Correct - the alt-right, Fox and Trump use it to pretend the left is just as bad as they are. (Reply #60)

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Wed Apr 26, 2017, 05:29 PM

60. Correct - the alt-right, Fox and Trump use it to pretend the left is just as bad as they are.

Introducing the ‘alt-left’: The GOP’s response to its alt-right problem
By Aaron Blake
December 1, 2016 at 1:34 PM

On Wednesday, the conservative-leaning advocacy group One Nation released a statement on Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

“Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Lead Alt-Left in Hijacking of Bipartisan Medical Research Bill,” the subject line read.

Wait. “Alt-left?”

You may have heard of the alt-right — especially in recent weeks as former Breitbart News head Stephen Bannon has been given a top role in shaping President-elect Donald Trump's administration and agenda. There remains plenty of disagreement about what exactly “alt-right” means, but it's a loaded political term carrying connotations of white nationalism and even racism. And thusly, Democrats are gleefully attaching the term to the Trump administration and the Trump-led Republican Party.

The GOP's response: I know you are but what am I. Yep, apparently they're going to start calling what they view as more extreme Democrats the “alt-left.”

The term isn't brand new, but it has just now gradually worked its way into the mainstream. It started with alt-right websites like World Net Daily and has graduated to the airwaves of Fox News and Sean Hannity, who has been using it for a couple of weeks now. And Trump, who has distanced himself from the alt-right term, may have played a major role in pushing it into the conservative lexicon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/meet-the-alt-left-the-gops-response-to-its-alt-right-problem/

