re: Alt Right Movement

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the "alt-right" was similar to the "Tea Party" in that it meant different things to different people

just like the Tea Party clearly devolved into christian-conservative authoritarianism, the alt-right has devolved into identity politics

that's why i said the "alt-lite" has all the "pro-West" beliefs without any of the racism or antisemitism

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This. When I first started hearing the term "alt-right" last year, it encapsulated tons of different beliefs and ideologies. White nationalists and white supremacists were only a small part. You had anarcho-capitalists, protectionists, non-Libertarian party libertarians, classical British liberals who leaned socially conservative. Basically anyone on the right who was fed up with the GOP and didn't want to be a full blown Libertarian could have identified themselves as "Alt-Right".

That term, especially after this weekend, has crystalized into another name for white supremacy in the national debate, rightly or wrongly. I need to go look up the "Alt-Lite", but that seems to be where all those other previous members of the alt-right have fled to.