by Sandy » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:21 am
Is the objection to Dave's link really tied to the exposure it gives to the disgusting hate group, or is the objection tied to the fact that it allows people to see how closely linked the hate group is to Trump, and how much of their ideology he actually shares? Is it an attempt to keep the left from gaining the moral high ground for their consistent, universal opposition to white supremacy, the alt-right and everything associated with it, and from getting any political benefit out of it?
What I'm seeing, in facebook and social media posts, and all over the extremist right wing media, is a major scramble to create smokescreens and diversions to try to keep the crap they're slinging from sticking to the Donald. These are his core supporters, the philosophical and political center of his "base," and they are wearing their "Make America Great Again" caps and t-shirts as they push their hateful, satanic agenda. That's going to be a tough job, given all the approval signals he's sent to them, his very soft and muted, delayed response to the violence in Charlottesville, which they provoked and perpetrated, and the fact that he has two of their leaders on his White House staff. These are the Trump supporters that Hillary Clinton rightly called "deplorables", in the context of her remarks, the Alt-right was exactly whom she was referencing. And now, instead of simply speaking out and condemning it for the evil that it is, the extremist right wing media, and a whole host of evangelical leaders are pulling this crap, trying to equate "liberal" groups and actions with this same sort of thing, criticizing, maligning and impugning the character of those who have consistently taken a stand against this evil.
You're exactly on target, Dave. These people are antichrist, exactly as the Bible defines and describes the term, and being critical of those who are standing against them, and attempting to divert attention from the real issue by bad mouthing and name calling liberals who have the moral high ground on this issue is tacit approval at best. That kind of criticism makes it look like you are jealous of the morality being exhibited by the left.