I’m still trying to dissect the Alt-Right. The Alt-Right believes that Western civilization is an outgrowth of the white race; and that threats to white race are a threat to Western civilization. This core group is relatively small.
The Alt-Right broadened the definition to try and increase the perceived size of their numbers, trying to show that their movement had a lot of support.
Here are the three main spokesman for the Alt-Right, telling us what the Alt-Right is.
First, Jared Taylor of American Renaissance (start at 17:31)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXy2zzXpsX4&feature=youtu.be&t=17m31s
Second, white nationalist Richard Spencer (start at 18:35):
Third, Theodore Robert Beale (Vox Day), “Christian Nationalist” (start at 19:07)
They make it pretty clear that the movement is fundamentally about white identity politics.
For the Alt-Right, everyone is characterized by their race.
These are not allies of the old right, Republicans, or libertarians (obviously). You don’t defend Western civilization (the Declaration of Independence; the US Constitution; freedom; etc) by embracing racism.
In my next post, I want to look at how the progressives respond to the white identity politics of the alt-right.