Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling. (vox.com)
Updated by Brian Resnick@B_resnickbrian@vox.com Aug 15, 2017, 1:00pm EDT
The white supremacists marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend were not ashamed when they shouted, “Jews will not replace us.” They were not ashamed to wear Nazi symbols, to carry torches, to harass and beat counterprotesters. They wanted their beliefs on display.
It’s easy to treat people like them as straw men: one-dimensional, backward beings fueled by hatred and ignorance. But if we want to prevent the spread of extremist, supremacist views, we need to understand how these views form and why they stick in the minds of some people.
Recently, psychologists Patrick Forscher and Nour Kteily recruited members of the alt-right (a.k.a. the “alternative right,” the catchall political identity of white nationalists) to participate in a study to build the first psychological profile of their movement. The results, which were released on August 9, are just in working paper form, and have yet to be peer-reviewed or published in an academic journal.
That said, the study uses well-established psychological measures and is clear about its limitations. (And all the researchers’ raw data and materials have been posted online for others to review.)
So while it is a preliminary assessment, it validates some common perceptions of the alt-right with data. It helps us understand this group not just as straw men but as people with knowable motivations.
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more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/15/16144070/psychology-alt-right
Worth reading all the way to the section regarding economic issues.
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Not.
And there is no such thing as alt right. They are Nazis and white supremacists.
Good article. 
I would imagine all women who don't live to serve men, to bear children, feed, clean, groom their families of however many children their husbands want, and wait patiently for their next order are seen as their enemies. Also, attitude is so important. There has to be the necessary bowing and scraping somehow woven into the way they address men, politely implying they are in the presence of greatness, and making all the necessary adjustments in behavior, reflecting more esteem for the wealthier, more powerful ones, and graciously looking down on those their husbands don't trust or like.
If you take time to look for images of Klan gentlemen, you will notice there are some events in which they appear to allow their little women (called "Loties" ) to attend, wearing their own matching ghost outfits.
(They always have the nicest meeting places, don't they?)
