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There you have it folks. The "experts" have put this topic to rest.
Those of you that are brainwashed by CNN can be rest assured that there is no such thing as the Alt Left. Antifa is a made up term too and so is the violence that they are involved in. The propaganda arm of the establishment has spoken.
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf would be proud of our lying media
https://archive.is/oaEoG
By JOE STERLING AND NICOLE CHAVEZ , CNN
Is there really 'an alt-left'?
It's a "made-up term" used by people on the right to "suggest there is a similar movement on the left," Segal said.
But there's no equivalent with the anti-Semitic and bigoted groups that call themselves "alt-right", he said.
George Hawley, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama, said the "alt-left" term has been most aggressively pushed by Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, but it's not a label anyone or group has adopted for themselves.
"There is no such movement as the alt-left. Obviously, there are left-wing extremists but there is no congruence between the far-left and the alt-right."
Antifa, which is short for anti-fascist, is a controversial opposition group formed by a broad group of people whose political beliefs lean toward the left but do not conform with the Democratic Party platform. Members are known for causing damage to property during protests and some employ radical or militant tactics to get their message across.
One reason could be that left groups are not trying to repackage themselves to go mainstream as the far right has, he said.
"Do not get me wrong; there are extremists on the left, including very problematic ones. But the "alt left" is not a thing. It's just an insult," wrote Mark Pitcavage, a senior research fellow at the ADL center, on Twitter.
Star Trek actor and activist George Takei condemned Trump's use of the term "alt-left."
"Trump's trying to invent an "alt-left" as scary as Nazis. But if standing up to white supremacy makes someone alt-left, then count me in," Takei wrote.
Those of you that are brainwashed by CNN can be rest assured that there is no such thing as the Alt Left. Antifa is a made up term too and so is the violence that they are involved in. The propaganda arm of the establishment has spoken.
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf would be proud of our lying media
https://archive.is/oaEoG
By JOE STERLING AND NICOLE CHAVEZ , CNN
Is there really 'an alt-left'?
It's a "made-up term" used by people on the right to "suggest there is a similar movement on the left," Segal said.
But there's no equivalent with the anti-Semitic and bigoted groups that call themselves "alt-right", he said.
George Hawley, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama, said the "alt-left" term has been most aggressively pushed by Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, but it's not a label anyone or group has adopted for themselves.
"There is no such movement as the alt-left. Obviously, there are left-wing extremists but there is no congruence between the far-left and the alt-right."
Antifa, which is short for anti-fascist, is a controversial opposition group formed by a broad group of people whose political beliefs lean toward the left but do not conform with the Democratic Party platform. Members are known for causing damage to property during protests and some employ radical or militant tactics to get their message across.
One reason could be that left groups are not trying to repackage themselves to go mainstream as the far right has, he said.
"Do not get me wrong; there are extremists on the left, including very problematic ones. But the "alt left" is not a thing. It's just an insult," wrote Mark Pitcavage, a senior research fellow at the ADL center, on Twitter.
Star Trek actor and activist George Takei condemned Trump's use of the term "alt-left."
"Trump's trying to invent an "alt-left" as scary as Nazis. But if standing up to white supremacy makes someone alt-left, then count me in," Takei wrote.