Posted on 08/24/2016 7:20:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There’s no such thing as bad publicity. Yesterday the Hill reported that Hillary Clinton would be giving a big speech Thursday aimed at the so-called alt-right:
Clinton’s campaign announced Tuesday morning that her Reno, Nev., speech would focus on Trump and his aides’ “embrace of the disturbing ‘alt-right’ political philosophy.”
“This ‘alt-right’ brand is embracing extremism and presenting a divisive and dystopian view of America which should concern all Americans, regardless of party,” her campaign said.
I don’t know what Hillary will be saying tomorrow but one thing I’m pretty certain of is that attacking the alt-right isn’t going to lessen their influence. On the contrary, Dave Weigel writes today that some in the movement are actually looking forward to it:
On the alt-right itself, the speech is being welcomed as a sort of coming-out party; alt-right figures are finding their phones and email boxes glowing with new messages, asking to explain who they are and what they think.
That’s the reality here. Hillary Clinton is a candidate for president. By attacking the alt-right she’s elevating them in this election. She’s insuring lots of previously marginal voices will be appearing on cable news to discuss this topic. Hillary openly inviting them to center stage in the national debate.
I don’t think that’s accidental or some kind of miscalculation. On the contrary, I think she wants to elevate those voices for obvious political reasons.
From Hillary’s perspective, there’s really no downside to kicking this particular hornet’s nest. The inevitable response to her comments will only help solidify the idea that the Republican party is now the party of white nationalism, something many party leaders would dispute. Hillary needs to secure a high percentage of the black and Latino vote to get elected and starting this debate will help her do that. Also, her camp has been pushing for more moderate voices in the GOP to denounce Trump. This could accelerate that process as people who are not on the alt-right begin to wonder whether they can remain in a party in which that group has a growing voice. Strategically, politically it’s a smart move for Hillary. I get that.
But I think this could be very bad news for America and I wonder if Clinton’s camp has even paused to think about that at all.
Last year we saw a white racist shoot black church-goers. This summer we’ve seen riots in major cities and racist black radicals murdering white police officers in revenge killings. Racial tension is high. It has spilled over into violence multiple times already.
Trump has been criticized plenty for his tone, for his tweets. That’s fair game and I’ve criticized it myself. But make no mistake, Hillary’s speech tomorrow is going to significantly elevate the alt-right’s status on the national stage. She can pretend she’s trying to take them down all she wants but in reality she’s giving them a gift. This is the kind of national publicity the alt-right could never buy.
> That’s just patently false. Color-blindness is advanced by many enlightened Americans of all colors.
Actually, that’s not true. I have tons of Asian, Indian, Black, and Hispanic friends. National origin, culture or race comes first with them. Open racism is very common in all groups besides whites.
>>There is no difference.
In your opinion, not in reality.
>>Political correctness is political correctness.
Tautology. You cannot excuse racism in the cause on not being PC.
>>”You seek to silence views different than your own”
I seek to help rid FR of racists. That view is different from FR. Post those views elsewhere.
No.
"Suicidal white-led societies are those which practice authoritarian collectivism. The sad fact that Marx and his ilk latched on to the notion of Equality as a tool top manipulate the masses, does not in any way invalidate the notion of Equality as recognized and revered in America.
All men who believe in Equality are not Marxist tools. Jeez.
Have a nice day.
Vote Trump!
I get it, you and most of society have liberal views about race. That includes so-called conservatives, who will deny reality of racial differences, even deny the very well-designed arguments of their own revolutionary heroes, in mortal terror of violating political correctness, and will banish non-pc dissent from internet forums lest they be associated with such heresy, I get it all too well.
There are plenty of non-whites who aren't racist, for God's sake! I'm sorry you don't know any.
White people don't have a monopoly on such a mindset. That's just absurd.
Vote Trump!
As I said, you hold the 60s radicals as wiser than the founders.
Exactly.
If FR insists on being PC and banishing heretical, non-liberal views, then they insist on being PC.
Nobody's denying reality of racial difference. Whether there are differences between the races is perfectly debatable.
What's not debatable is whether any of those differences should ever mean that anyone gets treated differently under the law. Justice should be color-blind. And Americans who choose to do the same are perfectly decent people.
There are very few people in this community who are in "mortal terror of violating political correctness". If they believe a certain way, it doesn't have to be because of "political correctness".
Some people believe in just plain ol' Christian correctness.
Vote Trump!
Yeah, that’s it. Those who oppose racism are just being PC.
Good luck with that one.
As I said, that's false, you're putting words in my mouth, and you have no idea what you're talking about to make such an ignorant accusation.
Aside from that, methinks you're certainly not going to be around FR much longer if you stay on the foolish path you're treading.
Vote Trump!
> There are plenty of non-whites who aren’t racist, for God’s sake! I’m sorry you don’t know any.
A black friend of mine had a blow out on a CA freeway and crashed his truck into the divider. He was ok and while waiting for the tow truck a couple of Hispanic cops showed up, put him in cuffs on the side of the road and toss his truck looking for drugs. Now my friend gets polled over a lot by cops. Zero tickets, no arrests, but he looks the profile of a black thug despite having a BA in communication. Usually the cops realize by his behavior that everything is fine and treat him well.
He told me that he’s been pulled over a lot but never experienced racism with white cops. They called him racial epithets in Spanish, which he speaks fluently and violated his rights left and right because they hate blacks. Once they were done tossing the truck, they took him out of cuffs and drove away. In his life 99% of the racism he’s experience came from non whites.
His life experiences track my own. Non-white groups don’t view what they’re doing as racism, since only whites can be racist. It’s just how things are.
Why is she so concerned about them and not the Muslim Brotherhood? The Muslims throughout this administration? The BLM gang making comments online?
Does she suspect the alt-right of tattling on her?
Got me. I never heard of it before.
And sadly true.
True.
Atl-Right = Uber-Reich... Whites, nationalists, christians even!
Neo-Nazi’s are the communists’ internal, fixed, demonic enemies.
Thank you - excellent post.
Thank you for the great info.
Previously I called myself a paleoconservative. Now I am alt right!
I read it. Cherry-picked through a Radix lens. It ignores much.
As other posters have said, the founders were not perfect beings. They were imperfect men of their time who would not tolerate the Crown’s oppression and set in motion not only a new land, but a new mindset that combined the best of what humanity has recognized: natural rights endowed by our Creator.
You can sell collectivism and white nationalism all you want. I’m not buying.
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