> They define 'alt-right' as a synonym for white supremacy
That's not how the term is usually used online, though, except to suggest that anyone to right of Bernie Sanders is a white supremacist.
"The Associated Press warned this week that the media outlets should avoid using the term “alt-right” because “it is meant as a euphemism to disguise racist aims.”" ...
"And now, a new working paper from researchers at the University of Arkansas and Northwestern University sharply underscores the extent to which people who identify as “alt-right” harbor prejudicial views toward non-white people."
So, not just the Southern Baptists.
The world alt-right was a) coined by its members, not by its detractors and b) stands for "alternative right," that is, it implies that there exists a mainstream right wing that is not the alt-right.
(It's also a term used in the real world and not just "online debate"; for instance, the alt-right is marching in Charlottesville this weekend, which is located in Virginia and not on the internet.)
(He doesn't actually seem to self-identify as "alt-right," so I think there is room for disagreement here.)
Perhaps they do. But its also done by those on the right, so you are over-specializing when you limit it to "the left".
Oh no, people on the left drink water as a tactic to decrease thirst! We must stop drinking water so we aren't like the left!
When the left uses false associations with Nazis to try to discredit anyone who challenges their agenda, I object.
Your argument style is tedious. You seem to deliberately avoid understanding what others say, and instead change the topic to the conversation you want to defend.
I'm not sorry if you find pointing out this obvious, common smear tactic tedious. I find the people using the tactic tedious.
https://twitter.com/search?q=alt-right
For example, here's the tech editor at Business Insider UK clarifying 'alt-right':
> Lot of alt-right people in my mentions say Jordan Peterson isn't alt-right. Happy to clarify!
> Peterson has criticised gender-neutral pronouns, feminism, and definitions of cultural appropriation. So, lots of overlap there.