Are they actually bigots? No more than death metal devotees in the 80s were actually Satanists. For them, it’s simply a means to fluster their grandparents.
Whatever your definition of “bigot” is, the alt-right is without any question a haven for people who believe in race-realism. “Haven” isn’t even precisely the right word. It’s more of a haven for people who don’t subscribe to race realism but want to think of themselves as right-wing. For people who do subscribe to it, it’s more like their natural habitat.
When you have race-realism sitting next to ethno-nationalist politics and flippant racism, it’s a little facile to call it ironic.
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Are they actually bigots? No more than death metal devotees in the 80s were actually Satanists. For them, it’s simply a means to fluster their grandparents.
Whatever your definition of “bigot” is, the alt-right is without any question a haven for people who believe in race-realism. “Haven” isn’t even precisely the right word. It’s more of a haven for people who don’t subscribe to race realism but want to think of themselves as right-wing. For people who do subscribe to it, it’s more like their natural habitat.
When you have race-realism sitting next to ethno-nationalist politics and flippant racism, it’s a little facile to call it ironic.