tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post3454126937184931019..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Definition of the Day: Alt-RightPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-29260329831092550972018-03-30T08:43:34.203+13:002018-03-30T08:43:34.203+13:00It might not be much mis-used, but it clearly is m...It might not be much mis-used, but it clearly is mis-used, no matter to what degree it might be. The individuals I mention are clearly not anti-semitic or white supremacist, but I have seen them more than once classed as alt-right, as has been Pamela Geller, who is Jewish.<br /><br />And those individuals are animated against Islam and the totalitarian left, in defence of freedom of speech, secular law, freedom of religion, etc, so I consider those individuals to be allies in the fight for freedom. If they are not, then I fail to understand why. Perhaps they might not be full-fledged libertarians (or perhaps they are, I have never seen them explicitly state their politics), but that is of little concern considering that they are the coal face of a totalitarian advance. They are very brave individuals, who have their lives on the line, literally, everyday in defiance of an enemy of Western civilisation.Richard Wiighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014802233741921087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-32330860321321553732018-03-29T19:07:21.060+13:002018-03-29T19:07:21.060+13:00Mark, I grant you there's some stretching -- t...Mark, I grant you there's some stretching -- to be fair it's more a description than a definition. I agree that the charge of atheism is a strange one; I think the writer is suggesting it is the conspiracy theorising that is often anti-Semitic, rather than the alt-righters themselves (although they are a scraping of the bottom of so many barrels, many are); I've seen very few interested in trade at all: most seem more interested in being "anti-left" in whatever form they think that might take, rather than being pro- very much at all.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2821727423906294132018-03-29T19:02:33.920+13:002018-03-29T19:02:33.920+13:00Barry, the alt-right acquired their tactics and th...Barry, the alt-right acquired their tactics and their group-worship from their alleged enemies. They acquired them wholesale, simply lifting fro them the group=identity collectivism begun by Marx and embraced by post-modernism. The only real difference is that the group with which they identify is white.<br />Make no mistake, they are not friends of individual liberty.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75221515016781191822018-03-29T18:58:44.335+13:002018-03-29T18:58:44.335+13:00Richard, I don't think the term is much mis-us...Richard, I don't think the term is much mis-used, any more than I think those entities are exponents of liberty.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-74380326656468610072018-03-29T16:26:34.125+13:002018-03-29T16:26:34.125+13:00I think the term is probably misused, much like &q...I think the term is probably misused, much like "racist" is used as a weapon to shut down debate, so that the likes of Tommy Robinson, Milo, Paul Joseph Watson, who are not white supremacist, or anti-semitic, and who are pro-liberty, are lumped in with those who are.Richard Wiighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014802233741921087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-82371901860938738872018-03-27T09:24:55.629+13:002018-03-27T09:24:55.629+13:00The neo-Nazi Trump supporters are certainly not a ...The neo-Nazi Trump supporters are certainly not a bunch of neo-Marxist post modernists. What a load of nonsense. Get your definitions from someone other than right-wingers who want to arbitrarily portray those they don't like as leftists. <br />Barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-18244404802205955652018-03-26T17:33:50.862+13:002018-03-26T17:33:50.862+13:00I've only had some limited exposure to the alt...I've only had some limited exposure to the alt-right, but in some respects that definition doesn't ring true compared to what I've observed:<br /><br />1. They certainly don't seem atheist. They are usually religious, and believe Christianity is foundational to Western civilization.<br /><br />2. They are not all anti-Semitic. Some are to be sure, but I'm not convinced they're a majority that defines the movement.<br /><br />3. They are not predominantly totalitarian. Generally they seem to be in favour of small government and free trade, except when it comes to free trade across borders.<br />MarkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199883270652041621noreply@blogger.com