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92 replies	Author	Time	Post
Can someone please give me names of some in the alt-left [View all]	angstlessk	Apr 2017	OP
made up bullshit	HAB911	Apr 2017	#1
yep	spanone	Apr 2017	#2
Yep.	Iggo	Apr 2017	#3
This is not a trash thread...I am calling out	angstlessk	Apr 2017	#4
Hmm...I didn't realize my comment could be read that way.	Iggo	Apr 2017	#7
I think "the term alt-left" is similar to "the professional left" and	Snotcicles	Apr 2017	#10
more names- Jill Stein alt-left	snooper2	Apr 2017	#22
This message was self-deleted by its author	snooper2	Apr 2017	#22
My take on the terms is different than yours.	emulatorloo	Apr 2017	#24
I'll give you the first one-	snooper2	Apr 2017	#20
I got more names, Cornel West	snooper2	Apr 2017	#21
Yes	melman	Apr 2017	#50
Thank you. It's a made up bogeyman by Democratic conservatives	Warpy	Apr 2017	#76
That's Bull and you know it, Warpy.. It's 3rd party assholes like	Cha	Apr 2017	#81
No not really.. sarandon, stein, west.. all the assholes who	Cha	Apr 2017	#82
Chris Hedges, Jill Stein, Ralph Nader, Julian Assange, Cornel West, Jimmy Dore, Susan Sarandon, etc.	DanTex	Apr 2017	#5
So the alt-left is not a movement like the alt-right (aka white supremacists)	angstlessk	Apr 2017	#6
They think that after it all burns down, a glorious socialist revolution will rise up.	DanTex	Apr 2017	#8
If that's the case, maybe they should read more dystopian novels.	HughBeaumont	Apr 2017	#12
That's About the Size of It	Leith	Apr 2017	#9
Truth.	H2O Man	Apr 2017	#30
Correct - the alt-right, Fox and Trump use it to pretend the left is just as bad as they are.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2017	#60
Didn't you vow to be gone if Sander's lost the primaries?	CajunBlazer	Apr 2017	#85
So, someone answered your question with a list of names,	MineralMan	Apr 2017	#13
Damn, you're good.	SticksnStones	Apr 2017	#47
I posted the question because I hear the term without attribution,	angstlessk	Apr 2017	#67
Add Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowdon	WhiteTara	Apr 2017	#26
Aren't they libertarian? -nt	Bradical79	Apr 2017	#32
There seem to be a lot of ex republicans and libertarians who suddenly feel it's their place	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#35
Neither of them are lefties	tenderfoot	Apr 2017	#56
Neither of them self-identify as Libertarians.	OilemFirchen	Apr 2017	#66
I agree with your point	FiveGoodMen	Apr 2017	#11
It is a typical ploy from the right	PatSeg	Apr 2017	#17
Randomly copy usernames off of a screen capture of a Jackpine Radicals forum. nt	LexVegas	Apr 2017	#14
LOL	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#15
Yep!	WhiteTara	Apr 2017	#28
...	La Lioness Priyanka	Apr 2017	#38
+1000	stonecutter357	Apr 2017	#52
Touche	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Apr 2017	#62
Alt left is an ideology that	Kaye_NY	Apr 2017	#16
How is that even possible?	FiveGoodMen	Apr 2017	#31
I'm actually about to start an OP on this	Kaye_NY	Apr 2017	#33
It's not. They are very far to the left on social issues as well.	grossproffit	Apr 2017	#40
Citing Breitbart and other right wing sources to smear Democrats	emulatorloo	Apr 2017	#18
I'm offended by the term "alt left" because...	MountCleaners	Apr 2017	#19
+1!	beam me up scottie	Apr 2017	#61
maybe you should read this-	snooper2	Apr 2017	#25
Important post - should not be ignored.	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#27
Many of these people ID as classical liberals or true liberals.	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#29
You've left out a great deal on where they stand politically except for downplaying "social" issues.	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#36
It doesn't seem like you've listened to these people before passing judgement.	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#43
I don't see a difference beteeen Dems and "the social justice left"	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#46
Then all I have to say to you is	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#58
If they think the "social justice left" isn't the majority of the left	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#63
I didn't say anything about whether the social justice left is the majority.	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#71
I'm not sure why you claim liberals are doing nothing but policing speech and"inventing intent" but	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#72
I never said that is all that liberals are doing...	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#75
"The thing is, social justice lefties are not promoting any strategies that will actually lead to.."	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#78
Lol	TeacherB87	Apr 2017	#79
It would be much faster if you just read twitter	Blue_Tires	Apr 2017	#34
At least 1:3 of them are libertarian/ socialist or "ex" GOP posers....	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#37
I've since updated	Blue_Tires	Apr 2017	#45
And an amazing update it is, Brother Blue!!! I think if you needed to	bettyellen	Apr 2017	#73
Well done n/t	emulatorloo	Apr 2017	#48
Bookmarking.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2017	#49
This is List is bang on. N/T	Chevy	Apr 2017	#59
+1!	betsuni	Apr 2017	#64
This is an excellent summation	mcar	Apr 2017	#65
Very informative, thanks...that is better than a few names, as I can assign	angstlessk	Apr 2017	#69
Nailed it	kcr	Apr 2017	#74
Best post of the year. nt	JTFrog	Apr 2017	#80
Podcast called Chapo Trap House	Starry Messenger	Apr 2017	#39
Great example n/t	emulatorloo	Apr 2017	#44
Think about self-proclaimed 'progressives' who voted for Trump	emulatorloo	Apr 2017	#41
Just another handy label to throw at those you don't like.	alarimer	Apr 2017	#42
try google ! Julian Assange ,Susan Sarandon are alt-left.	stonecutter357	Apr 2017	#51
There's a long list of (screen) names at JPR	BannonsLiver	Apr 2017	#53
I was going to recommend the same thing.	LonePirate	Apr 2017	#55
Bernie or bust people, Jill Stein, etc, Cornell West etc.	nycbos	Apr 2017	#54
I don't use the term myself	leftynyc	Apr 2017	#57
I would not include Cenk	womanofthehills	Apr 2017	#90
A name created and used by those feeding fuel to dividing the Democratic voters. nt	PoliticalPie	Apr 2017	#68
Nope.. it's a real damn thing.. Liars like stein, sarandon,	Cha	Apr 2017	#83
That is grouping a liberal with two third way types.	PoliticalPie	Apr 2017	#84
NO, it's not.. 3 3rd party asshole pushers and voters.	Cha	Apr 2017	#87
Is it legal to ask if you are deliberately helping those who work so hard to divide us?	PoliticalPie	Apr 2017	#88
Are you really covering for the asshole 3rd party Liars?	Cha	Apr 2017	#89
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Apr 2017	#91
Would a good old-fashioned antiSemite count?	clementine613	Apr 2017	#70
JPR. nt	fleabiscuit	Apr 2017	#77
I'm not sure what the term is suppose to mean	TNLib	Apr 2017	#86
I suspect some consider that it means any "leftist" who didn't care much for Hillary Clinton.	David__77	Apr 2017	#92

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