@alex @ew @frodo pretty important distinction.
Alt-right can mean white supremacist, and that's the meaning the left relies on when they use it as a attack.
It can also just mean right wing populism, an alternative route to right wing ideals than the paleoconservative, neoconservative or religious conservative paths.
The distinction is critically important, because they aren't the same at all. You can be both definitions of alt-right because they aren't mutually exclusive, but they aren't necessarily mutually inclusive either.
I don't think the second definition necessarily is synonymous with far right. You can be considered center right (or realistically center left, but thats another problem) and be considered alt-right because it's more about the path to holding right wing views, rather than the extent of those views.
Alt-right can mean white supremacist, and that's the meaning the left relies on when they use it as a attack.
It can also just mean right wing populism, an alternative route to right wing ideals than the paleoconservative, neoconservative or religious conservative paths.
The distinction is critically important, because they aren't the same at all. You can be both definitions of alt-right because they aren't mutually exclusive, but they aren't necessarily mutually inclusive either.
I don't think the second definition necessarily is synonymous with far right. You can be considered center right (or realistically center left, but thats another problem) and be considered alt-right because it's more about the path to holding right wing views, rather than the extent of those views.
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