Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Making Sense of the Alt-Right by George Hawley


This book attempts to explain what the alt-right is and what it is not.  It is a white nationalist movement that is an online phenomenon.  Just as the KKK members hide their heads under their white hoods, many of the alt-right members hide their identities while online.  The movement is diverse and does not have a leader or cohesive ideology that all of its followers would agree upon.  It is a reactionary movement against the staid conservatives that uses humor to attract young people and to hide their hatred.  They are antifeminist as well as being white supremacists and while many of them are anti-Semetic, there are some who are not.  The book looks at several individuals who are involved in the movement and its impact on the last election and what its future may be.

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