Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.

[CousinIT]

. . .A lot of the findings align with what we intuit about the alt-right: This group is supportive of social hierarchies that favor whites at the top. It’s distrustful of mainstream media and strongly opposed to Black Lives Matter. Respondents were highly supportive of statements like, “There are good reasons to have organizations that look out for the interests of white people.” And when they look at other groups — like black Americans, Muslims, feminists, and journalists — they’re willing to admit they see these people as “less evolved.”

But it’s the degree to which the alt-righters differed from the comparison sample that’s most striking — especially when it came to measures of dehumanization, support for collective white action, and admitting to harassing others online. That surprised even Forscher, the lead author and a professor at the University of Arkansas, who typically doesn’t find such large group difference in his work.

There was a time when psychologists feared that “social desirability bias” — people unwilling to admit they’re prejudiced, for fear of being shamed — would prevent people from answering such questions about prejudice truthfully. But this survey shows people will readily admit to believing all sorts of vile things. And researchers don’t need to use implicit or subliminal measures to suss it all out.

The alt-right scores high on dehumanization measures . . .

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/15/16144070/psychology-alt-right

[cilla4progress]

1. Don't doubt it.

I always wondered why it couldn't happen here.

[CousinIT]

2. I believe it is happening here and will continue unless people QUICKLY learn to vote differently.

Alt-right/GOP don't consider those different from them human - scored the same on 'dehumanization measures' as ISIS according to the article. I've said Republicans don't consider women human, for instance, because they DON'T. Women are judged to be only 83.1% human by GOP/alt-right.

Here’s how the GOP/alt-right rated the following on how “evolved” (human) they are. Feminists, muslims, and Hillary Clinton fall to the bottom.



Republicans believe they (and anyone white and male) are superior to everyone else. It's flat-out racism and sexism. And, like ISIS/ISIL or any other TERRORIST groups, GOP believes in torturing and/or killing those different than them (scored high on 'dehumanization measures' as ISIS/ISIL):

Link to tweet

The GOP/alt-right also believe women should never hold positions of power or be allowed to vote: http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-leader-richard-spencer-isnt-sure-if-women-should-be-allowed-vote-685048?amp=1

The GOP/alt-right portray all women as boundlessly "vindictive" - nevermind we have probably the most vindictive person on the planet in the Oval just now and he's MALE -- AND that virtually every war on Earth was started by a MALE -- AND that 90+% of most sexual assaults and rapes are committed by MEN (even when males are the victims).

The WORST case of PMS/menopause E V E R could never compete with the LUNACY, vengefulness and vindictiveness of DONALD TRUMP -- Yet the GOP/alt-right will still insist women are THE problem and that Harvey Weinstein's behavior is all HILLARY'S fault.

Same way that when a woman is raped in some countries with extreme Muslim beliefs, SHE is stoned to death for being 'impure' and 'dishonoring the family' while the rapist goes free.

Oh but GOP/alt-right allegedly dislikes "sharia law" (even though they clearly practice their own version of it here).

I think we can now safely call the alt-right / GOP a HATE GROUP or a TERRORIST group and be done with it.

[BigmanPigman]

4. That's funny...I thought of that video clip when I read the OP.

[colsohlibgal]

6. Amen

We cannot be complacent. Sinclair Lewis wrote a book about this titled "It Can't Happen Here"...detailing how it could happen here.

Nazi types have been biding their time since the 30s, they just needed a sympathetic President with similar views. Nazi types are like cockroaches, virtually impossible to eradicate totally.

Fox News and their ilk have brainwashed brainwashable folks to believe any hardships in their lives are the fault of the "other", not the fault of the real culprits, the Oligarchs, the military industrial complex and the war machine.

I never gave this much thought but I'm comforted I live a half day drive to Ontario.....just in case.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Interesting. I see them as less evolved.

I see them as less than human.

[iluvtennis]

5. Ditto

[elleng]

7. Not surprising.

Problem: How to deal with them in a civilized society.

[Duppers]

8. Scream

I realized that my breathing became shallow when reading this and the replies.

Unsettling is an understatement.

[SergeStorms]

9. Very odd.

These people may be white, but they're mostly the dregs of white society. It's not like they're the cream of the crop or anything.

I guess they feel they must dehumanize others to feel better about themselves. They also see educated whites as the "elite", who mustn't be trusted at all. The supposed 'white elites' are out to get them, but educated alt-right whites are to be trusted. The 'elite' Republicans - including people like Trump - are people they can get behind and support blindly, like cult leaders.

Weird lot. Some are pretty scary because of the lengths they're willing to go in an attempt to prove their 'superiority', which actually only proves their inferiority.

Fuck 'em.

[bobbieinok]

10. Odd note: Forscher is German for 'investigator'

[Gothmog]

11. Deplorables are very stupid people which is why they vote for trump

[loyalsister]

12. They were out and proud in 1939

This footage is eerily familiar, and the talking points have not changed much since 1939. These people had kids who also had kids who are coming of age.

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/542499/marshall-curry-nazi-rally-madison-square-garden-1939/

[Garrett78]

13. "The alt-right is motivated by racial issues, not economic anxiety."

Duh!

[Sunlei]

14. don't doubt it & they'll help Feds & local police find & round-up the Jewish..errcough, undocumented

[lindysalsagal]

15. Scariest #: Feminists 57. Almost at the bottom, even lower than Democrats.

I knew they were threatened, but I didn't know the programming was that severe. We've had the vote for almost 100 years, but their pathology requires severe sublimation of their wives and mothers. Sometimes I feel like white trash just never grew up, and are arrested at the rebellion stage, perpetually.

There is NOTHING Dems can do to win back these voters. They're irredeemable, and must be marginalized. The old moral majority will never disappear: they must be ignored.