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In reply to the discussion: 'OK Boomer' Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations [View all]dustyscamp
(2,698 posts)Alt Right. Guys like Mike Cernovich, Christopher Cantwell, Donald Trump Jr, Richard Spencer, Carl "Sargon" Benjamin & Gavin McInnes.
I should probably have added some from my generation (Millennial) on there too because they also helped spread the hate. Tomi Lahren, Steven Crowder, Milo, Ben Shapiro & Paul Joseph Watson.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fuckthealtright/comments/ae8r83/the_alt_right_is_not_a_gen_z_phenomenon/
"Any Gen Z (zoomer) spouting out Pepe memes on 4chan or YouTube is an auxiliary member. The alt-right is a Millennial/Generation X phenomenon. Study the dialogue on /pol or other reactionary forums.
They spout memes of 80s/90s culture.
They ruminate an awful lot on the women in their lives: neigbors, coworkers, mothers, sisters, exes, etc. They always bitch about the spats said women start. They also gossip about said womens' sex lives, especially if the men said women date are darker than sand.
They always talk about out-of-print games or novels that have radical-right themes
They always reminisce about their hometowns when they were mostly-white.
They use the term "millennial" for any under-30 person, especially if said person has no political convictions.
In fact, for the past decade, the arch-nemesaries of the Millennials and Gen Z are not the Boomers but Gen X and early Millennials (or Xennials) who are born 1960 - 1990. Most of the hate is pop-cultural, rather than economic. Most of the "politically incorrect" Xennials love snark and darkness, hence the love for grunge, heavy metal, goth, and punk and all their fashion trends and mantras. Anything bright and/or melodic is "wrong." They have a sick obsession with masculinity to the point where they use it as a moral compass, peddling folk tales about correlations between fashion/music tastes and testosterone and advocating Templar Christendom. They are the original "angry white males", the armchair historians who root for the tyrants, the neocon Republicans, and the right-wing podcasters rocking the airwaves. Most of our popular right-wing pundits online are Xennials:
Alex Jones (b. 1974)
Mark Dice (b. 1977)
Jordan Peterson (b. 1962)
Steven Crowder (b. 1987)
Gavin Mc Innes (b. 1970)
Glenn Beck (b. 1964)
Ben Shapiro (b. 1984)
In short, the whole "Gen Z is first post-WW2 conservative breed" headline made by conservatives is a farce. Gen Z may be politically incorrect or have right-wing fancies, but they are not conservative."