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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP Defines "Alt Right":"In the past we've called such beliefs racist, neo-Nazi or white supremacist"

https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/writing-about-the-alt-right
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AP Defines "Alt Right":"In the past we've called such beliefs racist, neo-Nazi or white supremacist" (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2016
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el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. That seems fair
and probably best not to use the term at all when other terms are more direct and clear.
Bryant
mcar
(46,064 posts)2. How about just saying
racist, net-Nazi and white supremacist? It's just dressing up bigotry.
paleotn
(22,230 posts)5. Exactly. There's no need for new terminology.
...It's meant only to deflect and obscure. In reality, they're all the same underneath the white sheet, brown shirt, skinned head or suit and tie.
BumRushDaShow
(169,890 posts)3. Too late
They should have been doing that all along during the primaries and general election.
bucolic_frolic
(55,180 posts)4. They make noise and seized power
but the majority is not with them
paleotn
(22,230 posts)6. Yes, AP, because that's exactly what they are....
For all practicable purposes, Bannon is no different than a grand wizard of the KKK or Ernst Rohm of the SA. All need to be exposed for what they are, excised like a cancer and destroyed.
angrychair
(12,296 posts)7. How about
We call fascist what they FASCIST