The Alt Right Movement

As we all know and have talked about in class, racial tension is on the rise again, and it is beginning to hit our campus with force. With the election just around the corner and members of online communities such as Reddit, Tumblr, and 4chan taking the opportunity to assert their own agendas over others, the entire nation has been feeling the effects of the far left and far right ideologies and their darker sides. As a response to the far left points of view most commonly associated with Tumblr, 4chan's members have formed their own movement of sorts, though theirs is driven more so by hate rather than a vision of equality. They are similar to the normal far-right conservative group, though they take a different approach and denounce passive behavior in their actions concerning the spread of their messages. The alt-right movement started by 4chan idolizes Trump and takes much of what he says very literally. As a result, a lot of the racist rhetoric that Trump spews on Twitter and in his campaigning is amplified by his followers, most of all on 4chan where posting is anonymous and people don't feel the need to filter what they say due to lack of consequence. The alt-right has just seen its birth over the past few years, fully coagulating from the soup of its former self. Whether Trump wins the election or not, the alt-right is here to stay. As we have seen over the past few months, the alt-right has been "worshipping" new people that come along that share a similar opinion, such as Milo Yiannopoulos. As time continues, the far left and alt-right will continue to clash.

I think that in order to fix the problems that have been developing over the past few years, a new approach must be used. People need to learn to be more objective and accepting; I don't just mean the people who associate themselves with the alt-right, I mean people from all ideologies and backgrounds. The far left exerts its opinions too strongly over people just as the far right (alt-right mostly) does. The tension created by the pushing of opinions is what causes things to boil over and leads to people becoming very hateful. Groups such as Black Lives Matter have been spawned out of this tension, looking to fight back on both sides to end the inequality that is plaguing our nation once again. If we want a better world in which everyone is equal, we all must be willing to be objective in all situations and accept people of all varieties.