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Forlorn_Ass
12/18/18 1:54:15 PM
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The alt lefts are butthurt because they realize they are the same thing as the alt right. It is 2 sides of the same coin after all.
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wronganswerfool
12/18/18 1:54:40 PM
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WhinyZach posted...
imagine being having political beliefs so insane you rather be called far left, than alt left, as if it's any different.

idgi


Far left is a real thing

Alt left is not

Just like Alt right wouldn't be a real thing if far-righters didn't coin that term themselves
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Antifar
12/18/18 1:55:29 PM
#54:


WhinyZach posted...
imagine being having political beliefs so insane you rather be called far left, than alt left, as if it's any different.

idgi

The term "alt-left" is specifically designed to draw a comparison or equivalence between these people and white supremacists.
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ROBANN_88
12/18/18 1:59:16 PM
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i guess i'm also not quite sure what alt-right is.
is it just another word for far-right?
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Antifar
12/18/18 2:02:56 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
i guess i'm also not quite sure what alt-right is.
is it just another word for far-right?

No; it implies a specific set of beliefs, distinct from ordinary conservatism. Where conservatives might talk about small government or religious values, the alt-right is motivated largely by nationalism and the enforcement of racial and sexual hierarchies. The alt-right also tends to be less concerned about "free market" and traditional right wing economic beliefs.
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ROBANN_88
12/18/18 2:03:51 PM
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Antifar posted...
the alt-right is motivated largely by nationalism and the enforcement of racial and sexual hierarchies.


that sounds awfully similar to far-right to me
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wronganswerfool
12/18/18 2:06:32 PM
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WhinyZach posted...

imagine making a troll account to troll for the left lol.


"Can't refute his post. I guess I'll just call him a troll alt"
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50Blessings
12/18/18 2:08:13 PM
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They exist

Just not to the extent that CE seems to think they do.

The vast majority of people have a slight lean, don't care out of a few specific things that matter to them, or simply don't give a shit at all.

But almost every one of those are used as a reason to call someone Alt-whatever on this board.
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scar the 1
12/18/18 2:11:08 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
Antifar posted...
the alt-right is motivated largely by nationalism and the enforcement of racial and sexual hierarchies.


that sounds awfully similar to far-right to me

Idk if Antifar agrees but far-right to me sounds a bit fuzzier. Like, is it extreme conservatism, fiscally, socially, or nah? Is it libertarianism? If it's far, where is the center? Alt-right is something white nationalists coined, far right is a term usually used by people far to the left of the perceived far right.
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ROBANN_88
12/18/18 2:17:34 PM
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scar the 1 posted...
Like, is it extreme conservatism, fiscally, socially, or nah?


i don't think anyone has ever used the term "far-right" to describe economic policy.
no, that term to me is reserved for people who think 6 million wasn't good enough and so on.
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scar the 1
12/18/18 6:14:30 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
scar the 1 posted...
Like, is it extreme conservatism, fiscally, socially, or nah?


i don't think anyone has ever used the term "far-right" to describe economic policy.
no, that term to me is reserved for people who think 6 million wasn't good enough and so on.

The main difference for me still is that far right is some sort of pejorative whereas alt-right is not
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