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Title: How The Alt-Right Won The Battle Over Charlottesville
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DailyWire
URL Source: http://www.dailywire.com/news/19813 ... er-charlottesville-ben-shapiro
Published: Aug 16, 2017
Author: Ben Shapiro
Post Date: 2017-08-17 03:31:23 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 4019
Comments: 17
The alt-right is a movement of people united by the common premise that white people deserve an identity politics of their own, and that Western civilization is inherently tied with white ethnicity. They’re not a major movement; they’re a fringe group. They’re extraordinarily loud on social media; they abuse their enemies, worship their perceived friends, and generate the feeling that they are far more of a powerful force than they actually are. Over the weekend, they went to Charlottesville for the same reason they’ve gone to cities around the country: to gain attention. More specifically, they had three goals in mind. First, the alt-right wanted to grow its ranks by creating a perception of size and influence far beyond its actual numbers; second, the alt-right wanted to grow its ranks by squaring off against Antifa, far left violent agitators correctly perceived as threats to law and order — and they wanted to fight back victoriously against that group; third, the alt-right wanted to create the public perception that they aren’t just a group of muddle-headed white supremacists, but decent people who care about the future of Western civilization and stand up against criminality. In short, the alt-right sought to craft a perception of size, a perception of strength, and a perception of decency. Now, the truth is that the alt-right has none of these three. They’re small, they’re not particularly strong, and they’re certainly not decent. But thanks to the media, the Left, and the president, they achieved all three of those goals. Perception of Size. The alt-right showed up with several hundred allies ranging from open neo-Nazis to open white supremacists to their Friday night torchlight march. The media dutifully covered the event, seeking to heighten the impression of threat to the country from the Right — a narrative they’ve been promulgating for years, as they attempt to push the notion that the broader Right supports neo-Nazism and white supremacism. The following day, hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters gathered, amidst a bevy of media. Every newspaper front page in the country featured a close-up photo of the protesters, increasing the perception of numbers. Perception of Strength. A huge portion of the alt-right’s appeal comes from their overtly militant language: their opponents are weaklings, cucks, sham men empty at their cores. They, however, are Nietzschean super-figures, the lords of creation, Viking warriors in pursuit of battle against the aggressors. Antifa helps the alt-right with this perception by attacking the alt-right, allowing the alt-right to use violence. Even the horrific car attack was perceived by Christopher Cantwell, a white supremacist speaker at the #UniteTheRight rally, as a victory: “We showed our rivals that we won’t be cowed. … I think it was more than justified. The amount of restraint that our people showed out there I think was astounding.” Cantwell vowed, “It’ll be really tough to top [Charlottesville]. We’re up to the challenge. … A lot more people are going to die here.” Perception of Decency. Antifa helps the perception that the alt-right is merely a reactionary force, rather than a white supremacist group. The Right reacts to the Left’s defense of Antifa by pooh-poohing the alt-right. But they can’t completely dismiss the evil of the alt-right so long as alt-right is publicized as a white supremacist philosophy; that’s why the alt-right needs people who will help them distinguish themselves from the white supremacists and neo-Nazis with whom they march and fellow travel. That’s where President Trump came in, pretending not to know what the alt-right was, and then stating that some “very fine people” attended the #UniteTheRight tiki torch march. The alt-right has successfully increased its visibility, its generalized perceptions of size, strength and decency. That’s a win for them. And people across the political spectrum bear responsibility for their continued growth. Poster Comment: Shapiro was pretty unhappy over Trump's reaction to these events but he is a very smart cookie about politics, especially fighting the old commie Left in academia where he is directly engaged as a persecuted speaker as well. 
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#1. To: Tooconservative, cucks (#0)
A good description that Shapiro must have gotten from looking in the mirror. He's a cuck, who thinks that bending over and grabbing his ankles is winning! He still hasn't got over Jeb!'s poor showing in the election.
Says the anti American who had his ass up in the air for faggot Johnson for years and years.
Were you born liking queer Republicans like Mitt and Paul Ryan, or did you acquire a taste for them after watching Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera on Fox News?
I see you located a pic with Geraldo and Shep's butt boy/producer. In previous puff pieces, they've published more flattering photos of Shep's boy toy. Shep is 49 or 50, his man-mistress is around 26 and about 6'2". So we have an idea of who is wearing the pants in that relationship. It ain't Shep. One night last March, at a Chelsea speakeasy called Bathtub Gin, Smith and a group of friends were downing cocktails when the 49-year-old anchor, his drink half empty, noticed their waitress attending another table. He wanted the next round now. “He got up from his table, grabbed my elbow, and started yelling,” the waitress, a 30-year-old woman named Katya Minskova, told Gawker. Smith continued berating her: “Where the fuck is my drink! Where is my fucking drink! Get my fucking drink!” (Smith prefers a special off-menu concoction of gin, muddled cucumber, and shaved ice when he patronizes Bathtub Gin. In fact, he never orders anything printed on the speakeasy’s menu.) “He started smacking his hands, like the back of his right hand into the palm of his left,” Minskova said. “He was spitting. His veins were popping out.” Smith had arrived earlier that night with a straight couple and his own regular date, a muscular 6-foot-2 30-something white male, whom Bathtub Gin employees refer to as “his boyfriend.” Like most other nights—Smith frequents the bar, located behind a coffee shop on 9th Avenue, about once a week—the anchor’s attention fell on his date. According to Minskova and one other source, who have seen Smith and his date drink there on multiple occasions, the couple frequently holds hands and rests them in each others’ laps under the table. Nobody we spoke with, including several Fox insiders, knew the name of Smith's date. “There was no reason for you to scream at me,” Minskova told Smith. “Yes, there was. You’re fucking slow. I told you I wanted a second round.” Smith continued: “Why don’t you take my order right now?” Minskova tried explaining that the bartender was still mixing the second round, but Smith, visibly angry, told her to cancel it and asked for the check, a duty she passed to another waitress before telling the speakeasy’s manager what had happened. “I’ve dealt with assholes and drunks before,” said Minskova, who has worked in the service industry for several years. “But nothing like this.” Smith and his entourage left without leaving a tip, and without apologizing. Minskova wound up quitting a few months later. It wouldn’t be Smith’s first public demonstration of rage. In 2000, while covering the Florida recount, he was arrested by Tallahassee police for “aggravated battery” against a female reporter, after he reportedly slammed his car into her standing body. (Here is his mugshot.) The charge was dismissed after Smith and his victim agreed to an out-of-court settlement. Neither Shepard Smith nor Fox News Channel responded to emails, a voicemail, and a faxed letter requesting comment. The owner of Bathtub Gin did not respond to requests for comment, either. As for Gerry Rivers, he never had the guts for real sodomy to begin with.
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#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
He still hasn't got over Jeb!'s poor showing in the election.
#13. To: A K A Stone (#2)
ass up in the air for faggot
#16. To: hondo68 (#13)
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Shepard Smith Tells Waitress: “Get My Fucking Drink!”
Shepard Smith, the new director of Fox News’ breaking news operation, is by far the channel’s most lovable anchor—a cuddly-if-irascible antidote to his demagoguing colleagues. Like most people on television, however, he’s a lot less nice in person. Especially to waitresses.
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