The main writers of the alt-right, the ones Brietbart itself cites as the leading thinkers of the alt-right, say that while there is much diversity among them, they are united on the centrality of race.
THAT is the problem. If you don’t hold race as central to all issues (immigration, social policy, globalism, and the like), then by the definition of the movement BY ITS OWN LEADING THINKERS, you’re not alt-right. And Bannon proudly proclaims the site he has been running to be “a platform for the alt-right.”
And the alt-right writers themselves attack Western culture. Many are supporters of the Fourth Political Theory. Almost all are what they call “identitarians.”
Apparently, many here are comfortable with that.
To say that the “conservative movement” is somehow responsible for immigration policies and globalism is to smear movement conservatives, who have fought these things consistently.
The desire to “bring everything crashing down” is worrisome. This mirrors a long-time Alinskyite/Cloward-Piven strategy. They argue that if you can cause the societal structures to crash, you will be able to replace it with a socialist regime with absolute power. (Very Leninist.)
We all want to change the way Washington works. We all want to restore American tradition, the Constitution, and values. But alt-righters are not friends of the Constitution.
In short, these are the kinds of people JimRob had previously kept out of here, until they leeched onto Trump. I don’t know if Bannon is one of them himself (I can’t read his head and heart), but he gives them a platform. He empowers and enables them.
(WILLIAM KRISTOL: RENEGADE JEW —Breitbart headline)
Nothing gets on Breitbart that Mr. Bannon disapproves, just as nothing gets on here that JimRob disapproves. If it does, he (or John) deletes it. (Nothing gets on WND that Joe Farah disapproves, and so forth.)
Just as we criticize liberals for their uncritical willingness to stand with ANSWER, Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and so many other Communist groups, we too must be careful with whom we stand.
I will not stand with the Richard Spencers and Jared Taylors of the world. Here are some of Taylor’s utterances from this past September. (Jim, I am sorry to have to post this, but we ned to know who and what we’re talking about.)
“Race is a foundation of identity. You’re a part of something, whether you like it or not.”
“When you ask whites to celebrate diversity, you’re asking them to celebrate their dwindling numbers.”
“I do not want my country to become one in which my children and grandchildren are not only a racial minority, but at the rate things are going now, a hated and despised minority.”
“Why is Africa poor? Why is, on the other hand, Haiti equally poor? … This is because they’re populated by the same people.”
“East Asians have the highest IQ — about an average of 102, 103. Next come whites at about 100. Next come Hispanics, which are a very varied population — hard to put a firm figure on them. And then blacks have an average IQ of about 85.”
“There’s been an overrepresentation by Jews in intellectuals who have tried to undermine the legitimacy of white racial consciousness.”
“Jews have their own identity. They’re not European.”
If Bannon stands with these folks, then he’s not an ally of conservatives. I hope he doesn’t but fear he does.