The rise of the far-right

[ks.234]

Very interesting: How American Racism Influenced Hitler https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/how-american-racism-influenced-hitler

And here's a picture of a school pupils in 2018 in Trump's America... https://twitter.com/jules_su/status/1061863141720637440

The guy 5th from left in black seems to be using the hand gesture favoured by the various alt right groups

The one above is overt, but I believe it has become trendy to sneak it in to newsreels and videos. I believe a US Coast guard was sacked for doing it on a TV report.

Here's another example. The woman in the background is Zana Bash. The guy in front is an extreme moderate who'd have nothing whatsoever to do with alt right politics.

 

[ks.234]

He could teleconference with them?.

...or use telepathy...

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

The guy 5th from left in black seems to be using the hand gesture favoured by the various alt right groups

The one above is overt, but I believe it has become trendy to sneak it in to newsreels and videos.

I'm pretty sure this is one of Trump's affectations, isn't it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-us-2016-37088990/what-trump-s-hand-gestures-say-about-him

 

[ks.234]

I'm pretty sure this is one of Trump's affectations, isn't it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-us-2016-37088990/what-trump-s-hand-gestures-say-about-him

Well it could just be a simple ‘ok’ sign, but AIUI that’s the point. The alt right has adopted it as a White Power hate sign at the same as saying, ‘hey, it is nothing more that an innocent hand gesture, what’s the problem?’

https://medium.com/s/story/does-the-ok-sign-actually-signify-white-power-or-what-6cf3309df985

Regardless of it’s origins, and Trump may himself use it quite innocently, it does appear to have become a hate meme

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your...ture-gets-kicked-off-hurricane-response-team/

 

[Seanm]

Another reminder that liberals are basically OK with fascists when the chips are down:

Andalusia elections: Liberals set to do deal with far-right to oust socialists

 

[TheDecameron]

The sly centrists

 

[Seanm]

New party?

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Another reminder that liberals are basically OK with fascists when the chips are down:

Andalusia elections: Liberals set to do deal with far-right to oust socialists

Party betrays principles to gain power, shock. So, unlike Corbyn’s LP then, which would never dream of pursuing and enabling a stupid Tory stunt just to help destroy its opposition, would it?

 

[Seanm]

Right, exactly the same kind of thing.

Does actually offer an insight into how these people sell it to themselves, though: "What's that, you're concerned about our alliance with actual fascists? No, it's fine, everyone does it, it's just triangulation!"

 

[notaclue]

How US billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain
That Spiked magazine’s US funding arm received $300,000 from the Charles Koch Foundation suggests a hidden agenda

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...spiked-magazine-charles-david-koch-foundation

 

[Tony L]

Another reminder that liberals are basically OK with fascists when the chips are down:

Andalusia elections: Liberals set to do deal with far-right to oust socialists

My suspicion is that definition of ‘liberal’ is somewhat different to the one we use here!

 

[Enfield boy]

Quite, ours are the sort that prop up far right idiots intent on bankrupting the country to give money to their cronies, while demonising the sick and foreigners.

 

[kendo]

Quite, ours are the sort that prop up far right idiots intent on bankrupting the country to give money to their cronies, while demonising the sick and foreigners.

Harsh but fair...

 

[TheDecameron]

It’s kicking off now. Mr.Dacre gave the whistle and the dogs came-
“That’s what treasonous people get”.

Just checked the BBC News App and guess what they have?- the Paris riots.

 

[Seeker_UK]

It’s kicking off now. Mr.Dacre gave the whistle and the dogs came-
“That’s what treasonous people get”.

Just checked the BBC News App and guess what they have?- the Paris riots.

In fairness Dec, the Paris riots are a bit more of a display of unrest than some d**k from Stevenage who wants to show off what he made in his shed.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Twitter account suspended and a failed travel agency business.

Um, travel agent votes to restrict freedom of movement. Not really surprised his business failed.

 

[TheDecameron]

Um, travel agent votes to restrict freedom of movement. Not really surprised his business failed.

very brexit

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

very brexit

Indeed. I'm thinking of trying out pronouncing brexit as 'breaks it', see what response I get.

 

[droodzilla]

Turnout for the Brexit "betrayal" demo looks pretty shit.

 

[TheDecameron]

Yup, numbers look miserable. All that far right American money and only a few thousand turn out to hear a couple of racists and internet trolls get racisty.