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In ''[[National Review]]'' in April, Ian Tuttle wrote, "The Alt-Right has evangelized over the last several months primarily via a racist and antisemitic online presence. But for Allum Bokhari and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], the Alt-Right consists of fun-loving provocateurs, valiant defenders of Western civilization, daring intellectuals—and a handful of neo-Nazis keen on a [[Final Solution]] 2.0, but there are only a few of them, and nobody likes them anyways."<ref name="tuttle"/> Bokhari and Yiannopoulos describe [[Jared Taylor]], founder of ''[[American Renaissance (magazine)|American Renaissance]]'', and Richard B. Spencer, founder of ''[[Alternative Right]]'', as representative of intellectuals in the alt-right.<ref name="tuttle"/><ref name="MY1"/> [[Cathy Young]], writing in ''[[The Federalist (website)|The Federalist]]'', stated that the website ''RadixJournal'' had replaced the ''Alternative Right'' website, and describes a ''RadixJournal'' article on [[abortion]] which proclaimed that the [[pro-life]] position is "'[[dysgenics|dysgenic]],' since it encourages breeding by 'the least intelligent and responsible' women."<ref name= CY150414/> [[Kevin B. MacDonald]] is also mentioned as being an alt-right thinker.<ref name="ap"/>
In ''[[National Review]]'' in April, Ian Tuttle wrote, "The Alt-Right has evangelized over the last several months primarily via a racist and antisemitic online presence. But for Allum Bokhari and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], the Alt-Right consists of fun-loving provocateurs, valiant defenders of Western civilization, daring intellectuals—and a handful of neo-Nazis keen on a [[Final Solution]] 2.0, but there are only a few of them, and nobody likes them anyways."<ref name="tuttle"/> Bokhari and Yiannopoulos describe [[Jared Taylor]], founder of ''[[American Renaissance (magazine)|American Renaissance]]'', and Richard B. Spencer, founder of ''[[Alternative Right]]'', as representative of intellectuals in the alt-right.<ref name="tuttle"/><ref name="MY1"/> [[Cathy Young]], writing in ''[[The Federalist (website)|The Federalist]]'', stated that the website ''RadixJournal'' had replaced the ''Alternative Right'' website, and describes a ''RadixJournal'' article on [[abortion]] which proclaimed that the [[pro-life]] position is "'[[dysgenics|dysgenic]],' since it encourages breeding by 'the least intelligent and responsible' women."<ref name= CY150414/> [[Kevin B. MacDonald]] is also mentioned as being an alt-right thinker.<ref name="ap"/>


In ''Newsday'', Young called the alt-right "a nest of anti-Semitism" inhabited by "white supremacists" who regularly use "repulsive bigotry".<ref name="newsday1"/> [[Chris Hayes (journalist)|Chris Hayes]] on ''[[All In with Chris Hayes]]'' described alt-right as a euphemistic term for "essentially modern-day white supremacy."<ref name="MSNBC"/> ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' reporter Rosie Gray described the alt-right as "white supremacy perfectly tailored for our times," saying that it uses "aggressive rhetoric and outright racial and anti-Semitic slurs" and that it has "more in common with European far-right movements than American ones."<ref name="buzzfeed1">{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-2015-fueled-the-rise-of-the-freewheeling-white-nationali |title=How 2015 Fueled The Rise Of The Freewheeling, White Nationalist Alt Right Movement – BuzzFeed News |publisher=Buzzfeed |date=July 7, 2015 |accessdate=February 5, 2016|last=Gray|first=Rosie}}</ref> Yishai Schwartz, writing for ''[[Haaretz]]'', described the alt-right as "vitriolically anti-Semitic," saying that "The 'alternative' that the alt-right presents is, in large part, an alternative to acceptance of Jews," and warned that it must be taken seriously as a threat.<ref name="Haaretz"/>
In ''Newsday'', Young called the alt-right "a nest of anti-Semitism" inhabited by "white supremacists" who regularly use "repulsive bigotry".<ref name="newsday1"/> [[Chris Hayes (journalist)|Chris Hayes]] on ''[[All In with Chris Hayes]]'' described alt-right as a euphemistic term for "essentially modern-day white supremacy."<ref name="MSNBC"/> Yishai Schwartz, writing for ''[[Haaretz]]'', described the alt-right as "vitriolically anti-Semitic," saying that "The 'alternative' that the alt-right presents is, in large part, an alternative to acceptance of Jews," and warned that it must be taken seriously as a threat.<ref name="Haaretz"/>


According to the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], ''[[Breitbart News]]'' has become a popular outlet for alt-right views.<ref name="splcbreitbart"/>
According to the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], ''[[Breitbart News]]'' has become a popular outlet for alt-right views.<ref name="splcbreitbart"/>

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The alt-right is a segment of right-wing ideologies presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism in the United States.[1][2] It has been described as a movement unified by support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump,[3][4] as well as by opposition to multiculturalism and immigration.[5]

