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Alt-White: How the Breitbart Machine Laundered Racist Hate
By artappraiser on Sun, 10/08/2017 - 11:05pm |Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream
A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon’s alt-right “killing machine.”
By Joseph Bernstein @ BuzzFeed.com, Oct. 5
In August, after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville ended in murder, Steve Bannon insisted that "there's no room in American society" for neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and the KKK.
But an explosive cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News proves that there was plenty of room for those voices on his website.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, under Bannon’s leadership, Breitbart courted the alt-right — the insurgent, racist right-wing movement that helped sweep Donald Trump to power. The former White House chief strategist famously remarked that he wanted Breitbart to be “the platform for the alt-right.” [....]
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There is nothing surprising in this story. People knew Bannon was a white supremacist. Breitbart was know to favor white supremacist site. Trump voters were willing to overlook the obvious. Obama had to apologize for Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Hillary got pressed on emails. The media and the public gave Trump a pass.
by rmrd0000 on Sun, 10/08/2017 - 11:55pm
Hill's Rogue Rusky rap recruits - who knew? I mean really, who knew?
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 1:01am
They come pretty close to sounding like The Blaze’s Lawrence Jones
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/22/lawrence-jones-americans-realizing-trump-russia-collusion-claims-are-absurd
by rmrd0000 on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 8:14am
Scan their other headlines - quite the disinforama. NFL/troops/guns/fake Russia... Guess they get paid well for what they do.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 8:43am
Funny. There is also the guy who stood behind Donald at the Phoenix rally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/23/the-strange-story-of-that-blacks-for-trump-guy-standing-behind-potus-at-his-phoenix-rally/?utm_term=.226889ef3fa0
by rmrd0000 on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 9:30am
I wonder if the videos were targeted to provide cover for whites who wanted to vote for Trump. Blacks didn’t think Trump was a racist according to the vids, so whites could vote Trump with a clear conscience. I’m unaware of much penetration of these vids in the black community. The data on who was targeted would be fasci
by rmrd0000 on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 10:23am
The accents alone were hilarious when they say they are from Atlanta. Facebook was the major outlet. They linked to a Bannon site. They actually live in Nigeria.
by rmrd0000 on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 9:09pm
Broadway Joe speaks out. On Fox News.
Namath's still the wild card. In 1961 he told reporters "told interviewers that he wanted to sign with the Pirates and play baseball like his idol, Roberto Clemente, but elected to play football because his mother wanted him to get a college education". That kind of hero must have gone over well as he then chose University of Alabama.
And true to his mother he graduated - at age 64, going back to complete the work he'd skipped when he signed early with the Jets.
(at 6'2", Namath was also a prize basketball player, able to dunk the ball. Before his many knee operations. Probably would kneel if he could, though posits that the owners have a right to limit protests at work - not a completely unsound opinion)
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 2:32am
The problem with the NFL is that the government (Trump) is dictating business practice on free speech.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 8:18am
Former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka says that he is unaware of any oppression of black people in the last 100 years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/mike-ditka-nfl-protests-there-s-been-no-oppression-u-n809566
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 8:26am
Yes, Namath was debating the clueless or disingenuous Ditka. Nevertheless, NFL owners have a right to demand certain standards from their employees,whether the employees agree or strike or quit. The President does not have the right to be dictating those rules, and really shouldn't be involved unless it's a constitutionally supported prelude to legislation.
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 9:41am
A local union filed a lawsuit against Jerry Jones for violating player’s rights. Note this is NOT the NFL Players Union.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/sports-business/2017/10/10/union-leader-tells-jerry-jones-stay-lane-amid-anthem-dispute
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 10:01am
I'd be surprised if you could tell your boss you could protest in any way you wanted and it was the law.
I think these folks are full of shit frankly. You can read the law yourself. If employees can strike about anything, work related or not, they can strike about the right to dance buck naked on the playing field, wear political symbols on their uniform, shit in the stands, and dedicate the team to populating the moon.
The Act talks again and again about "legitimate rights". Do you think kneeling during the anthem is a "legitimate right" or a form of protest that goes beyond normal job-related functions? I can imagine the right to stay in the locker room instead of participating in a prayer or other activity that is objectionable to one's religious or ethical beliefs, but not the right to hold a bonfire or rain dance as protest.
And just remember, any expansion of these definitions will eventually be used to hurt minorities in some way. The owners almost always have the cleverest lawyers.
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:36pm
The question is if the actions of the NFL owners in response to Trump’s demand is in effect the government silencing free speech.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:55pm
The NFL is taking the knee to Trump
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/nfl-looks-ready-to-capitulate-to-trump-on-anthem-protests.html
Trump says that he is the reason Kaepernick is unemployed
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/politics/donald-trump-colin-kaepernick/index.html
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 1:01pm
Trump says that he is the reason Kaepernick is unemployed
That's a skilled troll for ya and if you want to protest successfully you've got to figure out a smart way to get around feeding him. Smart protesting that doesn't end up counter-productive, especially in this day and age of twitter and facebook is hard work, you also have to be clever with it.
