As someone who would definitely be grouped into the 'alt-left', I don't let it get to me. It's just a word used to describe my views, which is attempted to be u

As someone who would definitely be grouped into the 'alt-left', I don't let it get to me. It's just a word used to describe my views, which is attempted to be used as a prejorative. We should judge people by the views they hold, not the names we give to them, and I think that goes for everyone. When someone is described as 'alt-right' I have little idea what their positions are, so I feel it's not right for me to judge them on that. Similarly, when I'm called 'alt-left' without having expounded my viewpoint, why should I take it to have any meaning? I could be a Communist, democratic Socialist, syndicalist, Communalist, an anarchist, or even a national Bolshevik or social democrat. Just like the groups I associate with have turned round 'commie' to mean something neutral or even positive within their groups, the same might happen to 'alt-left', and I think that's the best way to go about it. Another example is when Left-wingers were accused of calling each other 'conrad'. Now we call ourselves 'Conrad', and it's great fun.