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Charles M. Blow<\/strong> \u200fI’m getting tired of writing “alt-right.” I’m going just write “racist white nationalists.” I’m old school. No need to rebrand racism.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Someone suggested “alt-Reich,” and I like that. I knew “alt” was, in German, “old,” but just to confirm I looked it up in my German dictionary. And it’s even better than “old.” It also can mean “second-hand” and–best yet–“stale.”<\/p>\n And “Reich” has quite a few meanings, none of them propitious: Wealthy. Rich. Bigly. (I made that up, but “big” is definitely a meaning for “reich.”) And: Empire. Realm. Kingdom.<\/p>\n So from now on I will call the ugly force that pushed Trump into what we’re facing now the Alt-Reich. <\/strong><\/p>\n Next, I can’t call Trump by the title of his next job, so I’ll call him NMP (<\/strong>Not My President).<\/p>\n Given what’s been going on, I have a feeling there will be more new terms. I’ll keep this up to date.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Twitter there’s been some, uh, discussion–well, no, forceful argument–about the inappropriate cleanliness of the term “alt-right.” Charles Blow has declared he won’t use the term: Charles M. Blow \u200f@CharlesMBlow Nov 21 I’m getting tired of writing “alt-right.” I’m going … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095],"tags":[1184,1185,1096,1172],"class_list":["post-30266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-alt-reich","tag-nmp","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t