Our New President - President Donald Trump

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It's not so much something to be believed in as something to be understood. From what I've gleaned by reading a great deal of material, talking to more than a handful of self-described Alt-Right people and observing how they function as a movement, it's an incredibly diverse (though mostly young) group of people who reject the "left" but also reject the "right" due to their perception that they're no better than the "left" or have "sold out" to them.

There's definitely an attempt to subvert the entire movement by genuine white supremacists who have unparalleled freedom to express their bile due to the the Alt-Right's rejection of taboos and political correctness, but I'm convinced that particular problem is (thus far) massively overstated, having been ignited by Hillary Clinton's speech on the subject and fanned by the subsequent media coverage. That mainstream perception doesn't fit my perception of them at all.

There's also some crossover with the culture that grew out of the anti-media backlash of GamerGate (another woefully misunderstood movement), which makes sense considering the antiestablishmentarianism and distrust of the Mainstream Media that they share.

I'm by no means an expert, but it's my opinion that the Alt-Right consists primarily of disenfranchised young people who don't feel their needs and interests are represented by the establishment, feel betrayed by government policies they disagree with or deem harmful and who are rallying under a single banner in order to make a great deal of noise. I mentioned elsewhere that they've been referred to as "Political Punk Rock", which seems accurate to me.

Oh, and they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

I never thought I'd see trolls lauded in such a manner. Thank you for putting all your arguments into context.

It's not so much something to be believed in as something to be understood. From what I've gleaned by reading a great deal of material, talking to more than a handful of self-described Alt-Right people and observing how they function as a movement, it's an incredibly diverse (though mostly young) group of people who reject the "left" but also reject the "right" due to their perception that they're no better than the "left" or have "sold out" to them.

There's definitely an attempt to subvert the entire movement by genuine white supremacists who have unparalleled freedom to express their bile due to the the Alt-Right's rejection of taboos and political correctness, but I'm convinced that particular problem is (thus far) massively overstated, having been ignited by Hillary Clinton's speech on the subject and fanned by the subsequent media coverage. That mainstream perception doesn't fit my perception of them at all.

There's also some crossover with the culture that grew out of the anti-media backlash of GamerGate (another woefully misunderstood movement), which makes sense considering the antiestablishmentarianism and distrust of the Mainstream Media that they share.

I'm by no means an expert, but it's my opinion that the Alt-Right consists primarily of disenfranchised young people who don't feel their needs and interests are represented by the establishment, feel betrayed by government policies they disagree with or deem harmful and who are rallying under a single banner in order to make a great deal of noise. I mentioned elsewhere that they've been referred to as "Political Punk Rock", which seems accurate to me.

Oh, and they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

I never thought I'd see trolls lauded in such a manner. Thank you for putting all your arguments into context.

It is a belief alright.
Beliefs do not depend of facts and if they understood it, the would know it for the BS it is.

It has been referred to as "political punk rock" by you, because you really want that to be true.

Not trying to silence objectivity are you?

What happened at Berkely last night was a joke, anyone associated with the university should be embarassed. To think, this was the place the 'free speech movement' started, now they support brownshirt tactics and the violent supression of speech.

Using violence this way makes no sense. The problem is the honor of speaking, given the content, and not the content itself. So, you dishonor the sponsor and the speaker. Easy.

This chaotic violence just dishonors the other protesters.

We're in the wrong thread, but a good question here is what we the differences between the goals of the protesters and anarchy, and which better serves Trump?

Careful, someone might label you a T-R-O-L-L and accuse you of taking pleasure in the suffering of others.