alt-lite

alt-lite (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of alt-light.
   • 2016 November 6, Jonathan Mahler & Julie Turkewitz, "Donald Trump’s Extremist Supporters Feel Like Winners Either Way", New York Times.

     Mr. Spencer predicted that the conservative movement’s broader embrace of the far right could start with news media outlets adding what he described as “alt-lite” hosts.

   • 2017 August 21, "Protesters get heavy with ‘alt-lite’ rally", Metro News UK.

     The speakers described themselves as ‘alt-lite’, disassociating themselves with white supremacists.

   • 2018 January 22, J Oliver Conroy, "An evening with 'deplorables': inside the alt-right party in Manhattan", The Guardian.

     While the “alt-lite” may have successfully distanced itself from the worst extremists, it can sometimes seem unclear exactly how “lite” the new movement is.

   • 2018 December 2, Jonathan Wolfson, "Opinion: Dinesh D’Souza event degrades quality of academic dialogue at AU", The Eagle.

     While he claims it was an accident -- because who among us hasn’t accidentally tweeted hate speech multiple times -- it does highlight the biggest danger D’Souza poses: the “alt-lite” to alt-right pipeline.

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