Snake Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Members of the national media are disputing President Trump's decision to blame the "alt-left" for engaging in acts of violence, and many say there is no such thing even though the term has been used for months. Trump said in a Tuesday press conference that "both sides" bear some of the blame for the violence at a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Va., and asked why reporters were ignoring reports that the "alt-left ... came charging at the ... alt-right." Afterward, some journalists and news organizations delved into his use of "alt-left" as though he had coined it on the spot. "Trump spoke of the 'alt-left.' Is that a thing?" said a USA Today headline. A New York Times article described the term as "part of a broad lexicon of far-right terminology," and cited researchers who "say there is no such thing as the ‘alt-left.'" CNN's headline asked, "What's the 'alt-left'?" Then followed it with, "Experts say it's a 'made-up term.'" And CBS described the alt-left as "not really a group and more of just an epithet…" The so-called "alt-right" is a term for a loosely defined nationalist movement. Some of its members embrace white ethnocentrism, including the white supremacist Richard Spencer, who is said to have coined the term. Neither the "alt-right" nor the "alt-left" originated with Trump but people on both sides use both terms. The liberal writer James Wolcott wrote a piece for Vanity Fair in March arguing that, "The alt-left can't match [the alt-right] for strength, malignancy, or tentacled reach, but its dude-bros and ‘purity progressives' exert a powerful reality-distortion field online and foster factionalism on the lib-left." Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, has accused the alt-left of attacking her. "I remember last summer when I pointed out Russia's role in leaking/the elections and the alt-left attacked me for McCarthyism," she said in February on Twitter. Joan Walsh, a liberal writer with the Nation, tweeted in March, "Well, Hillary Clinton made it a brighter place, but that wasn't valued. Even on much of the American left, especially the alt-left." Some on the left have even embraced the term. The liberal New Republic magazine ran a piece in March declaring "Liberalism Needs the ‘Alt-Left.'" Trump has, at least on one occasion, distanced himself from the alt-right movement. During an interview with the New York Times just after the election, he was asked if he thought he animated the group. "I don't want to energize the group, and I disavow the group," he said. "It's not a group I want to energize, and if they are energized, I want to look into it and find out why." http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media-plead-ignorance-of-the-alt-left/article/2631757 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I've been telling you guys for nearly a year that the alt left exists 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The media are part of the alt-left YOU CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 17, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2017 Trump could have jumped in front of that car himself to stop and still would be to blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, Momorider said: The media are part of the alt-left YOU CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP Yup. A big part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 So the alt left says only they can give labels to others. Classic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 17, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, bussman said: So the alt left says only they can give labels to others. Classic. So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 17, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/new-black-panther-party NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY The New Black Panther Party is a virulently racist and anti-Semitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against whites, Jews and law enforcement officers. Why We Exist 1. To unite and rally Black/Afrikan people into one national front of the basis of Black Nationalism. 2. To fight for the overthrow of White racism, Black inferiority, criminal settler colonialism, imperialism, and domination. To fight for the establishment, maintenance, and right to self-determination of Black/ Afrikan people; in the United States and abroad. 3. To establish and maintain a Black/Afrikan United Front. 4. To support and disseminate the educational, cultural and economic advancement of Black/Afrikan people. 5. To propagate and promote the impression and ideology of Revolutionary Black Nationalism/Pan Africanism by promoting unity among the people of Africa and African descent. through the usage of Proper Propaganda. Edited August 17, 2017 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, bussman said: So the alt left says only they can give labels to others. Classic. That's the ongoing rule for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Highmark said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, bussman said: It's not funny actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, Momorider said: It's not funny actually Have you watched these pussies tactically? When normal people have had enough they're done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, bussman said: Have you watched these pussies tactically? When normal people have had enough they're done. The videos of the "stick skirmishes" are funny as fuck to me. But what is really funny is the liberals trying to use them as their force-impact. The only thing funnier is the lib-tards embracing Islamists. Both can't wait to kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Was your son one of them, or is he still cooling his heels in jail after his last violent protest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 It really is stunning how many Nazi sympathizers there are on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, motonoggin said: It really is stunning how many Nazi sympathizers there are on this board. You guys should stop that shit then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, motonoggin said: It really is stunning how many Nazi sympathizers there are on this board. It really is stunning the total disregard for freedom of speech on this forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, bussman said: You guys should stop that shit then. Lol. It's hilarious that the only defense of your fascist sympathies you can mount is 'no, you're a nazi' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, Snake said: It really is stunning the total disregard for freedom of speech on this forum. Lol. Muh freeze peach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Snake said: It really is stunning the total disregard for freedom of speech on this forum. When the 4th Reich is your ultimate goal....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, motonoggin said: Lol. It's hilarious that the only defense of your fascist sympathies you can mount is 'no, you're a nazi' Opposite irony day? Dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Annnnnnnd here we go.....Dan lectures everyone on what the proper labels are, while embracing "antifa", a bunch of limp wristed, neo anarchists. There I made up my own label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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