The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

The black man loses his “blackness,” which is a state of grace and nothing to do with skin color. Clarence Thomas isn’t “really” black but Bill Clinton is, in the same way that the Eucharist literally becomes the body of Christ. Similarly, the disabled object of empathy and veneration becomes a hateful heretic, and eugenics remains a taboo that mus

In 2010, civil rights legend and Democratic congressman John Lewis claimed that he was berated by racial slurs—including the big one—as he entered Congress. Andrew got footage from several different angles that showed nothing of the kind. Further, he found that congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was himself filming the entrance.

Trump, however, yanked the window very heavily to the right. Things that conservatives found unacceptable to even discuss, let alone advocate, he proclaimed loudly and proudly.

If Reddit and 4chan are the juveniles, Taki’s Mag is the adult in the room.

“I do not and have never identified as ‘right wing,’” he insisted to me. “The political binary is the dumbest of all. It’s based on the seating system in the old French legislature, and I refuse to base my life on anything French.”

Trump’s use of humor and trolling was without any historical precedent—and not only was it unprecedented, it was actually making him win. The left has historically had a virtual monopoly on American humor.

if you even try to make an effective critique of communism, Republicans will call you an anti-Semite just because you’re criticizing Jews so frequently.

The idea that minorities are less important in any sense, even when it comes to the mathematics needed to win an election, strikes at the very basis of the evangelical left and their creation myth.

The website Encyclopedia Dramatica (basically a troll’s version of Wikipedia)