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The 'Alt-Right' Makes Dubious Claims on Conservatism
A fringe movement based on racial fixations is a leaden anchor, not a rising force.
Less than meets the eye.
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Hillary Clinton plans to give a speech denouncing the “alt right,” which is news that must have a lot of you asking, “What’s the alt-right?” The answer is less important than either Clinton or the members of this group would have you believe.
They call themselves “alt” to distinguish themselves from conservatives, whom they consider weak, out of touch and boring. They find the mainstream conservative fixations on free markets, limited government, the Constitution and the sanctity of unborn human life beside the point.