What Is The “Alt-Right”? A Guide To The White Nationalist Movement Now Leading Conservative Media

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4. The First Time I Heard the Phrase "alt-right"

I thought of usenet. Most people have never heard of usenet, but it has been there since the early days of the internet. It was originally supposed to be a way to disseminate and exchange news articles, but a seamy and scummy underside has arisen from it.

It has 8 main sections (like sci for science related topics and comp for discussing computers), but the alt section is less controlled or moderated. That is where all sorts of weird (and illegal and immoral) stuff is shared and discussed. It is easy to imagine that there are all sorts of repellent discussions are going on in the alt.right groups.