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Who else pictures a keyboard in their head when someone mentions Alt-Right? n/t (Original Post) piechartking Aug 2016 OP
I truly do not understand what the heck this is.. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #1
It's basically the next-generation of White Supremacists piechartking Aug 2016 #3
This era's iteration of John Bircher types, who wouldn't be caught dead Hortensis Aug 2016 #11
alternative right AKA the new name for the white supremecists rurallib Aug 2016 #10
White supremacists is what they are. And Trump pulls them into his campaign. brush Aug 2016 #13
Yes.... the "delete" key hlthe2b Aug 2016 #2
Not me Glamrock Aug 2016 #4
Not me. I picture David Duke and scumbags like him. grossproffit Aug 2016 #5
I picture a nazi symbol. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #6
I can only envision a gaggle of hysterical and shrill dude-bro's LanternWaste Aug 2016 #7
I picture a hoard of Morlocks. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #8
I picture a USENET group... JHB Aug 2016 #9
I picture conspiracy nuts. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #12
No you're spot on. N/t piechartking Aug 2016 #14
Who pictures a piano when they hear the word "keyboard" stopbush Aug 2016 #15

Peacetrain

(22,872 posts)
1. I truly do not understand what the heck this is..
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:47 AM
Aug 2016

I am trying to dig up information on what it is.. from the little I have read.. its seems like a very disturbing movement

piechartking

(617 posts)
3. It's basically the next-generation of White Supremacists
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:53 AM
Aug 2016

Basically Hipster Neo-nazis.

Very tech-savvy, knowledgeable on how to leverage and use social and other forms of new media.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. This era's iteration of John Bircher types, who wouldn't be caught dead
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:49 PM
Aug 2016

in polyester blends. They do lack the signature commie paranoia, replacing it with other passions, and are also less religious on average, as is typical for younger generations.

The tea-partiers are basically just another older, earlier, less imaginary-cool iteration.

The J.B. Society itself is still alive and well enough; but kind of like racists, few want to identify as one. Actually, just like.

Me too, Piechartking, though for some reason my fingers interpret it as control-alt-delete.

rurallib

(62,387 posts)
10. alternative right AKA the new name for the white supremecists
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:45 PM
Aug 2016

kind of the umbrella name for groups like stormfront and the KKK etc.
That is my understanding anyway.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
7. I can only envision a gaggle of hysterical and shrill dude-bro's
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:25 PM
Aug 2016

I can only envision a gaggle of hysterical and shrill dude-bro's lamenting the oppression of the white man while mocking the one thing they, and they alone simply have no use for-- safe spaces.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
12. I picture conspiracy nuts.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:56 PM
Aug 2016

People who think their guns will be forcefully confiscated, UN forces will place them in concentration camps, Jews are secretly controlling the world, liberals are trying to slowly kill white people, the Moon landings were faked, etc.

It ultimately has an anti-government slant.

Am I thinking correctly, or am I confusing "alt-right" with others?

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