Alt-Right Leaders: We Aren’t Racist, We Just Hate Jews #BasketOfDeplorables was far too nice

[grossproffit]

Bad news, Jews: You don’t get to be part of Richard Spencer’s white ethno-state.

In a windowless room in a swanky hotel half a block from the White House on Friday afternoon, three of the most visible leaders of the Alt-Right movement held a two-hour press conference to discuss their affection for Donald Trump and their hopes for a white homeland. The white supremacist Alt-Right movement has grown over the last eight years or so, incubated in racist forums like StormFront and meme-loving corners of the internet like 4chan and 8chan. Its members generally share a disdain for political correctness, feminism, zionism, Jews in general, immigration (especially Hispanic and Muslim immigration), and anyone who criticizes them for holding these views.

And the Alt-Right won substantial mainstream media attention when Hillary Clinton gave a speech last month excoriating Donald Trump for some of his staffers’ ties to it. Clinton’s team zeroed in on the campaign’s new CEO, Steve Bannon, who formerly helmed a website that he himself once described as “the platform for the Alt-Right.” And prominent Alt-Right figures, including two of the men who helmed Friday’s press conference, told The Daily Beast last month that they were delighted Trump hired him.

Many reporters have been hesitant to give the Alt-Right much media attention. But since Clinton made their existence part of her anti-Trump campaign pitch, there’s significant public interest in who they are and what they believe. And they’re loving it.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/09/alt-right-leaders-we-aren-t-racist-we-just-hate-jews.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

[Imperialism Inc.]

1. Incredibly scary stuff.

[colsohlibgal]

2. Semi Sane Republicans Need To Wake Up

Some of the thuggery going on during Trump rallies is so, so reminiscent of the early years of Nazi Germany.

Collective memory wanes after 70 or so years, sadly. Those low/wrong info types drawn to Drumpf or OK with him are the enablers allowing this clown traction. We can thank Reagan for doing away with the Fairness Doctrine. Hence idiots like Rush and Hannity can convince the witless to vote for nuts like this guy.

Let us hope more of us vote than the half brain dead Drumpf minions.

[Avalux]

3. I'm hoping Hillary's deplorables comment will hit a nerve with them.

What she said brings to light the ugly underbelly of our society that most white people who aren't racist pretend doesn't exist. It's so much easier to ignore. The problem with that is that by ignoring the racists, their hate is given leeway to grow and spread. It happened in pre-WWII Germany and it can happen here too. We ALL have to stop them.

Hillary spoke the truth and there's a lot of power in that. I hope she keeps it up.