and ideology for years, the term gain mainstream usage following a speech by Hillary Clinton attacking Donald Trump's connections to the Alt-Right.[30]
Short-term, midterm and long term prospects of the alt-right
Paul Gottfried argues that the alt-right brand has been permanently damaged due to the alt-right leader Richard Spencer and others ruining the brand of the alt-right and the movement is now associated with neo-nazism and racism (Richard Spencer made some allusions to Nazism and gave a Nazi salutes at an alt-right gathering and it was caught on film. Spencer claimed he was only joking and it was a display or irony and exhuberance. At the alt-right gathering, many alt-righters joined him in his Nazi salutes).[31][32]
Long term prospects of the alt-right
The alt-right is heavily dependent on white nationalism. In Europe, the fertility rate of whites is below a sub-replacement level.[33] In the United States in many areas, whites have a sub-replacement levels of fertility while racial minorities are growing thanks in part to their higher fertility rates (this is particularly true among Hispanics).[34]
Evangelicals and the shortterm, midterm and long term prospects of the alt-right
Evangelicals have not been very receptive to the alt-right. If there was a substantial growth of evangelicalism in the West (due to a revival, their higher fertility rates, immigration and other factors), it likely would not benefit the alt-right.
In addition, a significant growth of evangelical Christianity in the West is due to American Hispanic evangelicals and evangelical European immigrants.
References
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- ↑ Shuster, Simon; Perrigo, Billy (January 7, 2021). Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members. TIME Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ Weigel, Daniel; Wagner, John (February 23, 2017). Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces ‘fascist group’. The Washington Post. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ O'Neil, Tyler (February 23, 2017). Dan Schneider: The Alt-Right Are 'Nothing But Garden Variety, Left-Wing Fascists'. PJ Media. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ https://www.prageru.com/video/what-happened-in-charlottesville
- ↑ https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11cjpdc0b5
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- ↑ http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism
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- ↑ 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/
- ↑ Fiene, Hans (May 17, 2019). Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right. The Federalist. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
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- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming
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- ↑ https://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_nationalism
- ↑ 'Unite The Right': Charlottesville Rally Represented Collection Of Alt-Right Groups, All Things Considered, National Public Radio
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- ↑ Weigel, David. "The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing", Washington Post, August 28, 2016. Retrieved on August 29, 2016.
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- ↑ Nazi salutes ‘done in a spirit of irony and exuberance,’ alt-right leader says
- ↑ Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London
- ↑ More White People Are Dying Than Are Being Born in 17 States
