ADVERTISEMENT“Alt-right” has become a household term in recent months as the movement threw its support behind Donald Trump. But activists have warned that the phrase “alt-right” is simply a sanitized rebranding of “white nationalism” and conflating the two has dangerous implications. That’s why a New-York based advertising professional, who is using the pseudonym George Zola, created a Google Chrome extension called “Stop Normalizing The Alt Right,” which automatically replaces all mentions of the “alt-right” with the phrase “white supremacy.”Stop Normalzing Hate“Stop Normalizing The Alt Right” became available on Google Chrome on Nov. 17th and has since been well-received online. History shows us how quickly these movements can spiral out of control.” Radio host and popular cultural commentator Jay Smooth created a similar extension called “Alt-Right Denormalizer,” which automatically replaces all appearances of the “alt-right” with “rebranded white nationalism.”GoogleZola, who is white, said he created his extension as a way to express solidarity and to stand together to help protect human rights. Seeing Donald Trump win makes people feel safe to speak that hate more loudly, and act on it more violently.

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2016 21:56 UTC