Spencer has popularized the term "alt-right" to describe the movement he leads. Spencer has said his dream is "a new society, an ethno-state that would be a gathering point for all Europeans," and has called for "peaceful ethnic cleansing."
For most of the day, a parade of speakers discussed their ideology in relatively anodyne terms, putting a presentable face on their agenda. But after dinner, when most journalists had already departed, Spencer rose and delivered a speech to his followers dripping with anti-Semitism, and leaving no doubt as to what he actually seeks.
He referred to the mainstream media as "Lugenpresse," a term he said he was borrowing from "the original German"; the Nazis used the word to attack their critics in the press.
"America was until this past generation a white country designed for ourselves and our posterity," Spencer said. "It is our creation, it is our inheritance, and it belongs to us."
The audience offered cheers, applause, and enthusiastic Nazi salutes.
Watch the video, excerpted from an Atlantic documentary profile of Spencer that will premiere in December 2016.
UPDATE, BREAKING NEWS:
Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer, Advocating For 'Baseball Bats'click here Morning&utm_campaign=TheDC Evening
"These posts were clearly outside the bounds of acceptable discourse, and POLITICO editors regard them as a serious lapse of newsroom standards," Politico Editor-In-Chief John Harris and Editor Carrie Budoff Brown told TheDCNF. "They crossed a line in ways that the publication will not defend, and editors are taking steps to ensure that such a lapse does not occur again."
While Hirsh's initial post could have been charitably interpreted to imply advocacy of a non-violent protest outside of Spencer's home or other similar non-violent actions, a subsequent question and answer clarified Hirsh's intentions.
"Completely agree we should mobilize against his hateful ideas, but what does knowing his home addresses do?" Asked Doug Widmann, Harvard Law graduate and senior vice president at The D. E. Shaw Group.
"Send a letter? Confront him in person? Seems like counter-speech is the main thing we can do. You can call it 'whining' but I'm not sure that's fair or constructive.
Side note: Apparently the GSA-owned Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in DC felt obligated to host his organization's event because it can't discriminate against speech under the First Amendment, so there's that problem, too."
Hirsh responded in an unhinged manner: "I wasn't thinking of a f*cking letter, Doug. He lives part of the time next door to me in Arlington. Our grandfathers brought baseball bats to Bund meetings. Want to join me?"
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