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> Other way around. Alt-right is attempting to co-opt "freedom of speech" the same way they've co-opted "patriot".

This is it. Also, the main result of these efforts is mainly to stain the term try to co-opt. It only delivers a brief window of enhanced rhetorical effectiveness before everyone else gets wise, and starts treating those who use the term with a lot more skepticism.



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