"Peak popularity" is the way Google describes it when a search term reaches a historical "peak"
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Ah, ok, didn't know the term of art. I don't doubt a lot of people want to read/know more about Alt Right.
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And some percentage is going to end up embracing alt-right ideals, thus strengthening the "movement." This seems undeniable.
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Replying to @mtracey
Probably--you lift up the rock and stuff comes crawling out.
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Sure, some will embrace alt right but vast majority will take one look & be repulsed.
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So the alt-right will have gained strength as a result of HRC's action. That's been my contention all along.
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Gained strength in absolute numbers sure, but will also be despised by many more.
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There is no central organization or figure to "despise." It's not like despising Fred Phelps and his acolytes.
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You don't think most people will despise alt-right memes when they start recognizing them?
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The memes will just continue morphing -- that's the nature of an internet-based movement, infinitely adaptive.
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You're giving these guys more credit for creativity & flexibility than they deserve. A very limited, repulsive lot
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It's not "giving them credit" -- it's acknowledging that expanding absolute number of people who embrace the ideals...
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...means an increase of the number of people who will fashion the ideals in their own image.
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