The alt-right has no official ideology, although various sources have said that it is associated with white nationalism,[1][2][6] white supremacism,[3][5][7] antisemitism,[1][2][8] right-wing populism,[6][9] nativism,[10][11] and the neoreactionary movement.[12][13]

The alt-right has been said to be a largely online movement with Internet memes widely used to advance or express its beliefs, often on websites such as 4chan.[8][14][15]

Etymology

In November 2008, Paul Gottfried addressed the H. L. Mencken Club about what he called "the alternative right".[16] In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the alternative right.[17] The term's modern usage, however, is most commonly attributed to Richard B. Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of Alternative Right.[6][18]

Beliefs

The alt-right has no official ideology, with the Associated Press stating that there is "no one way to define its ideology."[19][20] It has been said to include elements of white nationalism,[1][2][6] white supremacism,[3][7][5] antisemitism,[1][2][8] right-wing populism,[6][9] nativism,[10][11] and the neoreactionary movement.[12][13]

Jeet Heer of The New Republic identified the alt-right as having ideological origins among paleoconservatives, particularly with respect to restricting immigration and supporting a more openly nationalistic foreign policy.[21] Newsday columnist Cathy Young also noted the alt-right's strong opposition to both legal and illegal immigration and its hard-line stance on the European migrant crisis.[22] Robert Tracinski of The Federalist has written that the alt-right opposes miscegenation and advocates collectivism and tribalism.[23] Nicole Hemmer stated on NPR that political correctness is seen by the alt-right as "the greatest threat to their liberty."[24]

Commonalities shared across the loosely-defined alt-right include disdain for mainstream politics and support for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[6][25]

Use of memes

The alt-right's use of Internet memes to advance or express its beliefs, often on websites such as 4chan, has been widely reported.[8][15][26] Adherents of the ideology have, for instance, been credited for originating the term cuckservative, a portmanteau of "cuckold" and "conservative".[27] Another example is the use of triple parentheses or "echoes" to identify and target Jews online, which originated on the blog The Right Stuff.[3][8][28] The prevalence of memes in alt-right circles has led some commentators to question whether the alt-right is a serious movement rather than just an alternative way to express traditionally conservative beliefs,[6][8] with Chava Gourarie of the Columbia Journalism Review stating that provoking a media reaction to these memes is for some creators an end in itself.[29]

Reaction

Although some conservatives have welcomed the alt-right, others on the mainstream right and left have criticized it as racist or hateful,[22][30] particularly given its overt hostility to mainstream conservatism and the Republican Party.[31][32]

David A. French, writing for National Review, called alt-right proponents "wanna-be fascists" and bemoaned their entry into the national political conversation.[33]

Benjamin Welton, writing for The Weekly Standard, described the group as a "highly heterogeneous force" that refuses to "concede the moral high ground to the left."[34]

Benjamin Wallace-Wells, writing for The New Yorker, described it as a "loosely assembled far-right movement," but said that its differences from the conventional right-wing in American politics are more a matter of style than of substance: "One way to understand the alt-right is not as a movement but as a collective experiment in identity, in the same way that many people use anonymity on the Internet to test more extreme versions of themselves."[6]

Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama suggested that the alt-right may pose a greater threat to progressivism than the mainstream conservative movement.[35]

Commentary

Jared Taylor (pictured) has been mentioned as an intellectual representative of the alt-right.[36]

In National Review in April, Ian Tuttle wrote, "The Alt-Right has evangelized over the last several months primarily via a racist and antisemitic online presence. But for Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos, the Alt-Right consists of fun-loving provocateurs, valiant defenders of Western civilization, daring intellectuals—and a handful of neo-Nazis keen on a Final Solution 2.0, but there are only a few of them, and nobody likes them anyways."[36] Bokhari and Yiannopoulos describe Jared Taylor, founder of American Renaissance, and Richard B. Spencer, founder of Alternative Right, as representative of intellectuals in the alt-right.[36][37] Cathy Young, writing in The Federalist, stated that the website RadixJournal had replaced the Alternative Right website, and describes a RadixJournal article on abortion which proclaimed that the pro-life position is "'dysgenic,' since it encourages breeding by 'the least intelligent and responsible' women."[38] Kevin B. MacDonald is also mentioned as being an alt-right thinker.[19]

In Newsday, Young called the alt-right "a nest of anti-Semitism" inhabited by "white supremacists" who regularly use "repulsive bigotry".[22] Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes described alt-right as a euphemistic term for "essentially modern-day white supremacy."[39] Yishai Schwartz, writing for Haaretz, described the alt-right as "vitriolically anti-Semitic," saying that "The 'alternative' that the alt-right presents is, in large part, an alternative to acceptance of Jews," and warned that it must be taken seriously as a threat.[40]

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Breitbart News has become a popular outlet for alt-right views.[41]

