What is the alt-right?

[silentwitness]

t was my understanding that whoever was opposed to the current government would sit on the left side of the hall, meaning even those we would call conservatives sat there at times.

My understanding is that France was a monarchy and the group that opposed Monarchy (and the Christian church) had the habit of sitting on the Left.

I don’t agree with some of the attempts at later re-designations but the origin of the term is explained here.

Left-wing politics - Wikipedia

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French Left - Wikipedia

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Where Did the Terms 'Left Wing' and 'Right Wing' Come From? | HISTORY

It has to do with seating arrangements.

www.history.com

 

[Polak]

I would define it as a term that a liberal labels anyone who they identify as conservative with.

Same as conservative label liberals as leftists.

Interesting. I’m not sure I would agree they identify anyone who is a conservative with that label, but they certainly label some conservatives that way, even when they are not. Although again, it would depend on what your definition of alt-right is.

I also believe the term leftist for liberals is much less ‘charged’. If the left labels you alt-right, you’re basically considered the worst of the worst. It even gets to the point of other conservatives fearing being associated with you, because of this label. Being labelled a leftist on the other hand, won’t prevent you from being invited on mainstream news programs.

Part of the problem is that these pundits don’t usually go around announcing themselves as “alt-right”, somebody else puts them in that category. Also, their “agendas” vary by person and by what they’re doing. Some of them are seriously into white nationalism or misogyny, others of them are trying to knock down Planned Parenthood, still others just think Trump is a great president and want to get him elected and have places where people can talk intelligently about things like Trump without getting shouted down. Some of the people in the alt-right definitely have political aims for themselves in mind down the road and don’t want to align themselves with some extremist group that will harm their prospects.

I would agree with you, as well as the others who have echoed that sentiment in this thread, that people generally get labelled with the term alt-right, rather than using the term to refer to themselves. Of the different types of people you mentioned though, I would say those who are into white nationalism seem the most happy to embrace that label. People who are against Planned Parenthood or support Trump, don’t tend to accept the alt-right label due to its negative connotation, that I mentioned in my response to @CradleRC58.

 

[RidgeSprinter]

Does that sounds about right, or are there other characteristics that you identify with the alt-right?

yes, it sounds about right.

And there is this:

AltRight Corporation - Wikipedia

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https://altright.com/