Posted on 08/26/2016 7:14:09 AM PDT by Pietro
Searching in news is not.
Bing news is even fewer hits
FR was alt-right before alt-right was cool, but it isn't now; it isn't so much the site that has changed as that the term now subsumes demographics that didn't exist in 1997. Some of its inhabitants weren't born yet.
I'm on (tediously frequent) record as denying that "right" and "left" have any accurate meaning in American politics, so "alt-right" doesn't bother me all that much. Calling a dog's tail a leg doesn't make it one. These are silly people throwing around words they don't understand and it isn't my function to make them less silly because they aren't listening anyway. Just my $0.02.
I disagree....Alt-Right is not known even to many of those on social media, except for the Hillary left. It's well known she has hoards of twitter and face-book “armies” basically students and deadbeats. Their soul purpose is introducing whatever the latest jargon Hillary wants to spread in order to divert from her obvious failures and not address the real issues she's responsible for. It's a manufactured diversion...and that's all it is.
...”Too much infighting here....Hillary’s winning on this thread.”....
Yep...some took the bait and are running with it.
It’s a diversion Hillary is using, don’t take her bait.
Um...no.
Again, it’s been around for years. It only *seems* new to you because you didn’t know about it. Kind of like how people “discovered” America when it was here all along.
So if it's not "news," nothing is happening with it?
I know you're smarter than that.
You missed the point. When it hits news, it means it’s in the mainstream....which his the point. It’s new.
You'd think they'd have gotten a clue when everything the pro-life movement did that was marginally effective was made illegal.
No, the point is the entire thing has grown up under the “mainstream’s” radar. Their platform isn’t “news,” it’s youtube, et al.
Nope. The point I’m arguing is the earlier point that I made.
This is new.
I’m a little bit alt-country and the wife is a little bit alt-rock and roll.
Let me guess...you were a Cruzlim, too...
Why don't you ask a difficult question?
This is my view; the TeaParty has been an unmitigated success, even though not as quickly as we would have liked.
Why is this? Because we represent independent individuals who are cognizant of the manipulation being spoonfed to the masses. The powers arrayed against us are awesome and frightening. In order to successfully confront them we must be like all other insurgent groups and fight a guerilla campaign. They can't smash us until they can name us and label us, or sick the IRS on us; hence my aversion to labels.
Trump is the manifestation of what the TP is about in that he is, apparently, not associated w/ the power structure that controls so many things. That's why every power structure in the country and the world is rabidly opposed to him. Clearly they recognize him as a threat which is one of the reasons so many support him.
I think that historic forces rather than individual personalities are at play and so it's a matter of holding our ground until those forces recede. BTW, God save us from the "giant" that bends world history to his will; that never works out well.
Finally, I think that FreeReublic is a force for good that has been influential several times in the past and can continue to so.
What have they "won" on?
They gave Boehner the boot even though he was replaced by the pliable ryno.
Small victories no doubt but these came after the TP had been declared dead several times. The difficulty heretofore has been finding a national candidate that is not tarred w/ the brush of "politician". How to win a political campaign w/o a politician?
I consider their success the fact that they/we are still relevant and that we scare "them' so much.
We are "prickly and hard to eradicate" one of my favorite lines from a favorite movie.
Yeah.
I think you get my point.
I’m not sure I do. Perhaps you could elaborate?
Too true.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.