JimBowie1958
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Until about a year ago I had not heard of the Alt-Right. I had heard of the neocons and their opposition paleocons, but not the Alt-right. And though I have read enough to publish a book, lol, I will do my best in this post keep it simple and describe what I have learned, as accurately as I know it.
The Alt-right is a large group of people who oppose the Neoconservative establishment in the GOP. They dont see the intellectual divide on the right as between neocons vrs paleocons any more. They see it as Neoconservatives vrs EVERBODY ELSE to the right. And that is a fairly large group. Here is a break down for the Alt-Right by Breitbart, the supposed flag ship of the Alt-right.
But this is why the Neocon GOPe likes to smear its more moderate conservative traditional conservative opposition as 'Alt-Right' by clumping them with the Jared Taylors and antisemites of the once called 'Far Right'. In response the Alt-right likes to hit back by labeling the Neocons as "Conservatives Inc.", i.e. a fake conservatism that is only concerned about making profit and to hell with American culture or any core ethnic identity.
The Alt-Right consists of the 'Natural Conservatives' who are more moderate and assert that one cannot separate culture from ethnicity and race (I disagree), but they do correctly assert that ideology and politics flow downstream from culture and that I most certainly do agree with. Along with the "Natcons" are the Memers and the 1488ers and the remnants of the Paleocon movement and Cultural conservatives of various kinds and both of whom are the vast majority of the Alt-Right.
This embraces a huge number of people in that subspectrum of the anti-Neocon Right from Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham and Andrew Breitbart to those who would object to their own inclusion like Rush Limbaugh and Rudy Giulliani, to those who want to be, not just members, but thought of as the definers of Alt-Right ideology like the 1488ers and this loser.
The lefts reaction to the Alt right is similar to many of the right's reaction to Islam in that both groups tend to identify their opposition by the most extreme views that they find among that group. Just as many cultural conservatives cannot distinguish between the main stream Islam of our many allies vrs the radical Salafi movement that breeds terrorists like cockroaches, the left cannot see the difference of thought between the neonazi 1488ers vrs Donald Trump, the former who hope to hijack the Alt-Right movement while the latter is hardly even aware of the movement. And while the left will hypocritically demand respect for the differences of thought among various elements of Islam, they concede no such consideration for their fellow Americans on the right, even embracing Muslim extremists like Huma Abedin who is trying to hide from her past in the closet as Hillary Clintons top aid.
But though the 1488ers do not define Alt-Right no more than Salafists define Islam, it will be the definition used by their enemies. The worst aspect of it all is that by painting with such a broad brush, the left cripples and undermines the Paleocon and Christian efforts to contain and marginalize the 1488ers and the White Nationalists by declaring these fringe groups as the champions of anti-Neocons on the Right.
Now, while the 1488ers are losers from the get-go, the White Nationalists are far more subtle and thus dangerous to what America has long stood for and draws its strength from - civic nationalism and ethnic diversity. While the traditional conservatives are the majority of the Alt-Right, the White Nationalists are growing fast and are perfecting their appeal from within the reigning paradigm of "Identity Politics".
In the West, a new racism has evolved that is an adaptation of the old racism to the new political realities by reducing their racism to its component axioms. For example, while one is not allowed to argue that blacks are by nature criminally inclined, one can argue that genetic studies of twins show that genetic components to human individual behavior are overwhelming forces, and that also any imposition of "Law and Order" policies are inherently discriminatory and have unequal impact on blacks. The summation of these last two assertions equate to the first "racist" assertion and not many people are missing that message; they are just too cowed to talk about it. So the modern racists pass their racial beliefs to the broader population not with direct assertions, but by breaking them down into component parts instead and let the reader draw their own conclusions.
And the success of this new racism is overwhelming in the broader culture. We live in a time where most fictional characters, where they mention ethnic background, justify and explain their behavior by referencing their ethnicity or genetic heritage. Whether the people are Klingons from Star Trek, Grimms from the TV series Grimm, elves, dwarves and orcs from Tolkien or World of Warcraft, or just some stereotypical race from a random role playing game, the notion that race and genetics reign in individual behavior is now SUPREME. You cant even argue the topic; I know as I have many many times tried.
The White Nationalists embrace this underlying composition and argue that white people must be allowed their place at the Identity Politics table of Identities. They do not argue for White Supremacy, that is a 1488er losing issue that White Nationalists jeer at and disdain as for "informants and LARPers". They call themselves "Identitarians" and argue that they only want fairness for those who identify as whites and an end to antiWhite Discrimination. Jared Taylor is among the top intellectuals of this group and he disdains White Supremacism and antiSemitism.
So while Taylor and his allies battle the anti-Semites and 1488ers for control of the Alt-Right fringe, the Paleocons like Ann Coultur, Laura Ingraham, and the staff at Breitbart continue to plug away trying to unseat the Neocons in power within the GOP, backing their man Donald Trump, as their enemies in BOTH parties are using the Identitarians and 1488ers to smear the efforts of the paleocons.
