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13) As Matthew Lyons notes in "Insurgent Supremacists,": "Because alt-rightists were explicitly white nationalist, many observers didn’t notice that they also promoted a misogyny so extreme that even many neonazis criticized it." But this is an absolutely critical dynamic.

14) It's how the alt-right was able to grow so quickly. They recruited from the message boards of MRAs, incels, #GamerGaters, and pickup artists.

15) And there's a healthy crossover between these groups. Here's Sargon of Akkad, an anti-feminist vlogger who rose to prominence during #GamerGate, discussing his "race realism," the current dogwhistle term for being a racist: http://www.rockingphilosophy.com/2018/01/sargon-of-akkad-discusses-race-realism-liberalism.html …

16) "Pickup artist" and rape advocate Roosh V even supports white nationalist Richard Spencer: https://web.archive.org/web/20170315233507/www.rooshv.com/i-do-not-disavow-richard-spencer … And Roosh isn't even white.

19) We see the same thing happening with nationalism. That's how groups like the Proud Boys are able to recruit non-white members while still organizing alongside open white nationalists like the 211 Bootboys, Identity Evropa, and Emily Youcis.

20) Race is a powerful organizing platform for the far right, but it's not the only one. However, when racist groups are allowed in spaces unchecked, their philosophy spreads.