Lenny Abrahamson, Belinda McKeon & Colin O'Gorman among those criticising Irish Times alt-right glossary

There’s been a massive online reaction – most of it extremely negative – to the glossary of alt-right terms published yesterday by the Irish Times, and which was authored by "misanthropic extrovert" Nicholas Pell.
Award-winning filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson says: “Regarding the editor’s statement that it’s necessary to inform us about this important movement. With a witty glossary? Please fuck off.”
He also re-tweeted a series of equally scathing tweets from Amnesty Ireland Director Colm O’Gorman, which you can read below.
Author Belinda McKeon asks the paper to “please justify your publication of a piece describing neo-Nazis as ‘characterised by an irreverent sense of humour.’”
“Problem with the Irish Times ‘alt-right’ piece isn’t exploring the movement, but allowing extreme bias and bigotry posture as an objective guide,” proffers Hot Press’ Roe McDermott.
Swimmers and Bouts musician Niall Jackson says: “Wow, Irish Times. Another rag that can go on the Buzzfeed clickbait scrapheap. Papers do themselves no favours sometimes.”
“What fuckwit commissioned it?” enquires Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan.
We’ve also included some of the pithiest other responses to the piece, which is defended by the Times today in an op-ed piece.

Hard to nail today's @IrishTimes dangerous stupidity better than this. It's the alt-right in the syntax of a light style guide: pic.twitter.com/fuj9aENozx

— lenny abrahamson (@lennyabrahamson) January 5, 2017

Maybe the Irish Times could print some of the hilarious cartoons sent to Leslie Jones or Anita Sarkeesian by this hot new movement? pic.twitter.com/iopxBiFjv3

— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) January 5, 2017

Re that @IrishTimes alt-right piece: Legit journalistic story would've been fine. Fan "glossary" portraying it all as a jolly jape, not.

— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) January 5, 2017

@IrishTimes your guide to the alt-right is sympathetic towards neo-nazis. Fucking. NEO NAZIS. What the fuck is wrong with you?

— CROWDFUNDMYABORTION (@EWCourtney) January 5, 2017

I see the Irish Times is at it now. I might just give in and stop censoring the alt-right by letting them draw swastikas all over my face.

— Cr O'Grizimov (@Mr_Ogrizovic) January 5, 2017

Nobody is suggesting The Irish Times should ignore the existence of the alt-right. Just that they shouldn't publish their propaganda

— Aideen Blackwood (@aideenblackwood) January 5, 2017

.@IrishTimes @NicholasPell The alt right isn't some edgy fringe of young libertarians, it's white supremacist and exults in racial abuse https://t.co/L5BkFKtB0Z

— Kennedy Connolly (@KennedyConnolly) January 5, 2017

.@IrishTimes the alt-right are fascists and racists and white nationalists and neo-nazis, not a "young-skewing, smart aleck faction"

— Torie DeGhett (@trdeghett) January 5, 2017

Brave move by the @irishtimes, tackling their circulation declines by targeting the nazi demographic. .

— Gerard Cunningham (@faduda) January 5, 2017

So apparently the best people to explain Nazism to @IrishTimes readers are Nazis.
Tomorrow - Rosemary West on child-rearing. https://t.co/aJZBRSDvat

— Philip O'Connor (@philipoconnor) January 5, 2017

You let a guy disseminate a racist term that originated on 4chan and was used to slander dead black teenagers. https://t.co/sib1CbUeme pic.twitter.com/jWbc5xd117

— ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) January 5, 2017