Who Is Steve Bannon?

[MoonlessNight]

Nothing of the sort was stated nor implied. Rather, people who actually know him, not the leftwing media complex, are vouching for him.

Your unfounded smear of Geller is noted.

The beautiful thing about smearing people as racist sexist no good bigots merely by their association with the wrong people, is that you can establish that those same people are "wrong" by the exact same strategy!

I.e. Why is A a bigot? Because he worked at a magazine with B, who is a bigot. Why is B a bigot? Because he had C appear on his talk show, and C is a bigot. Why is C a bigot? Because he was personal friends with D, and D is a bigot. And so on ad infitum. But in practice most people either accept your word before you get to C or would never have believed you in the first place.

I've seen this done big time in the science fiction community (which is often ahead of culture trends, especially the bad ones). So I know the proper response: to refuse to condemn anyone merely based on their associations, and to not unperson anyone for whatever reason whatsoever. Historically Republicans have been all too eager to throw others under the bus to try to save their skins, not realizing that this just puts them next in line to be thrown under the bus. Trump largely refused to do this, and that's a big part of why he won.

 

[Veritas]

Well he's an ex executive of Brietbart, which is an alt right news organization. Alt right is the politically correct term for White Nationalism. There's good reason to be skeptical of him.

That's funny. This is the leftwing media template. Who coined the term "alt right"? Who said it's PC for "White Nationalism"? Why, the leftwing media. The same media that is attacking and smearing him. See what a vicious circle this creates?

By this "logic", the entire leftwing media including all the alphabet news channels and nearly all newspapers are "alt left". What negative PC moniker should we assign them?

 

[MoonlessNight]

Breitbart isn't an alt-right website, no matter how much people like to pretend it is.

This man has a Momiji avatar so you can trust him as an expert on the alt-right.

 

[Thursday]

I would become physically ill if some lunatic like Pam Geller "vouched" for me.

If I had been head hog at Daily Kos, would you believe me if I said I really wasn't all that into socialism? same thing with Bannon. He's been a big deal at Breitbart, which is one step above WeeklyWorldNews, so he's got a few people skeptical about who he is.

More baseless slander from the left. Yawn. You lost because people are fed up with your fantasy world.

 

[Veritas]

He was in charge of the site and it ran several columns during that time that could be seen as coming very close to crossing the line. One of which called someone a "renegade Jew" and another of note basically made it seem like a Jewish journalist was part of some elite cabal ready to impose its will on everybody a la Protocols of the Elders of Zion and included the line "Hell hath no fury like a Polish, Jewish, American elitist scorned". Now you can argue that he didn't write them, but he was in charge and they weren't taken down or modified even when the comments section picked up on what might be a "dog whistle" there.

There is also the story that his ex-wife told about not wanting to send his children to a school with Jews, but that's an ex-wife and it could be false.

Again, no documented facts. Try reading the Geller article. It addresses all the idiotic leftwing media propaganda.

 

[Thursday]

He was in charge of the site and it ran several columns during that time that could be seen as coming very close to crossing the line. One of which called someone a "renegade Jew" and another of note basically made it seem like a Jewish journalist was part of some elite cabal ready to impose its will on everybody a la Protocols of the Elders of Zion and included the line "Hell hath no fury like a Polish, Jewish, American elitist scorned". Now you can argue that he didn't write them, but he was in charge and they weren't taken down or modified even when the comments section picked up on what might be a "dog whistle" there.

This is absolutely false.

The article where the term "renegade jew" was used was written by David Horowitz, a Jew, who was attacking Bill Kristol for not backing the pro Israel candidate in the election.

Your post is a lie, I hope you will retract it now that you know the truth.

 

[Veritas]

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/...itbart-donald-trump-white-house-be-terrified/

According to people who worked with him, he's a monster. Of course he's going to surround himself with a quite a few other monsters who will no doubt give him glowing reviews.

OOH, leftwing hitpiece by former employee using all the propagandist terms they created. Geller's article addresses the discredited SPLC.

 

[Redac]

He was in charge of the site and it ran several columns during that time that could be seen as coming very close to crossing the line. One of which called someone a "renegade Jew" and another of note basically made it seem like a Jewish journalist was part of some elite cabal ready to impose its will on everybody a la Protocols of the Elders of Zion and included the line "Hell hath no fury like a Polish, Jewish, American elitist scorned". Now you can argue that he didn't write them, but he was in charge and they weren't taken down or modified even when the comments section picked up on what might be a "dog whistle" there.

Yeah, nothing says "this is a white nationalist website" like allowing a guy named David Horowitz to write an article arguing that another Jew, Bill Kristol, is making a mistake by opposing and trying to undermine the GOP, which is the party that really "stands between Jews and their annihilation." Hence, renegade Jew, in that he's acting against Jewish interests and shouldn't do so.

If you seriously think WN website would publish that, or generally argue in favor of really protecting Jewish interests in the world... I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Vylo]

OOH, leftwing hitpiece by former employee using all the propagandist terms they created. Geller's article addresses the discredited SPLC.

Ah yes the word of a bigot about another bigot, how reliable.

 

[wing2000]

I would become physically ill if some lunatic like Pam Geller "vouched" for me.

