xp Because he can recast him as secretly smart in a way that only Scott Adams can see.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
xps I mean yeah they're repulsive and they're at least making the news and being described as repulsive, but I truly don't think that would have happened a month ago.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
scott adams is not alt-right. he's a gullible knowitall, which is close.
― goole, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
if being a gullible knowitall made you alt-right we could just take /r/the_donald's traffic
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Scott Adams has always had shitty MRA-type views so it's not surprising that the alt-right gravitated to him. I don't necessarily think he's a part of that movement but he's definitely pandering to them and telling them what they want to hear.
Do have to laugh at his lessons about "pacing and leading" and "A/B testing" which is a funny way of saying "indecisive and doesn't really know what the president does"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
so my wife went to the high school where current head of breitbart went and someone decided to post on their alumni group about the 'elephant in the room'. his wife posted this response:
As someone who has personal experience with Steve, I can tell you he is a brilliant patriot who has an impressive resume including naval officer, investment banker, Hollywood producer, and media mogul. He helped turn a long-shot candidacy into an electoral victory. Whether or not you agree with him on policy, you must admit he's effective. I'm well aware of the media talking points on why we're all supposed to hate him, but I think a lot of people are getting fooled. The comments regarding his children came from his divorce proceedings! Are you really going to define a man's life over one comment alleged in a bitter divorce?I realize that many news outlets are running with the idea that he is racist, but these are the same media outlets that misled you about the election and the voters. By so casually accusing people of racism and anti-Semitism with little or no evidence, you are cheapening the meaning of these words. The Democrats do this to Republicans every election. Here's what Coretta Scott King said about Reagan in 1980: “I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party." Donald Trump has a Jewish daughter and Jewish grandchildren. Do you really think he'd appoint an anti-Semite as his top advisor? The premise is absurd!I challenge you to read Breitbart News for a few weeks and to listen to SiriusXM Patriot 125 6-9am EST. Their headlines are provocative, but the articles themselves are mostly straightforward facts. The media is cherry-picking a few headlines from opinion pieces (many of which are satire!) and suggesting they are representative of the entire website. Read the articles and explain why you disagree, don't just dismiss them because you don't like the opinion stated in the headline.As far as the "alt-right" branding, it's a media buzz word with an unclear definition. Some use it to describe fringe KKK groups and others merely use it to describe constituents who are fed up with the establishment Republican Party. Breitbart is certainly not a platform for white supremacists and in fact, has been BOYCOTTED by far right groups because it has openly gay writers. Not to mention, it has an entire section (Breitbart Jerusalem) that defends Israel, the world's lone Jewish state. Steve is credited with launching this section personally.My husband, Alexander Marlow, was Andrew Breitbart’s first employee and is now editor in chief of Breitbart News, which has 40+ million monthly readers because it reports the news that no other outlets have the courage to report. This election has made it very clear that America is divided and that mainstream media is completely out of touch with at least half of the nation. I humbly suggest that you not repeat old mistakes and seek out diverse points of view!
I realize that many news outlets are running with the idea that he is racist, but these are the same media outlets that misled you about the election and the voters. By so casually accusing people of racism and anti-Semitism with little or no evidence, you are cheapening the meaning of these words. The Democrats do this to Republicans every election. Here's what Coretta Scott King said about Reagan in 1980: “I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party." Donald Trump has a Jewish daughter and Jewish grandchildren. Do you really think he'd appoint an anti-Semite as his top advisor? The premise is absurd!
I challenge you to read Breitbart News for a few weeks and to listen to SiriusXM Patriot 125 6-9am EST. Their headlines are provocative, but the articles themselves are mostly straightforward facts. The media is cherry-picking a few headlines from opinion pieces (many of which are satire!) and suggesting they are representative of the entire website. Read the articles and explain why you disagree, don't just dismiss them because you don't like the opinion stated in the headline.As far as the "alt-right" branding, it's a media buzz word with an unclear definition. Some use it to describe fringe KKK groups and others merely use it to describe constituents who are fed up with the establishment Republican Party. Breitbart is certainly not a platform for white supremacists and in fact, has been BOYCOTTED by far right groups because it has openly gay writers. Not to mention, it has an entire section (Breitbart Jerusalem) that defends Israel, the world's lone Jewish state. Steve is credited with launching this section personally.
My husband, Alexander Marlow, was Andrew Breitbart’s first employee and is now editor in chief of Breitbart News, which has 40+ million monthly readers because it reports the news that no other outlets have the courage to report. This election has made it very clear that America is divided and that mainstream media is completely out of touch with at least half of the nation. I humbly suggest that you not repeat old mistakes and seek out diverse points of view!
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
she uses milo as a shield!
