Can You Tell Which of These Alt-Right Personalities Are Fake?

In the months since Donald Trump was elected president, the alt-right has gone from being an amorphous group of incorrigible shitposters to an amorphous group of incorrigible shitposters with a growing audience, a prominent place in the media ecosystem, and a bunch of intra-group feuds.

All of a sudden, a 4chan obsession, a hazy relationship with the truth, and an utter lack of shame are all that's required to become internet famous, and lesser-known alt-righters have seized upon the movement's instability, jockeying for media attention and attaboys from their God Emperor. For many of these people, no attention-grabbing antic is over the line, and no publicity is bad publicity.

Below are the profiles of some of the rising "stars" of the alt-right, as well as some people who don't actually exist, to see if you can tell the difference. Which are real, and which are fake news? Answers at the bottom.

• Loves Confederate statues so much that he punched a man while campaigning to keep them up. He claims it's about preserving history, not racism.
• Was excited about new research indicating the first human ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa.

• Once bragged that he was triggering people by drinking milk and eating sushi.
• Denies that depression is a mental illness.

• Believes that businesses should be free to discriminate based on religion or ethnicity, even if that meant he couldn't go certain places as a Jew.
• Became radicalized by David Duke's book while serving time for tax fraud.

• Shot a "Twinks4Trump" calendar featuring photos of naked gay men wearing Make America Great Again hats.
• Once referred to former White House LGBT liaison Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as an "unnatractive tranny."

• Legally changed her gender to male to make a point about government forms being too easy to fill out.
• Wrote a book denouncing Islam and baby boomers.

• Most famous for breaking a stick in two during a street brawl, earning him the moniker "Based Stick Man."
• Currently trying to get a comic book made about a cool guy who hits people over the head with sticks.

• Gave ICE information that led to in a raid that caught five undocumented immigrants, one of whom was Hernandez's second cousin.
• Has tattoo of Calvin peeing on the Clinton campaign logo.

• Author of a Pizzagate-themed coloring book.
• Was exposed for creating a series of "sockpuppet" Twitter accounts that purported to be run by gay black men who loved Trump.

• Created Gab, an anti-censorship social media platform where everyone is free to call one another the N-word and wish for the eradication of Islam without fear of being banned.
• Was once quoted as saying: "Take your morally superior, elitist, virtue signaling bullshit and shove it. I call it like I see it, and I helped meme a President into office, cucks."

• Claims communists have taken over the Libertarian Party.
• Has celebrated the deaths of cops.

• Gave a Ted X talk on how slave traders were the original "disruptors."
• Created an "update" of the Confederate flag that incorporated minimalist, modern design.

• Believes the Holocaust is exaggerated.
• Thinks non-natural clothing materials cause disease and started her own all-organic fashion line called Lana's Llama.

• Marine veteran who gained popularity after "falcon punching" a 95-pound woman in the face at a protest.
• Robbed a cab driver he thought was Iraqi at gunpoint for $43.

ANSWERS
1. REAL
2. REAL
3. FAKE - Photo actually of my friend Gille, who is not alt-right.
4. REAL
5. REAL
6. REAL
7. FAKE - Photo actually of my friend Arun, who is not alt-right.
8. FAKE - Photo actually of me, the author, and I'm not alt-right.
9. REAL
10. REAL
11. FAKE - Photo actually of my friend Max, who is not alt-right.
12. REAL
13. REAL