The “alt-lite”, also known as the “alt-light” and the “new right”, is a loosely-defined political movement consisting of various politically-oriented groups, activists and commentators with right-wing views, who to varying degrees oppose mainstream conservatism. The alt-lite is frequently contrasted with and compared to the political alt-right, with which it is thought to share various features in common and the two experience some overlap. According to Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League, the alt-lite “operates in the orbit of the alt right”. Others have described it as an offshoot of the alt-right, but the alt-lite remains distinct from the alt-right in that it rejects identity politics (including the white nationalism and racialism of the alt-right), though they share various other key features and beliefs.
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