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If you have never heard the phrase "alternative right," you are probably not alone. I am not sure that I was aware of this phenomenon before reading more about Donald Trump's online support. But it is an interesting phenomenon. Benjamin Welton of the Weekly Standard offers a taxonomy of the mostly online movement, consisting of "neo-reactionaries, monarchists, nativists, populists, and even a few self-declared fascists."
Their online "activism" (if it can be called that) surfaced in the mainstream earlier this year with the curious and sudden appearance of the term "cuckservative," an epithet that joins the racially laden word "cuckold" with "conservative," describing conservative politicians that more or less accept a "liberal" consensus position on immigration and race relations, specifically. To put it another way, it describes conservative white politicians who have sold out and serve the interests of Jews and non-whites.
The essential premise behind much of the "alternative right" is familiar: Whites constitute a social group with competing interests, multiculturalism is an anti-white conspiracy (Jews are mostly responsible), white liberals are often referred to as "swipples," which is derived from SWPL or "Stuff White People Like." The most vulgar alternative right outlet is probably The Right Stuff Dot Biz, which I will not bother linking to because it is probably worse than Stormfront.
Surveying their site, I note a few things that are interesting about them and seem to set them apart from the would-be thugs that usually populate the darkest corners of the internet. A number of them seem to be educated. Greg Johnson of Counter Currents Publishing has a PhD, but even the hideous hosts of The Right Stuff podcasts also sound like they have completed at least a bachelor's degree. Second, and consistent with this interpretation, they are often interested in a racialized reading of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, and are almost just as likely to be atheists or neo-pagans as they are to be Christians. Third, they do not have clear consensus positions on the role of Jews or homosexuals, although I would be lying if I said that their opinions were not overwhelmingly negative on both scores. Still, it is worth noting that this diversity of opinion is also true of the European New Right and the ethnic nationalist movements that have been growing in Europe. Which leads to a fourth observation: They appear to be engaged in significant "pan-European" cross-pollinization with similarly minded individuals of European descent. The Right Stuff hosts international shows with hosts and guests from the UK, Scandinavia and central Europe. And these individuals also use the same highly offensive group jargon that litters the white supremacist forums, and leads to the creation of words like "cuckservative."
What best explains the growing interest in these ideologies, and what are the best ways for the mainstream to respond to them?
Their online "activism" (if it can be called that) surfaced in the mainstream earlier this year with the curious and sudden appearance of the term "cuckservative," an epithet that joins the racially laden word "cuckold" with "conservative," describing conservative politicians that more or less accept a "liberal" consensus position on immigration and race relations, specifically. To put it another way, it describes conservative white politicians who have sold out and serve the interests of Jews and non-whites.
The essential premise behind much of the "alternative right" is familiar: Whites constitute a social group with competing interests, multiculturalism is an anti-white conspiracy (Jews are mostly responsible), white liberals are often referred to as "swipples," which is derived from SWPL or "Stuff White People Like." The most vulgar alternative right outlet is probably The Right Stuff Dot Biz, which I will not bother linking to because it is probably worse than Stormfront.
Surveying their site, I note a few things that are interesting about them and seem to set them apart from the would-be thugs that usually populate the darkest corners of the internet. A number of them seem to be educated. Greg Johnson of Counter Currents Publishing has a PhD, but even the hideous hosts of The Right Stuff podcasts also sound like they have completed at least a bachelor's degree. Second, and consistent with this interpretation, they are often interested in a racialized reading of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, and are almost just as likely to be atheists or neo-pagans as they are to be Christians. Third, they do not have clear consensus positions on the role of Jews or homosexuals, although I would be lying if I said that their opinions were not overwhelmingly negative on both scores. Still, it is worth noting that this diversity of opinion is also true of the European New Right and the ethnic nationalist movements that have been growing in Europe. Which leads to a fourth observation: They appear to be engaged in significant "pan-European" cross-pollinization with similarly minded individuals of European descent. The Right Stuff hosts international shows with hosts and guests from the UK, Scandinavia and central Europe. And these individuals also use the same highly offensive group jargon that litters the white supremacist forums, and leads to the creation of words like "cuckservative."
What best explains the growing interest in these ideologies, and what are the best ways for the mainstream to respond to them?
