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In reply to the discussion: Can someone please give me names of some in the alt-left [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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 GOPs 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/
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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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
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
There seem to be a lot of ex republicans and libertarians who suddenly feel it's their place
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#35
Randomly copy usernames off of a screen capture of a Jackpine Radicals forum. nt
LexVegas
Apr 2017
#14
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 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
"The thing is, social justice lefties are not promoting any strategies that will actually lead to.."
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#78
A name created and used by those feeding fuel to dividing the Democratic voters. nt
PoliticalPie
Apr 2017
#68
Is it legal to ask if you are deliberately helping those who work so hard to divide us?
PoliticalPie
Apr 2017
#88