(Regarding the "Alt-Right", Clipped from a comment on another post. felt it could use it's own post)

There appears to be a recent trend (6 months?) to label any viewpoint that is not in alignment with the speaker as "alt-right". I find this trend very disconcerting, not because it exists (it always has in forms such as Godwin's Law), but because it has become acceptable as evidence. It is indicative of a of the "left" leaning towards extreme forms of intolerance. This trend toward extreme intolerance on both sides seems to account for the "alt-ness" scale being used, leaving us with both and "alt-left" and "alt-right". If one looks at a Nolan Chart, I think the "alt-ness" is synonymous with "toughness", and is completely independent of whether people are left or right leaning.

With a nod to a recent meme I saw: "Both the left wing and the right wing are attached to the same extremist bird." ("Extremist" was my addition)

This leaves those with liberal outlooks in a tough position. Since extremists tend to hold a view that "if you aren't with us you're against us", we are often viewed as enemies of the alt-whichever. With the increase of alt-ness and intolerance, I'm starting to believe the world is a significantly less safe place to live in; one in which you can be jailed, or physically assaulted with impunity, for disagreeing with the belief du-jeure. I have personal experiences that hint at this from the Canadian election, and we see evidence of this in the US at protests and the follow up speeches by various political leaders (Clinton, Trump, and Obama).

What terrifies me most is the rest of the public's lack of outrage. Rather we find excuses being made to justify what amounts to little more than lynch mobs (perhaps even proto-"lynch mobs").