So I've done little else but read alt-right blogs since Fri, & I'm here to report that we are actually *not hysterical enough* about this.
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Replying to @OsitaNwanevu
This Vox piece gives you some sense of the scale and scope of the movement, but not the whole picture: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained …
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Replying to @OsitaNwanevu
Bottom line is that it's more than just trolls & online Trumpists. It's a movement with the intellectual trappings to rope in a lot of folks
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I mean, just look at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=3rnRPhEwELo …
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Replying to @OsitaNwanevu
There's a whole blogosphere and discourse out there that isn't being examined or covered very much at all. Which is concerning.
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Replying to @OsitaNwanevu
Anyway, what we're seeing is the rise of white ethno-nationalism as a cultural force. A semi-mainstreaming beyond the KKK's wildest dreams.
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Replying to @OsitaNwanevu
I'd be interested in hearing what role you think the left played in causing the alt-right. Do you see it as a reaction?
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I think it's both a reaction to a status quo that left & right both forged & a new version of paleocon which has been around forever
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well, that's an understandable view, but here's mine (fundamentally reaction to left):https://twitter.com/HbdNrx/status/765074977259257857?s=09 …
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