And so the Neocons split their opposition within the party and hope to remain on top after giving Hillary Clinton the White House.
The Alt-right is a large group of people who oppose the Neoconservative establishment in the GOP. They dont see the intellectual divide on the right as between neocons vrs paleocons any more. They see it as Neoconservatives vrs EVERBODY ELSE to the right. And that is a fairly large group. Here is a break down for the Alt-Right by Breitbart, the supposed flag ship of the Alt-right.
But this is why the Neocon GOPe likes to smear its more moderate conservative traditional conservative opposition as 'Alt-Right' by clumping them with the Jared Taylors and antisemites of the once called 'Far Right'. In response the Alt-right likes to hit back by labeling the Neocons as "Conservatives Inc.", i.e. a fake conservatism that is only concerned about making profit and to hell with American culture or any core ethnic identity.
The Alt-Right consists of the 'Natural Conservatives' who are more moderate and assert that one cannot separate culture from ethnicity and race (I disagree), but they do correctly assert that ideology and politics flow downstream from culture and that I most certainly do agree with. Along with the "Natcons" are the Memers and the 1488ers and the remnants of the Paleocon movement and Cultural conservatives of various kinds and both of whom are the vast majority of the Alt-Right.
This embraces a huge number of people in that subspectrum of the anti-Neocon Right from Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham and Andrew Breitbart to those who would object to their own inclusion like Rush Limbaugh and Rudy Giulliani, to those who want to be, not just members, but thought of as the definers of Alt-Right ideology like the 1488ers and this loser.
The lefts reaction to the Alt right is similar to many of the right's reaction to Islam in that both groups tend to identify their opposition by the most extreme views that they find among that group. Just as many cultural conservatives cannot distinguish between the main stream Islam of our many allies vrs the radical Salafi movement that breeds terrorists like cockroaches, the left cannot see the difference of thought between the neonazi 1488ers vrs Donald Trump, the former who hope to hijack the Alt-Right movement while the latter is hardly even aware of the movement. And while the left will hypocritically demand respect for the differences of thought among various elements of Islam, they concede no such consideration for their fellow Americans on the right, even embracing Muslim extremists like Huma Abedin who is trying to hide from her past in the closet as Hillary Clintons top aid.
But though the 1488ers do not define Alt-Right no more than Salafists define Islam, it will be the definition used by their enemies. The worst aspect of it all is that by painting with such a broad brush, the left cripples and undermines the Paleocon and Christian efforts to contain and marginalize the 1488ers and the White Nationalists by declaring these fringe groups as the champions of anti-Neocons on the Right.
Now, while the 1488ers are losers from the get-go, the White Nationalists are far more subtle and thus dangerous to what America has long stood for and draws its strength from - civic nationalism and ethnic diversity. While the traditional conservatives are the majority of the Alt-Right, the White Nationalists are growing fast and are perfecting their appeal from within the reigning paradigm of "Identity Politics".
In the West, a new racism has evolved that is an adaptation of the old racism to the new political realities by reducing their racism to its component axioms. For example, while one is not allowed to argue that blacks are by nature criminally inclined, one can argue that genetic studies of twins show that genetic components to human individual behavior are overwhelming forces, and that also any imposition of "Law and Order" policies are inherently discriminatory and have unequal impact on blacks. The summation of these last two assertions equate to the first "racist" assertion and not many people are missing that message; they are just too cowed to talk about it. So the modern racists pass their racial beliefs to the broader population not with direct assertions, but by breaking them down into component parts instead and let the reader draw their own conclusions.
And the success of this new racism is overwhelming in the broader culture. We live in a time where most fictional characters, where they mention ethnic background, justify and explain their behavior by referencing their ethnicity or genetic heritage. Whether the people are Klingons from Star Trek, Grimms from the TV series Grimm, elves, dwarves and orcs from Tolkien or World of Warcraft, or just some stereotypical race from a random role playing game, the notion that race and genetics reign in individual behavior is now SUPREME. You cant even argue the topic; I know as I have many many times tried.
The White Nationalists embrace this underlying composition and argue that white people must be allowed their place at the Identity Politics table of Identities. They do not argue for White Supremacy, that is a 1488er losing issue that White Nationalists jeer at and disdain as for "informants and LARPers". They call themselves "Identitarians" and argue that they only want fairness for those who identify as whites and an end to antiWhite Discrimination. Jared Taylor is among the top intellectuals of this group and he disdains White Supremacism and antiSemitism.
So while Taylor and his allies battle the anti-Semites and 1488ers for control of the Alt-Right fringe, the Paleocons like Ann Coultur, Laura Ingraham, and the staff at Breitbart continue to plug away trying to unseat the Neocons in power within the GOP, backing their man Donald Trump, as their enemies in BOTH parties are using the Identitarians and 1488ers to smear the efforts of the paleocons.
And so the Neocons split their opposition within the party and hope to remain on top after giving Hillary Clinton the White House.
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