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Category Archives: Alt Right
6 Media Pillars Of The Alt-Right
Comments at Forward.com: * Breitbart is not alt-right because it does not accept race as being of any importance. Increasingly, Breitbart is noticing race, but it still cannot see it or understand it outside of the moral-framework which the left … Continue reading
The Jewish Newspaper Forward Has Run About A Dozen Articles On The Alt Right In The Past Month
Here are some comments on its website for an article on Paul Gottfried: * I suspect the message of the Alt Right upsets a lot of people because it invokes what terror management theorists in psychology call “mortality salience,” namely, … Continue reading
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How David Duke Paved the Way for the “Alt-Right” — and Donald Trump
Ari Feldman writes for the Forward: The alt-right may bill itself as something new, but its roots are in the white supremacist politicians of the late 20th century. The movement embraces much of the racism and xenophobia of this elder … Continue reading
Jews, Nationalism and the Alt-Right
I’ve been writing on this subject since 1998 when Reggie White got in trouble for remarking on group differences. Around the same time, I read The Bell Curve which made it obvious what I had always suspected — different races … Continue reading
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Op/Ed: Quit Your Liberal Condescension Toward Jews Who Love Trump
Forward.com: As a Jewish immigrant from the Former Soviet Union whose family came to the United States in 1980, I’ve been dismayed to see so many liberals looking down their noses at Russian Jews who support Republican presidential nominee Donald … Continue reading
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6 Media Pillars of the ‘Alt-Right’
Forward.com has apparently turned off its comments for its Alt-Right articles. Forward.com: 1. Breitbart.com The conservative news site Breitbart has quickly become recognized as the leading publication in the push to take the views of the “alt-right” into the mainstream. … Continue reading
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Is the ‘Alt-Right’ Reaching Out to Jews — and Why?
Forward: The basic tenets combine white supremacy and white victimhood. In the former category fall bloggers like Steve Sailer, who lends the “alt-right” a pseudoscientific vibe with “human biodiversity,” a benign-sounding neologism that uses the language of genetics to explain … Continue reading
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THE RISE OF THE RADICAL RIGHT: THE ALT RIGHT NEOREACTION AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
Jakub Jankowski writes: Equality is bullshit. Hierarchy is essential. The races are different. The sexes are different. Morality matters and degeneracy is real. All cultures are not equal and we are not obligated to think they are. Man is a … Continue reading
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WP: What’s the alt-right? A primer
David Weigel writes for the Washington Post: ‘The Camp of the Saints’ A 1973 French novel by Jean Raspail, published as “Le Camp des Saints,” which envisions an immigrant invasion of France, and which many on the alt-right view as … Continue reading
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The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing
David Weigel writes: Hillary Clinton’s highly touted address on the “alternative right” sparked debates in every corner of American politics. For some commentators on the left, such as the historian Rick Perlstein, Clinton’s decision to cleave “mainstream” conservatism from the … Continue reading
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