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Alt-right

The alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a far-right and white nationalist movement. A largely online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late 2000s before increasing in popularity and establishing a presence in other countries during the mid-2010s. The term is ill-defined and has been used in different ways…

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related to Governance, isolationism, and anti-interventionism · 46
Alt-right → Aleksandr Dugin, Alt-rightists, Although, American, American Right, Andrew Marantz, Anglin, Assad, Assad's Syria, Bashar, Cold War, David Duke, Dugin, Dugin's, English, Generally, Heimbach, Hezbollah, Iran, Islam
related to Violent incidents · 45
Alt-right → Adam Lanza, All, American, American-based, Amtrak, An, Atchison's, Aztec, Aztec High School, Bowers, Canadian, Charleston, Columbine High School, Conservative Citizens, Council, Dylann Roof, Future Mass Shooter, Gab, He, Hitler
related to 2017–2018: Decline · 37
Alt-right → American, Anglin, Anti-Defamation League, Arthur Jones, California, Heidi Beirich, Heimbach, Holocaust, House, Illinois, In, Jason Wilson, Marilyn Mayo, Nazi, Nazi Patrick Little, Paul Nehlen, Paul Ryan, Republican, Republican Speaker, Right
related to Harassment · 36
Alt-right → After, Anglin, Another Jewish, Arrington, As, Ben Shapiro, British Member, British MP Jo Cox, Comet Ping Pong, David, Dionyso, Filthy Jew Bitch, French, Hawley, Her, Hitlerwasright, In, Internet, Jewish, Jewish Community Centers
related to Religion · 35
Alt-right → Christian, Christianity, Christians, Confederate Battle Flag, Despite, DezNat, For, God, Hawley, He, Islam, Islamic-majority, Islamophobia, Islamophobic, Jewish, LGBTQ, Many, Mormon, Muslim, Muslims
related to White nationalism · 29
Alt-right → Africans, Americans, Anglin, Arabs, Ashkenazi Jews, Asian, Asians, Attitudes, CounterCurrents Publishing, David Atkinson, Europeans, Greg Johnson, Hawley, IQ, It, Jewish, Main, Most, Not, Rejecting
related to Use of memes · 28
Alt-right → According, After Trump, Alt-rightists, Ancient Egyptian, Another, Black Lives Don't Matter, By, Chava Gourarie, Clown World, Columbia Journalism Review, Donald Trump Jr, Frog, Gary Lachman, Honkler, Internet, Katy Perry, Kek, Kekistan, Mac Tonight, Matt Furie
related to Influences · 27
Alt-right → African Americans, After World War II, Alliance, Although, American, By, European, European Americans, Far-right, George Lincoln Rockwell's American, Hawley, Hispanic Americans, Jared Taylor, Kevin, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, MacDonald, Many, Nazi, Nazi Party
related to Use of humor and irony · 27
Alt-right → Alt-rightists, Always, Another, As, Black Lives Matter, BLM, By, Christian, For, Hawley, Journalist, KKK, LGBTQ, Marquis, Members, Nagle, Nazi, One American, POC, Politico
related to Casual factors · 24
Alt-right → American, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter, Dallas, Fascist Italy, Ferguson, Forscher, Gray, Hawley, In, Kteily, Michael Brown, Nazi Germany, Nour, Obama, On, Patrick, Philip, The

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white movement alt-rightists far-right also right many online spencer political groups trump people like term american nationalist mainstream members use

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Alt-rightis awhite nationalist movement0.90text
Alt-rightis aserious movement rather than just an alternative way to express traditionally conservative beliefs0.90text
feminisminstance ofand anger at left-wing and non-white forms of identity politics0.80text
Black Lives Matterinstance ofand anger at left-wing and non-white forms of identity politics0.80text
limited governmentinstance ofother traditional conservative positions0.80text
low taxesinstance ofother traditional conservative positions0.80text
strict law-and-orderinstance ofother traditional conservative positions0.80text
William Pierce.Another of the tactics employed online by alt-rightists is to parody their leftist opponentsinstance ofMembers of the alt-right sometimes mocked the earnestness and seriousness of earlier white nationalists0.80text
Commentary or Dissent.In 2017instance ofhad a readership the size of small magazines0.80text
following the Charlottesville car attackinstance ofhad a readership the size of small magazines0.80text
an ABC News/Washington Post poll found out that 10instance ofhad a readership the size of small magazines0.80text
the swastikainstance ofwhich makes use of Nazi symbols0.80text

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