Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:06 PM

"alt-left" is a right wing slur

It was coined by the alt-right as a means to legitimize themselves. Every time you use it to attack those on the left, you are legitimizing the right.

Here's an article from when it was coined explaining the right wing origins:

Introducing the ‘alt-left’: The GOP’s response to its alt-right problem

"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.

“Nobody even knows what [alt-right] is,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper in August when asked about Bannon's comments tying Breitbart to the alt-right. “This is a term that was just given that — frankly, there's no alt-right or alt-left. All I'm embracing is common sense.”

Previously, the term had appeared intermittently on sites like WND and CNS News and even in a syndicated column in Canadian newspapers hitting the media's coverage of Trump. But Trump's mention seemed to bring it to the attention of more mainstream conservatives.

The same night Trump used it, Lou Dobbs dropped a reference on his Fox Business Network show. A couple days later, the Washington Times' Kerry Riddell appeared on Fox News's “Media Buzz” and took issue with the media trying to label Trump's supporters as bigoted and racist: “If they're going to do that, do it with her or do it with her alt-left supporters.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/meet-the-alt-left-the-gops-response-to-its-alt-right-problem/?utm_term=.5261efeba6b7

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
"alt-left" is a right wing slur (Original post)	Lordquinton	Aug 2017	OP
This term was made up by hannity	Gothmog	Aug 2017	#1
Yes, remember	rock	Aug 2017	#2
So, they made up "Alt-Right" so they could claim they weren't Nazis...	haele	Aug 2017	#3
Yes it is a made-up right-wing. Ther is no such thingg as "alt left' Just as there is no such thing	Nitram	Aug 2017	#4
That is why it should have no place	G_j	Aug 2017	#5
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2017	#6
Nonsense	leftstreet	Aug 2017	#7
What's nonsence?	Expecting Rain	Aug 2017	#8
Please support your claim	Lordquinton	Aug 2017	#9
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2017	#10
Anyone who uses it has outed themselves as an ally of white supremacists	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2017	#11
There's a lot of people forcing it	Lordquinton	Aug 2017	#12
The troupe is small	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2017	#14
A vocal minority for sure	Lordquinton	Aug 2017	#16
It's a tactic by and for the weak minded	Major Nikon	Aug 2017	#13
Nailed it!	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2017	#15

Response to Lordquinton (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:11 PM

Gothmog (136,392 posts)

1. This term was made up by hannity

Hannity made up this term https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-alt-left-trump-was-talking-about/

So who uses the term "alt-left"?
It grew out of the conservative media. In particular, Fox News host Sean Hannity, an outspoken supporter of Mr. Trump, frequently references the alt-left on Twitter.

Link to tweet

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In a November appearance on Hannity's show, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said the alt-left think Trump voters "are misogynists and misanthropes and negative people."

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Response to Lordquinton (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:18 PM

rock (13,218 posts)

2. Yes, remember

They are attempting to make the Left look bad by applying a variant of their description to us, hoping that the foul stench will rub off. Think about it and savor.

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Response to Lordquinton (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:22 PM

haele (12,224 posts)

3. So, they made up "Alt-Right" so they could claim they weren't Nazis...

And made up "Alt-Left" because they knew that at heart, they were Nazis and wanted to project that evil on anyone who would stand against them, no matter if the person opposing them was a conservative or liberal.
How..."Millennial"...or rather, pretend-Hipster-Millennial.

My 5-year-old Granddaughter has more discernment than they do.

Haele

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Response to Lordquinton (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:47 PM

Nitram (21,758 posts)

4. Yes it is a made-up right-wing. Ther is no such thingg as "alt left' Just as there is no such thing

as "alt-right." "Alt-right" was coined to prettify nazi ideology. The right is very good at coining terms that resonate with the base, and sow suspicion among moderates.

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Response to Lordquinton (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:50 PM

G_j (40,359 posts)