Most often lately it seems to refer to white supremacists trying to hijack a conservative movement. I run into it when used by people who seem to think there's a lot of that going around, or who are anxious to defuse the suspicion that they're in that camp themselves. I take it for granted there are always some eelbrain supremacists around, just as there are Farrakhan/Ellison types around, but I hope and trust they're small in number.
Amen.
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Most often lately it seems to refer to white supremacists trying to hijack a conservative movement. I run into it when used by people who seem to think there's a lot of that going around, or who are anxious to defuse the suspicion that they're in that camp themselves. I take it for granted there are always some eelbrain supremacists around, just as there are Farrakhan/Ellison types around, but I hope and trust they're small in number.
ReplyDeleteThere's an awful lot of mentions and speculation about the alt-right, but I don't know what it is, and I suspect most of it is untrue.
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