What is the alt-right and what does it mean?

So what, exactly, is the “alt-right”? The views of the alt-right are widely seen as anti-Semitic and white supremacist. It is mostly an online movement that uses websites, chat boards, social media and memes to spread its message.

What is altalt right?

Alt right, short for “alternative right,” is a repackaging of white supremacy by extremists seeking to mainstream their ideology. The term emerged in 2010 and started to gain widespread traction in 2016.

What is the difference between race realists and alt righters?

Others call themselves “race realists” or alternately “HBD” advocates, a reference to human biodiversity (a belief that one’s race governs traits such as behavior and intelligence—with non-whites being inferior to whites). However they define themselves, alt righters reject egalitarianism, democracy, universalism and multiculturalism.

What does ‘alternative right’ mean?

At the time, Spencer was using “alternative right” to refer to people on the right who distinguished themselves from traditional conservatives by opposing, among other things, egalitarianism, multiculturalism and open immigration.

The alt-right is a white nationalist movement and is fundamentally concerned with white identity. Not all members of the alt-right, however, actively embrace the term “white nationalist” in reference to themselves.

Are the terms alt-right and far-right synonyms for each other?

To answer your question succinctly, the so-called “alt-right” is “far-right”, but a sort-of alternative far-right as an alternative to so-called “mainstream far-right”. Far-right is essentially a superset which includes alt-right, so the alt-right are far-right, but the far-right are not all alt-right. So no, they are not synonyms.

Is the term ‘alt-right’ a euphemism?

In my view, the term ‘alt-right’ is almost a euphemism to legitimize an extreme right-wing ideology which only a few years ago would have been entirely outside the bounds of reasonable political discourse. The “alt-right” are not further right than the far right. On many subjects, they are further left.

Who are the leaders of the alt-right movement?

Many leaders of the alt-right movement, including include Spencer, Andrew Anglin, Mike Cernovich, John Derbyshire and Kyle Chapman are married to, or romantically involved with, women of Asian descent.