Is the coining of the term 'alt-right' an attempt to associate racist organizations with all conservatives? I'm seeing it used more and more. It originally referred to white nationalists, but is now being used for fringe groups like the KKK.

Posted on Nov 22, 2016

Is the coining of the term 'alt-right' an attempt to associate racist organizations with all conservatives?

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I'm seeing it used more and more. It originally referred to white nationalists, but is now being used for fringe groups like the KKK.

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I'm pretty sure it's what people call racist shitbags when they're too chickenshit to say what they mean, and the people on the receiving end of the term prefer it over the reality of their white supremacy. So no, I don't think its about smearing Conservatives, I think it's about the worst people from the "right" trying to hide in plain sight. We've simply yet to coin a term for it when it happens with the far-left. *Edited for a spelling error

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PO1 John Johnson

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Not in the true sense of "coining the term", but the Mainstream Media IS using the 'term" to vilify almost every Conservative group out there. The only problem is no one's listening to them anymore except hardcore sycophants on the Left. It's a vague term like "White Privilege" which has no quantifiers, can't be defined, means whatever you want it to mean, and is overtly used explicitly to shut down discussion of a specific point of view.

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MSG Mitch Dowler

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Just as the far left Woodrow Wilson and the media were behind early fascism initially for it's progressive socialist ideology and had to backtrack and re-brand that same ideology as far-right once the true nature of fascist version of socialism revealed itself so they continue today with branding anything that could be considered as extremist with the newly invented alt-right.

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SrA Edward Vong

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Alt-Right, despite what it is being called now, I would say is for right wing that may be out of the norm. Myself being a Rockefeller Republican, I can very well be considered alt-right, as well as "alt-left" if that term were to exist.

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http://www.npr.org/2016/11/17/502476139/were-not-going-away-alt-right-leader-on-voice-in-trump-administration my last link It is an interesting read and/or press the pllay link to the left. You can also download the interview

'We're Not Going Away': Alt-Right Leader On Voice In Trump Administration

Stephen Bannon, Donald Trump's incoming White House chief strategist, used to run the website Breitbart, which he called "the platform for the alt-right." The alt-right has been associated with racism, anti-Semitism and misogyny. Its adherents believe they have a voice in the new administration. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Richard Spencer, a white nationalist who coined the term "alt-right."

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Richard Spencer, the man who claims to have coined the term “alt-right” gave a speech in the nation’s capital Saturday in which he attacked Jews, quoted Nazi propaganda in German, and proclaimed that America is white people’s “creation, it is our inheritance, and it belongs to us.- A reason for the association with racist orgs

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Link 8: https://www.reddit.com/r/altright/comments/4x3fm2/richard_spencerask_me_anything/

RICHARD SPENCER—ASK ME ANYTHING • /r/altright

My name is Richard Spencer. I coined the term "Alternative Right"; I write at RadixJournal.com (and some other places), organize NPI conferences,...

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Richard Spencer interviewed on NPR - 11/20/2016

Link 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFjZTVhQxQ

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Richard Spencer - NPI 2016, Full Speech

Richard Spencer gives an inspiring talk at NPI 2016 in Washington D.C. at the Alt-Right conference of the year.

Link 6: https://youtu.be/Xq-LnO2DOGE

Now if you still think or feel that this was a coined phrase to associate one or the other, please see my additional links

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