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 1:16pm
Protests are rarely popular. Martin Luther King’s approval was in the 30’s in 1966
http://news.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx
The NFL players are the canaries in a coal mine. The guy in the White House is directing business owners on how to control protests. The government is curbing free speech. Meanwhile, Republican legislators in multiple states are crafting bills to curb protests. What we are witnessing is not a trivial matter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/24/republican-lawmakers-introduce-bills-to-curb-protesting-in-at-least-17-states/?utm_term=.3cfec7c0ff7b
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 2:46pm
Unpopular and controversial is one thing, ridicule and not being taken seriously is a whole nother thing.
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 3:39pm
King faced hostility when he appeared on eat the Press in 1963.It is only in hindsight that King is being praised.
http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/25/20120855-meet-the-press-special-edition-remembering-the-dream?lite
Like BLM, MLK was accused of inciting violence
https://www.vox.com/2016/1/18/10777146/mlk-day-martin-luther-king
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 4:00pm
King was reviled as a Communist. History of the true feelings about King has been whitewashed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/martin-luther-king-jr-a-communist-why-hes-been-whitewashed
Edit to add:
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955. The Civil Rights Bill wasn’t until 1964.
http://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/rosa-parks-sparks-civil-rights-movement-045738
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 4:16pm
RMRD is right on all counts.
Many worshippers kneel to pray..... the Order of the British Empire is often given to the kneeling honoree....people kneel at graves in respect for the dead.
The NFL players contract for this season says players "should" stand for the anthem. Not "must stand". Should, like would or ought, is not a legally compelling word.
And most NFL players respect the Constitution, troops and the flag more than Trump and Republicans.
Milly Ivins said "I would rather see someone burn a flag while wrapped in the Constitution, than someone burn the Constitution, wrapped in a flag."
The players are individually showing respect for what the flag represents to them.
Trump mocked a Gold Star mother while troops were fighting and dying in Afghanistan. Pence backed him.
Trump mocked and denigrated McCain while disabled and wounded veterans filled our VA hospitals. Pence was silent.
Trump is just getting material for his next Adoration Rally to excite the mob. The fans? They will go back to football no matter how long the kneeling lasts, complain, gripe, yet get used to it, because they absolutely love the game.
by NCD on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 4:27pm
Re: I'd be surprised if you could tell your boss you could protest in any way you wanted and it was the law....etc.
You can always quit your job. Or risk getting fired and have to hire a lawyer to argue you are protected from being fired. Or if it's covered by the EEOC, you at least don't have to pay for the lawyer, but it will take you a very long time to get that fair deal.
In the case of the NFL, that's easy: it's very clear to me that those supportive of protest should boycott!
It's not like it's a fucking public utility, though some of the benefits local governments give them make me wonder sometimes.
It's frigging entertainment. An area where soooo many people dream of working, and never get a chance their whole life. This is why there is the rolling of the eyes about even giving "workers" in this field the rights that others in less glamorous jobs presume, because they think I'd not only lick the boss' boots, I'd kill for that job. No other reason. (See Harvey Weinstein, for one example.)
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 1:27pm
CNN exclusive: Russ trolls also used Pokemon Go, YouTube and Tumblr to push racial agitprop & co-opt "Black LIves Matter" in the U.S.:
by Donnie O'Sullivan & Dylan Byers, Oct. 12
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 10:36pm
Putin and Russian “intelligence” comes across as racist as hell in the snippets of their approach to the black community. The attempt to promote marches in Baltimore fell apart when black activists in Baltimore simply contacted the idiots running the Blacktivist site and found the Russian backed folks to be frauds.
Passing off two Nigerians as being from Atlanta on YouTube was more comedy than anything else. You Pokémon was ridiculous.
As noted in Slate
The Pokémon Go promotion included chopped English, likely because English isn’t the native language of the person who wrote it. “We will send a $100 Amazon Gifting Card for the person who will capture the most GYMS,” it read. It’s unclear if anyone fell for the contest.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/10/12/russian_meddling_in_u_s_politics_extended_to_pok_mon_go_and_fake_racial.html
Russia hasn’t improved its view of black Americans as Sambo since days past. Langston Hughes wrote about how Russians assumed all black people could sing and dance when he participated in a Soviet cultural exchange. Robert Robinson, a black man who wanted to become an engineer, was blocked in the United States. He was lured to Russia where he did become an engineer. He was used as a chip to make political points. He faced racism not surprisingly. He actually had to plot to escape Russia.
http://www.theroot.com/russia-s-recent-facebook-ads-prove-the-kremlin-never-lo-1818877990
The current Russia approach to black Americans is not different from the racist app in the past.
by rmrd0000 on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 8:22am
Yes, it is very similar to how the USSR propaganda arms tried to play U.S. race issues. It is interesting history because plenty of lefties fell for the cynical ploys to co-opt struggles of the left in the U.S. Then the irony when McCarthyism reared its head, where many of those targeted were just people falling for Soviet propaganda out of that type, not "moles" trying to destroy our country but simply agreeing with some of the Soviet agitprop. Perfect example of the enemy of your enemy is not always being your friend, motives are important, solidarity not always what it is cracked up to be.
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 10:14am