Understanding the Alt-Right
23rd July 2018
Actually, I’m not terribly interested in understanding the alt-right as a movement; what I find fascinating is the evolution of the term itself. There are two wildly different definitions being applied, and I believe that the left is using that confusion of terms, intentionally and with malice aforethought, to denigrate a large portion of the population as racist, right-wing oppressors.
The people who are actually on the Right but opposed to the current Crustocrat establishment prefer the term Dissident Right. Steve Sailer, Stacy McCain, John Derbyshire, and ZMan come immediately to mind.
It was only after the election that word began to filter out about an earlier, original definition for the term. We found out that the name was originally coined by a guy named Richard Spencer, the leader of a very specific, fringe group of white nationalists. Looking at their actual policy proposals, in that case alt-right seemed to refer more to being, well … leftist. It is a variant of socialism, essentially identical to several other identity-based movements in this country, populated by people who are black or Hispanic. But, while all those other movements are considered left-wing, this group, apparently for no other reason than them being white, are labeled as part of the right.
‘Alt-right’ is one of those slur-terms that the Left creates by reflex; like most such terms, it means ‘person I dislike who disagrees with me and is therefore an evil monster OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!’.