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Category Archives: Alt-Right
CJR on Breitbart-Led Media Ecosystem
From the astonishingly leftwing Columbia Journalism Review is “Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda”, by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts, and Ethan Zuckerman (ahem, ahem, ahem, and ahem): THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOOK the foundations of … Continue reading
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The Great Meme War
Writing in Politico, leftist Ben Schreckinger has a long profile piece titled “World War Meme”. Schreckinger profiles various “veterans of the Great Meme War”: That’s the grandiose name given—only half ironically—to the decentralized efforts of a swarm of anonymous internet … Continue reading
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RIP: Libertarianism?
In a long Politico piece, Tim Alberta asks if Trump’s election, and the relative decline in political stature of Rand Paul and other Congressional libertarians, represents “The End of the Libertarian Dream?” Meanwhile, in “Ayn Rand is dead. Liberals are … Continue reading
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Andrew Breitbart: 1969 – 2012
At BNN, Larry Solov has a brief post which reads: 10 years ago, when my lifelong friend, Andrew Breitbart, approached me to partner up with him on a new media venture, his pitch was very simple: Let’s change the world. … Continue reading
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Roger Scruton on Populism
As part of The New Criterion’s series on populism, Roger Scruton has a new essay titled “Populism, VII: Representation & the People”. I haven’t read it yet, but anything by Scruton is a must-read.
Sam Hyde
I’ve never heard of Sam Hyde, an Alt-Righter troll who had a comedy show on Adult Swim, a show that was promptly cancelled once Cartoon Network executives discovered his support of Donald ‘Hitler’ Trump. Here’s a THR interview with Hyde … Continue reading
The Ascent of Alfred
I just discovered this very trippy video animation by the talented NRx-er Emily Youcis, a video that celebrates the 4chan-fueled red-pilling of Alfred the Dog, his subsequent abandonment of his vegetative ways, and his eventual political ascent. Place LSD, Dali, … Continue reading
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A Brief Defense of Memes
If a photo is worth a thousand words, then a well-constructed, counter-signal meme is worth at least that much. In “A Quick Defense of Memetics”, August Rush writes: For those of us who prefer the written word, it’s easy to … Continue reading
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NYT: How the Trolls Stole Washington
Amanda Hess (ahem) writes on “How the Trolls Stole Washington”: Over the course of Donald Trump’s staggering political rise, observers tried to make sense of him by borrowing a metaphor from the internet: Trump, they said, was a troll. He … Continue reading
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Political Violence in a MN Museum
In the NYT, we learn of an incident where “Two Groups Scuffle Amid Art Inside a Minneapolis Museum”. It involves, yet again, Leftist ‘antifas’ attacking peaceful Alt-Righters: The confrontation began when a large group of organized protesters, holding banners identifying … Continue reading
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