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
explicitly patriarchal gender views are only one leg of the stool, and probably the most popular, it's true
a commitment to racial hierarchy (if not "race science") is the other, but a lot of people have that too -- the alts were open and explicit about it while your average tcot type likes blue lives and tendentious MLK memes. anti-semitism used to be the key dividing between alt and regular-GOP right, but that membrane is breaking down imo.
back when these guys were getting going, hostility to democratic government was the last and most important: celebrate monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, whatever. lee yuan kew, pinochet and uhh the stuarts were big heroes. now that donald has won and the alt-right is officially A Thing (thanks, hillary) this part has been obscured and forgotten
― goole, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
there was a moment when the more highbrow "NRx" type people disdained old-school nazism as just communism for whites. it dovetails with the general tendency of nerds to fetishize 'intelligence' for its own sake and all the resentments carried with it (why can't the smart people just be in charge and be sexy and respected); adam's style certainly overlaps with that
― goole, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
now that donald has won and the alt-right is officially A Thing (thanks, hillary) this part has been obscured and forgotten
has it so quickly? the stuarts are one thing but idk if admiration for authoritarians like pinochet or lee kuan yew is off the table. (putin obviously isn't.) incidentally my mom who grew up in late-colonial/early-post-colonial singapore seems on the balance to greatly admire lee kuan yew despite her fairly public parents having been under frequent threat of lawsuit or delicensing from him for oppositional speech and id rly k how to feel abt it. i think zizek once said the 21c would build statues of him in every country. lky, not zizek.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
Adams' style is also all about explaining things. THIS is what is true and THIS is what is not, and if you believe that other thing you've been hypnotized. I know, because I took a class in hypnotism. In fact I'm hypnotizing you right now. You're going to wake up tomorrow and realize you've been living in a matriarchy all along.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
that facebook post about breitbart I copied and pasted upthread made the 'news'
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/ties-to-trump-and-breitbart-divide-exclusive-los-angeles-sch
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
marlow's wife not only deleted her post but her entire facebook account
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
Before I knew what the "alt-right" was, I spent some time on a message board that had a strong alt-right contingent, though it had other contingents as well (not 4-chan or reddit). I have to admit that sometimes I found the some of the alt-right posting very funny, because it took the piss out of the intense self-seriousness of some parts of the left. I've found Rush Limbaugh funny at times in the same way without ever agreeing with him on any substance. I think it would be wise to recognize that there's an element of the "backlash" here that's really about oversocialization, about politeness to the point of feeling inauthentic and unable to express darker emotions.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Rush is old news, it's all about Tomi Lahren now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 November 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
the alt-right is funnier than the uptight-left
http://heatst.com/entertainment/if-ghostbusters-was-just-a-little-better-it-could-have-defeated-donald-trump/
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
milo will have been loving all of this
http://www.influxpress.com/blog/2016/11/17/open-letter-objecting-to-the-invitation-of-milo-yiannopolous-to-speak-at-simon-langton
― imago, Monday, 21 November 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
it's a nice letter though
the "uptight left" is usually just liberals. The dirtbag left is funny.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 21 November 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
the sexed-up coverage of the alt-right in a bunch of mainstream outlets lately has been distressing, especially Mother Jones.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 21 November 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
http://www.vice.com/read/heil-trump-this-is-the-alternative-right
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 21 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, there's something that goes into this like the journo/blogger need to focus on a thing and publicize the hell out of it, feeding in the provocative nature more than any contemplative. It's like Isis or some shit, which the coverage goes hyperbolic and they get built up into being Cobra.
― (rocketcat) (kingfish), Monday, 21 November 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Feel like the generic public still doesn't know about the alt-right. The coverage is justified considering Steve Bannon's new place in the world
― Nhex, Monday, 21 November 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
Yeah the particular way it has been done though has been very bad. MJ originally had a headline along the lines of "Meet the dapper new leader of the white nationalist movement" or something, deleted it.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 21 November 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
Milo is speaking at the school I work at next month. I feel a bunch of lefty academics protesting and yelling is exactly what he would thrive so I really want to organize some sort of response where a bunch of people get tickets, show up, and totally ignore him by knitting, doing homework, napping, reading, etc. I also want to avoid racist assholes threatening to firebomb my house so not sure how to go about this.
― joygoat, Monday, 21 November 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
would think nobody protesting, nobody getting tickets is probably the best response
― frogbs, Monday, 21 November 2016 23:07 (seven years ago) link
is there any reason to call these people "alt-right" when "neo-nazi" would suffice?
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 November 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
XP ...or an audience completely made up of women and POCs with fixed death stares.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 November 2016 23:11 (seven years ago) link
Arent a lot of the socalled alt-right people just bascially trolls, anyway? Not so much the big players but the followers. They think the reactions they get are FUNNY. Wouldnt matter what side it was, as long as its women and weak-assed pansy cucks, they'd say anything shitty to get a rise.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
Things can arise from the lulz - I'm reading a 'biography' of Anyonymous at the moment from 2013 and it's clear that trollishness can definitely exist alongside emerging politicisation (though wow it's an uncomfortable read this year).