On August 25, 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton devoted a speech to denouncing the alt-right and linking it to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[42][43]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tierney McAfee (August 25, 2016). "What Is the Alt-Right Anyway? A User's Guide". People. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gregory Krieg (August 25, 2016). "Clinton is attacking the 'Alt-Right' – What is it?". CNN. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Ohlheiser, Abby (June 3, 2016). "Anti-Semitic Trump supporters made a giant list of people to target with a racist meme". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Betsy Woodruff. "Rush Limbaugh's Favorite New White-Power Group". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Sevastopulo, Demetri. "'Alt-right' movement makes mark on US presidential election". Financial Times.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Wallace-Wells, Benjamin (May 5, 2016). "Is the Alt-Right for real?". The New Yorker.
  7. ^ a b Benjy Sarlin (August 25, 2016). "5 Things to Know About the 'Alt-Right'". NBC News. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Hess, Amanda (June 10, 2016). "For the Alt-Right, the Message Is in the Punctuation". The New York Times.
  9. ^ a b Chaitin, Daniel. "Study: Online Trump supporters 'aren't afraid to let curse words fly'". The Gazette.
  10. ^ a b Liu, Kevin. "Demystifying the Alt-Right". The Michigan Review.
  11. ^ a b Becker, Amanda. "Clinton to accuse Trump of embracing nativist political movement". Reuters.
  12. ^ a b "Colby Cosh:At some point, people will tire of being urged to progress while being told that none has ever happened". National Post.
  13. ^ a b Brodeur, Michael. "What's 'alt-' about the alt-right?". The Boston Globe.
  14. ^ Dylan Matthews (April 18, 2016). "The alt-right is more than warmed-over white supremacy. It's that, but way way weirder". VOX. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  15. ^ a b Jake Kivanç (June 15, 2016). "Nero, Nazis, and the New Far Right: The Phenomena of the Professional Troll". Vice. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  16. ^ Gottfried, Paul (January 22, 2016). "The Decline and Rise of the Alternative Right". The Unz Review. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  17. ^ Theodoracopulos, Taki (July 27, 2009). "Economism in the Alt Right". Taki's Magazine. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  18. ^ Larry Keller (March 15, 2010). "Paleocon Starts New Extreme-Right Magazine". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  19. ^ a b Benac, Nancy (August 24, 2016). "Clinton sees Trump ties to "alt-right" dystopian ideology". Associated Press.
  20. ^ Wendling, Mike. "Trump's shock troops: Who are the 'alt-right'?". BBC News.
  21. ^ Heer, Jeet (January 22, 2016). "National Review Fails to Kill Its Monster". The New Republic.
  22. ^ a b c Cathy Young (January 25, 2016). "Donald Trump's rant against political correctness is comfort food to racists". Newsday. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  23. ^ Tracinski, Robert (April 4, 2016). "Yes, the Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists". The Federalist. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  24. ^ "What You Need To Know About The Alt-Right Movement". NPR.org. August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  25. ^ News, ABC. "'Alt-Right' Hashtag Spurs Racism, Rebukes During Speech". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ Jesse Singal (May 26, 2016). "Explaining Ben Shapiro's Messy, Ethnic-Slur-Laden Breakup With Breitbart". New York. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  27. ^ Weigel, David. "'Cuckservative' – the conservative insult of the month, explained". The Washington Post.
  28. ^ "(((Echoes))), Exposed: The Secret Symbol Neo-Nazis Use to Target Jews Online". mic.com.
  29. ^ Gourarie, Chava (August 30, 2016). "How the 'alt-right' checkmated the media". Columbia Journalism Review.
  30. ^ Robert Tracinski. "Yes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists". The Federalist. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  31. ^ "An Open Letter to Mitt Romney". The Weekly Standard.
  32. ^ Shapiro, Ben. "The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America: Then and Now". National Review.
  33. ^ French, David (January 26, 2016). "Donald Trump & Alt-Right's Rise – Not Conservatives Fault". National Review. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  34. ^ Welton, Benjamin (February 1, 2016). "What, Exactly, is the 'Alternative Right?'". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  35. ^ George Hawley (January 25, 2016). Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism. University Press of Kansas. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7006-2193-4.
  36. ^ a b c Tuttle, Ian. "The Racist Moral Rot at the Heart of the Alt-Right". National Review. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  37. ^ "An Establishment Conservative's Guide To The Alt-Right". Breitbart. March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  38. ^ Young, Cathy. "You Can't Whitewash The Alt-Right's Bigotry". The Federalist. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  39. ^ "All In with Chris Hayes, Transcript 12/9/2015". MSNBC. December 9, 2015.
  40. ^ Schwartz, Yishai (May 31, 2016). "Banal, Incoherent, anti-Semitic and pro-Trump: Why We Should Take the Alt-right Seriously". Haaretz.
  41. ^ Piggott, Stephen. "Is Breitbart.com Becoming the Media Arm of the 'Alt-Right'?". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  42. ^ Maxwell Tani (August 25, 2016). "Hillary Clinton: 'A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican Party'". Business Insider. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  43. ^ Michelle Goldberg (August 25, 2016). "How the "Hipster Nazis" of the Alt Right Got Big Enough for Hillary Clinton to Denounce Them". Slate. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
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