What is the Alt-Right?

[Cavebear]

The "alt right", might even embarrass Attila The Hun...

[Baruch]

You don't think Trump would not like to have a one party system?  That would be one leg.  Another would be the corporation support.  He already has that.  A hatred of all things socialistic and/or communistic is already in place.  And he could have Congress set on fire by the musliims/immigrants and have a temporary state of emergency to take care of it.  Nah..............that's just way, way, toooo far fetched.  Isn't it?????

Or is it ... Trump = Drump = German-American?

[Cavebear]

Or is it ... Trump = Drump = German-American?

As usual, you make little sense.  I know how immigrant names change from Drumf to Trump, and I don't care about that.  Doesn't bother me in the least.  I caught on to that with Barry Goldwasser, the 1964 Republican candidate I supported.  My paternal family name in the 1800s was something like "Dispensier".  It isn't that now.  Who cares?

I could change my name to "Fred the Fisherman" tomorrow if I wanted to.

[Baruch]

As usual, you make little sense.  I know how immigrant names change from Drumf to Trump, and I don't care about that.  Doesn't bother me in the least.  I caught on to that with Barry Goldwasser, the 1964 Republican candidate I supported.  My paternal family name in the 1800s was something like "Dispensier".  It isn't that now.  Who cares?

I could change my name to "Fred the Fisherman" tomorrow if I wanted to.

You are the tip of the spear ... all your ancestors are the shaft ... without the shaft, the tip has no power.  I was referring to Mike's comment.  Looks like in retrospect, you were right to support Goldwater ;-(  Johnson was a disaster.

[Hydra009]

One last thing:  some on the Alt Right have a habit of writing the names of Jewish people (or perceived Jewish people) with triple parentheses to stigmatize them in the eyes of other antisemites.  What a scummy and vile thing to do.

[GSOgymrat]

I've never fully understood the antipathy towards Jewish people by so many cultures.

[Atheon]

I've never fully understood the antipathy towards Jewish people by so many cultures.

There are a number of reasons (all based in bogusness, of course).

One is that they are supposed to have killed Jesus, because when Pontius Pilate offered to set him free, the crowd said no.

Another is that they refused to convert to Christianity (or Islam), and were thus seen as rebellious or unwilling to submit to authority.

Another is that the New Testament forbade Christians from lending with interest, so only Jews could be moneylenders. So people got pissed off because of interest rates, etc. This is probably where the "Jews control the banks" myth originated.

Another is that Jewish communities had a tendency to avoid assimilation with the greater society, so people thought they were standoffish and secretive.

[Mike Cl]

I've never fully understood the antipathy towards Jewish people by so many cultures.

They killed Jesus, for Christ's sake!!!  What's not to hate!!!!

[Unbeliever]

  Hillary would attack Russia.

Oh bull! I don't believe that for a second. She'd only attack one (or more) of Russia's proxies. So we'll get Chump's war instead of Clinton's?

OK...


It's not so much Chump I'm worried about, but those with whom he's surrounding himself. They are truly scary. And I suspect they'll really be the powers behind the throne. All the Republicans need in a president is the ability to sign his name.

[GSOgymrat]

They killed Jesus, for Christ's sake!!!  What's not to hate!!!!

Oh please, he came back good as new and didn't even hold a grudge.

[Unbeliever]

Yeah, he said "Grudges? We don't got no grudges - we don't need no stinkin' grudges!"

[Shiranu]

Another is that Jewish communities had a tendency to avoid assimilation with the greater society, so people thought they were standoffish and secretive.

I have one disagreement with this; they didn't so much avoid assimilation so much as were denied any chance to assimilate and were ruthlessly persecuted in Europe since day one.

[Baruch]

I've never fully understood the antipathy towards Jewish people by so many cultures.

Jews are the ultimate conspiracy theory ... better than pod people or zombies.  In 19th century Europe, Gentiles were afraid of both poor Jewish people, rich Jewish people, Jewish people who wouldn't assimilate and Jewish people who would assimilate.  I suspect my mother's mother's mother was one of the assimilationists ... and then got out of Bohemia to the US way back when Victoria ruled India.  Jews are acceptable in KKK US ... because we assimilated here if we hadn't already done that in the old country.  Most American Jews are secular Republicans.  Only Episcopalians are more Blue Blood.

[Baruch]

Oh bull! I don't believe that for a second. She'd only attack one (or more) of Russia's proxies. So we'll get Chump's war instead of Clinton's?

OK...


It's not so much Chump I'm worried about, but those with whom he's surrounding himself. They are truly scary. And I suspect they'll really be the powers behind the throne. All the Republicans need in a president is the ability to sign his name.

Maybe ... but there will be wars and rumors of wars ... because Jesus is always going to arrive next day ... too bad he can't get thru TSA!

[Unbeliever]

Ah, so that's why he's so late!