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Talk:Alt-right glossary

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Postcolonialism[edit]

Is this really ever used as a synonym for postmodernism or Cultural Marxism? Never seen it. Maybe used by right-wing movements in non-Western countries? All I could think of. Chillpilled (talk) 22:30, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I'd delete it unless someone can come up with a citation. Bongolian (talk) 02:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

DEI[edit]

@Bongolian removed a section about "DEI" from the article. No real reason was given for its removal, so I've tentatively put it back, but I'm still not 100% sure that it belongs on the page (it was added by a BoN, which means there's a real possibility of trolling that I didn't notice, and I'm also not sure of its relevance to an alt-right glossary). Anyone have a third opinion to offer? --Luigifan18 (talk) 00:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

The section was added without any citations and looks like a drive-by troll piece. I agree with Bongo's assessment and removal. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
I rewrote a fair bit of it. Hopefully it looks a bit better now. I don't think it quite fits the alt-right either (it's more in the critical race theory category and being pushed by certain institutions and reactionaries) but I don't know where else to put it.BobJohnson (talk) 01:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
I deleted the initial section on DEI because it had no citations and gave no evidence that there is anything specific to the alt-right that is not also in the milieu of US conservativism. There are now citations, but still no argument that it is in any way specific to the alt-right. I think it should either be removed or moved to a separate page at this point. Bongolian (talk) 02:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Yeah, I don't really have any objections to that. --Luigifan18 (talk) 02:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Moved to its own article, DEI. (@Patty Pat) If people think it's more appropriate for the alt-right glossary, fine, but I personally concur with Bongolian. BobJohnson (talk) 15:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
That was an accident. Sorry. Patty Pat 18:35, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Unrelated to the article itself, but...[edit]

The Talk Page's archive is busted; The list of sections is there, but there's only one section actually present for some reason. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 18:34, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:32, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Cobson[edit]

Looks like a new Wojak-like has dropped. I'm not sure what it's intended to mean, but I've seen several references to "Cobson won" from apparent right-wingers in response to a new Innuendo Studios video, and I found this bizarre, uh... game? Does anyone know what this meme is about? I found this on Know Your Meme, and it seems related to "Ack!", but this is otherwise new to me, and, it would seem, this page. Twentydragon (talk) 15:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Superfluous, I promise. We truly don't need an entry for every soyjak derivative. Chillpilled (talk) 15:52, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
Fair, but a redirect might be useful. Twentydragon (talk) 16:07, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
I don't quite get what the 'Cobson won' thing has to do with the video, though I haven't yet watched it. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 17:03, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
I have watched the video, and I don't get the connection either. I suspect it has nothing to do with that video and instead is referring to a previous video, an exchange between Danskin and somebody else, a far-right figure sending their followers to flood Danskin's comments, or some combination of those three. Twentydragon (talk) 10:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

About the 41%/40% section[edit]

I think it should also be worth mentioning that some use a farcical 50%/52% statistic (Because bigots can't even get their own bullshit straight, who could've possibly seen this coming!); I sadly don't have sources on hand (Nor do I want to seek them out), but if you argue with this kind of person frequently, you will probably see it sooner or later. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 17:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Ryan Gosling[edit]

The person who added the Ryan Gosling "info" that Cosmikdebris rejected has put it back. While they did actually include citations this time around (and, yes, I did check to make sure that there was actually a difference and that the rejected edit wasn't just being restored verbatim), I'm still not sure that the alt-right glossary is the right place for this sort of thing. I'm not entirely sure whether or not to undo the edit, given that sources were cited the second time around, so this is a heads-up for a more experienced editor to take a look. --ABigBoxOfSand (talk) 22:49, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

@Cosmikdebris Seriously, I don't know what should be done here. Is this appropriate for this article or not? Personally, I think you made the right call when you originally removed this, and a couple of extra citations doesn't really change it, but maybe it's possible to rewrite it instead? --ABigBoxOfSand (talk) 22:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
@ABigBoxOfSand The first edit didn't contain any citations; that's why I removed it. If you feel like it deserves revision, go right ahead, after all, this is a wiki. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 01:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
The "Literally Me" meme is already in the Manosphere glossary. BobJohnson (talk) 05:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
I removed it the second time. It doesn't rate calling attention to Gosling specifically. Bongolian (talk) 05:30, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Yep, that's why I felt like it was out of place to begin with… calling attention to Gosling specifically broke the "glossary" tone that the article is going for. --ABigBoxOfSand (talk) 15:32, 1 January 2025 (UTC)