So Is Alt-Right a thing?

[viper37]

I imagine being a monarchist in Canada doesn't automatically mean you are insane.

It just makes you Canadian.   

[Martinus]

I don't think this is a consistent ideological movement - more like an attempt to shift the Orton Window by bringing back into the light topics that were only recently considered beyond the pale of the mainstream discourse. As a result, a lot of it is also trolling.

The Trump support is also easy to explain - because he is not ideologically consistent either. I think what unites Alt-Right is that they are all anti-political-correctness, are social libertarians (at least in the area of free speech) and have a sense of mischief - so it means you end up getting people who range from thought provoking to downright nasty.

It is more a social movement than a political one, imho, with the social status being determined mainly by how many people you can effectively trigger to clutch their pearls. It is also a clear reaction to the leftist domination of academia. The good part of alt-right, imo, is that it brings back the almost forgotten art of a healthy debate (especially as many alt-righters vehemently disagree with each other, but at least agree that there are no ideas that should be taboo and seem to love debating).

In other words, it is a lot like Languish or KAPland (especially in the early days), only in the real world.

[MadImmortalMan]

I've read a libertarian tract on why the US should have a monarchy,

You read junk like that but didn't realize there was an alt-right? Maybe you should broaden your news sources? 

[Martinus]

I've read a libertarian tract on why the US should have a monarchy,

You read junk like that but didn't realize there was an alt-right? Maybe you should broaden your news sources? 

If Mother Jones doesn't write about it, it does not exist in Raz's world.

[Eddie Teach]

If Mother Jones doesn't write about it, it does not exist in Raz's world.

Eh, I've never heard him reference that place while he's mentioned reading things on Breitbart dozens of times.

[Martinus]

There was actually an article by Milo explaining the Alt-Right on Breitbart fairly recently so it does not seem lime Raz reads it.

[Eddie Teach]

If he's like most Languish readers, his biggest single source of news is Slate articles reposted on Languish. 

[Lettow77]

 Martinus paints a very flattering picture of alt-right, but not a very accurate one without way more moonman and misogyny.

[Martinus]

Martinus paints a very flattering picture of alt-right, but not a very accurate one without way more moonman and misogyny.

Meowtf.

[Eddie Teach]

Dare I ask what Moonman is?

[Malthus]

I don't think this is a consistent ideological movement - more like an attempt to shift the Orton Window by bringing back into the light topics that were only recently considered beyond the pale of the mainstream discourse. As a result, a lot of it is also trolling.

The Trump support is also easy to explain - because he is not ideologically consistent either. I think what unites Alt-Right is that they are all anti-political-correctness, are social libertarians (at least in the area of free speech) and have a sense of mischief - so it means you end up getting people who range from thought provoking to downright nasty.

It is more a social movement than a political one, imho, with the social status being determined mainly by how many people you can effectively trigger to clutch their pearls. It is also a clear reaction to the leftist domination of academia. The good part of alt-right, imo, is that it brings back the almost forgotten art of a healthy debate (especially as many alt-righters vehemently disagree with each other, but at least agree that there are no ideas that should be taboo and seem to love debating).

In other words, it is a lot like Languish or KAPland (especially in the early days), only in the real world.

Way I see it, political correctness, particularly on university campuses, is like chronic ass rash: irritating and lingering, but hardly a threat to one's life. The cure isn't to threaten to take a shotgun to one's own ass. 

[Malthus]

Dare I ask what Moonman is?

Enjoy!

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-man

[Legbiter]

Martinus paints a very flattering picture of alt-right, but not a very accurate one without way more moonman and misogyny.

Watching the 17 year old 4chan edgelords use the National Review set as lolcows on Twitter is pretty great. 

[derspiess]

For starters, Canadian Conservatives use the traditional conservative colour - blue.

Not our fault.  We had red forced upon us, probably by some lefty who was scared of people making the connection of Demoncrats to socialists/commies.

[Valmy]

For starters, Canadian Conservatives use the traditional conservative colour - blue.

Not our fault.  We had red forced upon us, probably by some lefty who was scared of people making the connection of Demoncrats to socialists/commies.

Man I miss those days