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.
She's doing this to go after Trump's Breitbart guy....and us here at FreeRepublic, among others that don't like HER or the GOPe...we're all going to get bundled into 'Alt-Right'
Her people probably pulled that 'Leslie Jones' crap today... "Alt-Right Speech Eve"
We, on this site, are the alt right as well, probably fortunately left out of that article. Maybe Shrill will mention us tomorrow? Really, anybody who isn’t GOPe is alt-right, now that I come to think about it.
Re : Post #2 ~ Alt-right? What does that mean?
I think it is very much like ‘Alt-reality’ where those damned denizens in DC dwell.
pardon my alliteration ~ :^)
Sounds like the mirror image of #BLACKLIVESMATTER, but you’ll never hear her bashing them.
What alt-outfit will she wear?
“All I want to know is, do you like your haircut?” (Hair stylist to Sean Connery, “The Presidio”)
I like the way you think.
There's one thing I learned from my Ex-Wife, you can't reason with irrational people.
Hillary's media tools will spin this a thousand different ways until they find a narrative that gets traction.
And Hillary knows this.
You are correct. It will be irrefutable and the media will demand that Trump supporters refute it.
It's a political tactic to put us on the defensive.
Alt-right is the glorious regime of meme-loving, sh*tposting kids that grew up in 4chan and now hang out in reddit. They’re not right because of finds memories of Reagan, etc. Like we are. They’re just thoroughly pissed about all of the lifeless, corpulent, asinine Tumblr fat skanks that blindly spew leftism.
It means she is a hippycrit.
She is a devisive Alt-Leftist.
Damn Hippys.
Hillary needs a boogie man to run against. The Tea Party has faded so enter the supremecist alt-right. Wikipedia is unable to tell us exactly what it means but I’m sure Hillary will flesh it out tomorrow.
Apparently alt-right is referenced a lot at Breitbart.
Donald, I know your people read FR, so here's an idea for some talking points/teaching opportunities: the Founders created a "dystopian" Constitution because THEY were "dystopian" because they feared the rise of someone EXACTLY like Hillary. So they created a tripartite government, and set each part against the other to hold the Hillarys in check by pitting them against each other.
"Alt-Right dystopian" is therefore the essence of the CONSTITUTION, precisely because it's based on never trusting politicians.
Let the record show none of us here had any idea what this “movement” is!
Until last night for me. It was part of discussion on FOX news.
This is akin to the Pokemon GO thing. None of us knew what it was a month ago, now it’s in the news every day...and morons everywhere are obviously using it in public.
Since the Bushes, Romney, et al. are supporting her, yet still claim to be conservative (as incredible as that is), it looks like she feels she can’t make any political hay with her ‘vast right wing conspiracy’ hooey, so she’s trying pigeon-hole the part of America that is fed up with Uniparty and supports Trump.
It’s a weak brew in an old bottle. She’s failing and supported by mental midgets.
So Hillary is going to give an alt-reality speech. Nothing new here.
A devious but effective way to lie and smear.
Alt-right, made up crap. Hillary is alt-universe where lying is the truth. Robbing Haitians is charity. Killing the unborn is compassion.
The “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
Not Just a Conspiracy anymore.
**WE** ARE THE ALT-RIGHT
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