If I had been head hog at Daily Kos, would you believe me if I said I really wasn't all that into socialism? same thing with Bannon. He's been a big deal at Breitbart, which is one step above WeeklyWorldNews, so he's got a few people skeptical about who he is.

His association with Breitbart alone is all I need to know....

 

[Thursday]

His association with Breitbart alone is all I need to know....

What's wrong with Breitbart?

 

[Redac]

That's funny. This is the leftwing media template. Who coined the term "alt right"?

Well, the term "alt-right" was coined I think by Richard Spencer. If not, he's the one who popularized that name for the movement. White identity has also usually been part of it.

 

[SkyWriting]

Anyone Trump appoints to anything will be according to the left evil incarnate.

He's not quite left or right.

 

[fargonic]

And are the rumors circulating in the leftwing media true?

According to people who actually know and worked with the guy, no. Just like a lot of the propaganda lately, it's pretty much manufactured stories or twisted reports to cast Trump as guilty by association.

I bet it was some rogue group of Breitbart people that posted this gem:

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presi...bill-kristol-republican-spoiler-renegade-jew/

Poor Steve Bannon probably had to make sure they were disciplined!

And I bet Bannon was angry as all get out to whomever posted THIS headline on his beloved site!

http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/01/not-sexism-women-just-suck-interviews/

And you just KNOW Bannon had some heads roll after one of his editors posted THIS:

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/12/08/birth-control-makes-women-unattractive-and-crazy/

And I wonder how many people Bannon disciplined or fired for this:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...nfederate-flag-proclaims-a-glorious-heritage/

It's unfair that Stephen Bannon gets labeled a racist or racist sympathizer simply because he took Brietbart solidly into alt-right territory. Everyone knows that alt-right is just another name for "Hippy Freak Love Everyone Party".

As mentioned previously, Trump's own son-in-law is a religious, observant Jew and his daughter Ivanka, a convert.

Well, to be fair, Henry Kissinger was born a jew and look who he hung out with.

I've known Steve Bannon as a close friend for nearly fifteen years. I've never heard or seen a racist word or action from him.

I often wonder about things like this. I wonder if Stephen Bannon is, in real life, just a regular guy and nice to everyone's face and even nice to everyone in general. But in order to make a buck he plants one of his highest profile media companies firmly with people who are clearly verging on white supremacist and whose headlines he allows to flirt with that thin grey line.

Who knows? Maybe Stephen Bannon is one of the nicest humans in history! And maybe Hillary Clinton is actually a good human being. Nah, that last one is pure fantasy! LEt's assume the guy who runs an alt-right mouthpiece is actually not a racist. That's easier to swallow.

 

[cow451]

The point is that he became known primarily as a racist despite doing absolutely nothing to warrant the title, because people took information and regurgitated it uncritically.

The lesson you took from it seems to be that he must really be a racist and so should be shut out of political office permanently.

Well at least that explains why people are so willing to spread such accusations: the punishment for being accused is the same as the punishment for being guilty, so it doesn't really matter where they came from as long as they have the right effect.

The lesson I took is that poor Ben, whom I've never bothered to check out, is totally off topic.

 

[Thursday]

I bet it was some rogue group of Breitbart people that posted this gem:

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presi...bill-kristol-republican-spoiler-renegade-jew/

Poor Steve Bannon probably had to make sure they were disciplined!

And I bet Bannon was angry as all get out to whomever posted THIS headline on his beloved site!

http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/01/not-sexism-women-just-suck-interviews/

And you just KNOW Bannon had some heads roll after one of his editors posted THIS:

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/12/08/birth-control-makes-women-unattractive-and-crazy/

And I wonder how many people Bannon disciplined or fired for this:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...nfederate-flag-proclaims-a-glorious-heritage/

It's unfair that Stephen Bannon gets labeled a racist or racist sympathizer simply because he took Brietbart solidly into alt-right territory. Everyone knows that alt-right is just another name for "Hippy Freak Love Everyone Party".



Well, to be fair, Henry Kissinger was born a jew and look who he hung out with.



I often wonder about things like this. I wonder if Stephen Bannon is, in real life, just a regular guy and nice to everyone's face and even nice to everyone in general. But in order to make a buck he plants one of his highest profile media companies firmly with people who are clearly verging on white supremacist and whose headlines he allows to flirt with that thin grey line.

Who knows? Maybe Stephen Bannon is one of the nicest humans in history! And maybe Hillary Clinton is actually a good human being. Nah, that last one is pure fantasy! LEt's assume the guy who runs an alt-right mouthpiece is actually not a racist. That's easier to swallow.

The article about Bill Kristol was written by a fellow Jew, David Horowitz, as you would know if you had read this thread. The other articles are irrelevant to this subject.

 

[cow451]

Whether Bannon is a racist or not, he is affiliated with Breitbart and admired by Pam Geller. That suffices for me to question what he is doing around any President.

 

[Redac]

This man has a Momiji avatar so you can trust him as an expert on the alt-right.

 

[wing2000]

What's wrong with Breitbart?

Breitbart is an echo chamber for the far right.

 

[MoonlessNight]

Whether Bannon is a racist or not, he is affiliated with Breitbart and admired by Pam Geller. That suffices for me to question what he is doing around any President.

Time to abandon the bailey for the motte.

But this isn't even a particularly good motte.