alt-left
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There Is No Such Thing as ‘Alt-Left’
On July 5, 1969, a group of musicians waited in the wings in London’s Hyde Park before singing at a free concert. They were members of one of the most famous groups in the world. But the Beatles were bigger than they were. The Temptations would sell more records than they did that year. And…
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Alt-White: On How White People Use Language to Deny the Existence of White Supremacy
Somewhere in the good ol’ book, there’s a saying that goes, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Now, I’m about six years removed from my last Sunday school class, but I’m pretty sure this concept also applies to a fairly old concept: Language. Now, I am not here to recount the origins of language…
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Judge of Characters: The ‘Alt-Left,’ White Genocide and Other White Nonsense That Doesn’t Exist
This week, we’ve been faced with more Donald Trump make-believe. In a delayed press conference after the tragic white supremacist riot in Charlottesville, Va., we all watched in horror as Trump mentioned that he was supposed to be addressing veterans benefits but Charlottesville happened. And then he basically ignored the loss of a life and…
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Trump Still Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Va. Violence, Says White Nationalists Had Permits and Asks What About the ‘Alt-Left’ That Came Charging at Them?!
On Saturday, 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed after authorities say a white nationalist slammed his car into a group of protesters rallying to combat hate. It took the president some two days to come out against the group of people whose tiki-torch-laced march led to the death of Heyer and the injuries of several others.…