Many things wrong with this article, yes

nice discussion though 👍

but

I mean, I didn't hear anyone using the term prior to the 2016 election

what term?

alt-right?

I first heard about it from Milo, and then Hillary Clinton.

linked above is the citation for the term Alt-right

watch the early videos from milo

it came from /pol/

nothing else

it had to do with right wing people not feeling represented by the right

http://takimag.com/article/the_conservative_write#axzz4JRcIyz7D counterpoint

and discussing ideas that the right party would never discuss

that was the point of the alt-right

"The intellectual bankruptcy of neoconservatism as well as the current stagnation of the movement conservatism should give paleos, traditionalists, and anyone else on the alternative Right some cause for optimism… Or at least, this is what everyone I know in Manhattan is saying. " - Richard Spencer, 2008

he literally called it "alternative right", not "alt-right", right?

what do you think it's short for?

I think it's a sad coincidence

just like "lolita" fashion isn't the same as "lolita" known in the west

Perhaps.

it was here that a guy had a lolita site right?

2 or 3 days ago

why do I not doubt that it would've been Ping?

that google forced him to close

oh

nvm

hahaha

the guy blamed google for considering "lolita" as the sexual thing

while "lolita" meant the conservative, beautiful and not sexualised fashion

the guy was forced to close the site because all ad networks gave him porn ads

I think it's similar here. ppl that called it "alt-right" in /pol/ didn't mean the same definition Richard Spencer used 10 (fuckin') years ago

5 years ago, gender still meant sex 😂

So, yeah

I think you're right.

I don't think Richard Spencer really was referring to the Alt-Right as it's defined at large

But since those who ACTUALLY coined it

Didn't actually put forward an established guideline

It got thoroughly miscategorized.

You've made your point, but I still don't think it's a title we can take back.

the left WANTED it to mean what Richard Spencer wanted. Didn't the media do a ton of interviews to reinforce it too?