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 08:02 (seven years ago) link
Trolling is def an important part of the alt-right's DNA (and not just the followers, Milo always seems to me to be saying and doing things to get a rise out of people as much as furthering any "philosophy") but there's not "just" trolls about it - the temptation to dismiss them as "just" trolls, to conceptualise trolling itself as inherently ignorable or harmless, is where the danger also is.
And it sort of does matter which side it is because, well, they're the ones who picked the nazi side.
― k3vin k., Monday, November 21, 2016 11:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah I've been reading the arguments on this and I can definitely see why some think "alt-right" is a dangerous shiny rebranding that makes them more acceptable - I don't think it should ever be in any doubt that "alt-right" is a subset of "neo-Nazi" and not a brand new thing or a break from it. "Alt-right" seems useful in terms of describing their aesthetic and methods though - the radicalisation of white male frustration online, the very "dapperness" that makes an aesthetic break from unreconstructed skinheads and to me, seems necessary in capturing why their appeal is particularly dangerous now.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 08:42 (seven years ago) link
the whole "european" thing is some weird semantic thing - have they all agreed to call themselves that or something?
this fucking guy in his nazi colour scheme, what vile creeps:
https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images/2016/11/21/heil-trump-this-is-the-alternative-right-body-image-1479752283.jpg
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 08:46 (seven years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, November 21, 2016 5:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've personally flipped that switch already. Fuck whatever media-friendly label they prefer.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
I really want to organize some sort of response where a bunch of people get tickets, show up, and totally ignore him by knitting, doing homework, napping, reading, etc
Was thinking about something similar when Channel 4 interviewed him last week - by all means, get him on the show, just ask him as inane questions as possible, e.g. "who's your favourite Beatle", "what's yr golf handicap" "have you ever tried homemade cream cheese" etc
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Arent a lot of the socalled alt-right people just bascially trolls, anyway? Not so much the big players but the followers. They think the reactions they get are FUNNY. Wouldnt matter what side it was, as long as its women and weak-assed pansy cucks, they'd say anything shitty to get a rise.― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, November 21, 2016 9:28 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, November 21, 2016 9:28 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Partly this; partly keeping "I was just being funny" as a defense if they might face consequences for their words and/or deeds. In which case they then smear their targets for not having a sense of humor and/or not knowing better than to feed the trolls.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
"I was just kidding" is a refrain I'm very familiar with hearing from the people I've known who suffer from personality disorders.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
There was a Danish news-parody show that once had an interview with a young guy from the populist right, who'd started a group protesting left-wing bias in the media. The first question was 'Can you tell me about your new group, you right-wing asshole?'
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
Not for nothing are Danes known worldwide as the kings of comedy.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
Anyway, ThinkProgress says they won't be using "alt-right" anymore: https://thinkprogress.org/thinkprogress-alt-right-policy-b04fd141d8d4
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
― Frederik B, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 11:07 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is the B for Basic?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, November 22, 2016 8:30 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like to think of them as Trunk Club Fascists
I'm not sure what to make of some of the labelling. Many people including myself were using alt-right to refer to a much wider array of modern right wing bigotry, including non-whites who use some of the same ideas as the white nationalists and repurpose them to suit their own prejudices.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Tuesday, November 22, 2016 2:11 PM (four hours ago)
Er, wtf Old Lunch?
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
I think the reason why I've used 'alt-right' as a term rather than neo-nazi is similar to what RAG is saying. It was something that encompassed a lot of online spheres, from PUAs to st0rmerz to channers to whoever else was being a fucking dickhead. Now that the entire real world is crumbling, though, I'm with people who want to call them what they are.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
afaics, the whole "alt-right" label is just a rebranding of plain old white supremacy and neo-Nazism, for the same reason Comcast is trying to rebrand as Xfinity, because the old brand is hated and reviled. Using this new friendlier brand name just obscures their connection with white supremacy, which benefits the neo-nazis and no one else. The news media should be flayed for playing into the hands of these deplorable people. God, what a world we live in now.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
they're mostly just entitled white-terrorist fuckhead dweebs and should be treated like any other terrorism suspects
― imago, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
except with more waterboarding
I'm kidding, they should be treated like Breivik their Viking lord, allowed to study for a degree from the comfort of prison
― imago, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
I don't even know. Put them and Isis in a big pit then check back forty years on, see if they've forged a new society together
― imago, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3954508/The-worrying-rise-Britain-s-modern-day-Hitler-youth-Neo-Nazi-referrals-Government-s-deradicalisation-programme-overtaking-Islamist-extremism-cases-parts-UK.html
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link