Jonathan ChaitVerified account

I guess I don't know what bearing that has on whether that taxonomy is correct.

It implies that, while they share some traits in common, there are important and perfectly clear distinctions between the groups.

Not trying to be a jerk here; it sounds like you agree with the definition but the number of people it includes makes you uncomfortable.

This is an argument from authority, not a definition and papers often avoid using charged terms in ways that could be considered partisan

The definition you've offered is a tautology that doesn't describe an real belief but can only be used to refer to the politically marginal.

Anyway I appreciate the attempt at clarification. I hope you understand why many people don't find that definition persuasive.

I think you're making decent points. But you agree there are important differences between conservative, alt-right, and KKK/Nazi.

Yes, that's the point AND the problem! This gives the game away. The supremacist gets some purchase with mainstream stuff...

And then he has a platform for more extreme things. But white supremacy in its "benign" forms is still white supremacy!...

It's still a system in which non-whites are kept from power under the guise of "well, you're just not on my team".

If it was really an issue of "teams" the GOP would do more to elevate blacks within the party. That hasn't really happened.

Wrong. They are deemed insufficiently black by black people. You don't even want to give black ppl agency to determine who is and isn't...

Wrong again. You have shifted your argument. Your original point was about outside perception. My point was about intra party dynamics.