I would suggest that there is little to anything "alternative" about the so-called "alt-Right" anymore. No one man since Woodrow Wilson has done more to mainstream these people than President Donald J. Trump.
- He has invited their sympathizers and organizers onto positions of trust and authority in his organization.
- He has continually earned their undying cheer and support.
- He has made enemies of those who would expose and oppose them.
- He has, through his words and actions (as well as his deliberate silences and inactions) legitimized their cause.
- He has only ever criticized their harshest and most depraved actions, and even then after making it abundantly clear that he does so under obvious duress.
My friends on the Right, I think it's time for you to recognize that the president has invited Klansmen, White Supremacists, and Nazis (no need for that politically correct "Neo" nonsense), to sit at your table, and that he values their support at least as much as he does yours.
The question now is: What do you plan to do about it?
Deny it? Accept it? Or fight it?
You are 100% correct. Do not pay the slightest bit of attention to anyone who says "Who [sic] are you referring to?" and "Just because a radical group supports a certain figure does not mean that this figure supports them" and "Until you can demonstrate this, this is fallacious left-speak that's desperately grasping at straws to try to marginalize the President". These are deliberate attempts to confuse the issue and derail the conversation. They should not be taken seriously.
"The Alternative Right, commonly known as the Alt-Right, is a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief is that “white identity” is under attack by multicultural forces using “political correctness” and “social justice” to undermine white people and “their” civilization." (Southern Poverty Law Center)
Donald Trump, by personality, declaration, and appointment of alt-right advisers to his inner circle, has shown that he is in full agreement with them. He most probably learned this philosophy from his father, Fred Trump, who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. BY legitimizing their false, violent ideology, he has created a state of disorder in this country that has not been seen for many years.
The best actions to take are 1) communicate with the members of Congress from your state that they must censure the President, refuse to support his agenda, and, if necessary, remove him from office; 2) oppose any initiative by your state and local governments to allow these violent, divisive groups to do anything but
peacefully assemble and to refuse any attempt to slander, intimidate, or harass anyone; and 3) do not associate with anyone whom you know who personally agrees with the alt-right philosophy.
The alt-right must be marginalized as much as possible so that their effect on American society is at a minimum. They are at odds with American values that have been expressed since the founding of the nation.
"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable [
not to be separated, given away, or taken away] Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That
to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
