tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534984154740498882.post8889045229685949780..comments2023-10-21T05:25:04.058-04:00Comments on View Beyond Bethlehem: I Have Given Up! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379868827294740869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534984154740498882.post-25233004780277612552017-08-14T21:40:59.757-04:002017-08-14T21:40:59.757-04:00I think some people are paying far too much attent...I think some people are paying far too much attention to the Presidency and the media for that matter.There isn't a whole lot of KKK or Neo Nazi members.They have been both pretty small groups for some time now, and they didn't have anyone's ear.You don't see many wide shots of this little shindig of these groups for a reason. So that leaves the so called alt right. <br /><br />Whatever its origins somehow the phrase took up new meaning in the last year or so for very dissimilar people who were working to either get Trump elected or to keep Hillary from getting elected. I am a fan of people like Dave Rubin, Gaad Sad, Jordan Peterson and Camille Paglia. Seven months ago I have seen these people and plenty others get labeled as part of the Alt Right or at least people who travel in that circle .I watched and listened to others who were identifying as alt right, and never did it seem to constitute a racist element( well the 4chan people come off that way, and some of them probably are , but a lot of them are just shit posting wannabe hackers living in their parents basement).What happened is that it started years ago as some small organization of racists and stayed small until about 2016 when for whatever reason this other movement happened and the name got co-opted . A little like how the republicans stole the tea party from Ron Paul and turned it into something else.<br /><br />Anyway the past was forgotten and would have stayed there had Trump not won.But here we are , and a few months ago The Atlantic published a piece on one of the guys who apparently started the whole thing and what he was up to now, and poof, guess who are all racists ? Convenient for the dying dinosaur media and dyed in the wool DNC progressives.Its easier for them to beat that stick and call that whole thing racist.That the racist element got Trump in the Whitehouse. Sorry but that is BS. The people I mentioned before are classical liberals who ditched the party as did a whole lot of middle America when it became obvious that they were not being listened to.<br /><br />Like I said, forget Trump, why the heck can't the Dems get a win almost anywhere right now? Why the hell does a party that ought to be dead from all the infighting ,who have no real platform,why do they have control over both sides of congress and are far stronger in state governments.People don't really love the Repubs that much. The DNC literally can't buy a win and by most accounts they are poised for more hurt the next cycle.And that's with El Trumperino hitting very low digits. How did we get here? It isn't racism. Fix the DNC. Most in the middle don't like much about the GOP, but enough of them are tired of being harangued. NMnoreply@blogger.com