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The alt-right publication recently led by Steve Bannon has clashed at times with Trump's world views
Politico ^ | 11/24/2016 | NAHAL TOOSI

Posted on 11/25/2016 2:34:01 AM PST by Fhios

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To: Carthego delenda est

If Wikipedia says so it must be true./s

There are hundreds of names intended to describe political “schools of thought”, but I stress the word “intended”, because many of these names, maybe even most, are used exclusively to describe the opposition.

For example, no conservative ever calls himself a “right wing extremist” and no liberal ever calls himself a “lib-tard”.

“Alt-right” is one of these, an invention of the left to smear the right. Don’t lend it credibility by posting a Wikipedia definition implying it is anything more than a tool of leftist propaganda. Anyone can write submit a Wikipedia article.

Note that the Wikipedia “definition” uses the phrase “a loose association”. If that empty phrase doesn’t register on your BS meter, then nothing will.


21 posted on 11/25/2016 7:16:54 AM PST by enumerated
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I used the Wikipedia definition only as a starting point, as it DOES include references/links to white supremacist websites and individuals. Though the creator of the term may never be known, it is indeed the socialists who are pushing the moniker now in their oh so smug superior knowledge of all things. They think themselves very clever in using it, as if it has always been term in everyday people’s lexicon, hoping it will become ‘normalized’. It actually is kind of clever in the sense that if people start using it synonymously with conservative or the like, without realizing that it’s more the equivalent to white supremacist, which most people know would be a lie in describing Trump supporters or conservatives, they will have succeeded in once again getting their ignorant true believers to unwittingly partake in yet another fabricated lie.


22 posted on 11/25/2016 7:58:00 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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I agree. It drives me nuts how many FReepers will just start using the term “alt-right”, without realizing they are putting the noose around their own neck by reinforcing a negative association.

Another one that just kills me is the leftists BS concept of having to “pay for” tax cuts.

In the left’s twisted view, a deficit is caused by the government not taxing enough to cover government spending, whereas we know the cause of a deficit is the government spending more than it has.

Can you imagine telling your parents they can’t cut your allowance unless they can figure out another way to pay for your expenditures? Yet, that is exactly what the left is saying.

The idea of tax cuts needing to be “paid for” is a deception - it places the burden of proof on the taxpayer to prevent deficit spending, when any honest, sane and reasonable person knows the burden is on the spender.

Then I see conservative talking heads start to adopt this phrasing - even though it works against their own argument! Is this why republicans are called the stupid party?


23 posted on 11/25/2016 9:19:22 AM PST by enumerated
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OUCH!

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24 posted on 11/25/2016 9:28:08 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Yes, the stupid party yields both language and premise to the Marxist left,at its own peril. I’ve been tired of it for over twenty years, but there seems to be no end in sight to their stupidity. My big bugaboo, refer to Cultural Marxism as, political correctness.


25 posted on 11/25/2016 9:29:17 AM PST by crosdaddy
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