It looked like a relation that could make it, yet 2017 is turning out to be the anti-bromance year as another one bites the dust – PB/TK
InfoWars’ Big Alt-Right Breakup with Richard Spencer—and The KKK – GIDEON RESNICK BEN COLLINS 03.14.17
Is the alt-right an “identity movement” for white nationalists seeking political power in the United States and abroad, or is it just about “hating Hillary?”
Two of the ultra-conservative extreme’s visible provocateurs spent Tuesday duking it out on Twitter, fighting over the basis of the ideology, and splitting up the alt-right’s followers in the process.
The ongoing fight is another divisive blowout in the months-long, often public squabble for the reins of a movement that defines many young supporters of President Donald Trump—plus its viral information army that sometimes reaches the administration itself.
White nationalist (and avid Trump supporter) Richard Spencer, who created the term “alt-right,” tweeted at InfoWars editor (and avid Trump supporter) Paul Joseph Watson shortly after 10 p.m. Monday night, saying that, “the alt-right is an identity movement. Period. It’s not about classical liberalism or hating Hillary.”
The two extended their transatlantic fight well into Tuesday. Watson, who is based in the U.K., sarcastically quipped, “Do tell me ‘what is expected of me’, mein Fuhrer.”
Spencer had been mocking Watson’s homemade style of YouTube videos during the squabble. “I hope you’ll one day learn that more is expected of you than yelling into a camera in front of a map,” he wrote.
The dogfight was signal boosted, and effectively refereed by, former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, who threw his support behind Spencer’s brand of white nationalism and disavowed InfoWars’ Watson. “You cannot fight invasion with libertarian individualism,” he said, claiming Spencer “shut down” Watson.
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