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TygrBright

(20,759 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 05:41 PM Jan 2017

Guardian: The weakening of the 'alt-right': how infighting and doxxing are taking a toll

As the far right movement has emerged from obscurity, it has also become a target, facing what Richard Spencer calls ‘a literal and figurative punch in the face’

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of baby Fascisti.

I just don't have a small enough violin to sympathize.

But it's not stopping them from some ominous gestures indeed:

Richard Spencer is also well aware of this. Last week he launched a new, collaborative website, altright.com, which is intended as a more “populist, big tent” channel for the movement’s ideas than previous, more esoteric sites.
It is run out of premises in Washington DC which are shared with Arktos, a far-right publisher.

“Ultimately, it will be a Breitbart-style site with a lot of different voices and a lot of people,” he said. The aim is to bring more people into the movement, and to create a network on the far right.

“Everyone in the leadership of altright.com is open and you can’t stalk them. I can totally understand why people don’t use their real name or face – because they want to protect their family and their career and their livelihood.”

He paused, and then added: “We’re not going to become a mainstream movement unless we show our face.”


Of course, when he showed HIS...

ironically,
Bright
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