Be that as it may, Osama didn't proclaim its usefulness in advancing his agenda. That's where the difference comes in. Hitler ate sugar, and that doesn't make sugar-eaters Nazis. But. Hitler didn't (AFAIK) use sugar to promote Nazism. They're using this to promote Nazism. Which doesn't necessarily mean that all of the people who use this slogan are Nazis, but it's a helluva data point in that direction.
Oh. Sorry about missing the point. Guess I'm not as innocent of certain biases as I thought.
Being concerned about the rise of nazi's and alt-rightists is certainly valid. But some dumb people on the far left saying dumb things isn't the main cause, or even an important secondary one. How much discrimination do white dudes actually face in their day to day lives? As a white dude I can say very little.
The rise of Alt-Nazi's I'd argue has more to do with the shift in the overton window. White guys getting their news from Fox and Breitbart telling them that the scary foreigners are coming to get them and the mean liberals are pure evil baby killers, and hanging out online in places like 4chan where it becomes okay to scream "GASTHEKIKES" and pull that into something socially acceptable. We get our morality from what we see being rewarded and punished in the society around us, and when that is full of people screaming "Being white and christian makes you better then others, and the different are out to get you." we internalize that. Some random blogger is not responsible for the rise of the far right, it's Rupert Murdoch and Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos. And when the likes of you start whining "It's just Trolls being trolls" or "But muh Free Speech" when bigoted statements are criticized is part of the problem. It being acceptable to be a bigoted asshole results in people being bigoted assholes.
I don't think you're wrong, at least in a general sense, but I also think there are some key ingredients you're missing. Why did the alt-right gain so much traction so quickly? I'd say it's partly due to a combination of anti-establishment sentiment and reactions to extremism of another form.
Let's face it: the establishment has failed countless people. Economic inequality is a growing problem all over the West. Rural America is dying, both economically and literally. Grooming gangs are plaguing British cities. It's no wonder left-wingers and right-wingers alike are turning to populists like Trump and Corbyn.
As for the extremism, I'm starting to think a principle similar to Newton's third law applies in politics. I hate to Godwin, but I think the rise of Nazism in Germany can be taken as a case study. Its growth was, in part, a reaction to violent left-wing extremism. While that certainly wasn't the only factor, it was a big one. Similarly, I think the meteoric rise of the alt-right can be blamed at least partly on another form of extremist left-wing politics. I'm talking about SJWism.
I don't think it's a coincidence that the alt-right started gaining in strength as SJWs became more visible. And don't tell me they're just idiots on social media, the progressive stack alone proves that isn't true. But why did the SJWs get so powerful? Well, if your theory is correct, I'd say they also grew in number and influence because of the media. Take a look at these 100% real headlines:
Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white AmericanWhite men must be stopped: The very future of mankind depends on itWhite guys are killing us: Toxic, cowardly masculinity, our unhealable national illnessWhite guy killer syndrome: Elliot Rodger’s deadly, privileged rage(On a side note, all of these articles were published in Salon. When I said it might as well be run by the NoI, that wasn't much of an exaggeration.)
By your logic, left-wingers reading articles like these are going to consider it acceptable to hate white people, especially if they happen to be male.
In other words, I think the rise of the alt-right was partly a backlash against Social Justice Warriors. And unfortunately, some of the left seems to think escalation is the best answer. So antifa started making unprovoked attacks on anybody they considered to be "Nazis."
Unfortunately, this led to the alt-right becoming more violent, which led to the tragedy in Charlottesville. Extremism begets extremism. Hate begets hate. Violence begets violence.
...I'm going to get some really stimulating responses to this, aren't I?