Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:36 AM Apr 2017

That missile-strike in Syria? FAKE and GAY.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/trump-alt-right-syria-war-214998

The fractured elements of what was once called the alt-right were unified once more on Thursday night in condemning Donald Trump’s airstrike in Syria as a mistake. Or as Milo Yiannopoulos put it, “FAKE and GAY.”

...

In addition to its nationalist, anti-interventionist and anti-“globalist” views, the alt-right and its fellow travelers have also displayed a marked affinity for Syria’s ally Russia, whose government has returned the love by tweeting images of the alt-right's mascot, Pepe the Frog, from official accounts. In reacting to the airstrikes, leaders of the movement placed those ideological reflexes over their personal loyalty to Trump.

Most noteworthy were the herculean efforts of blogger Mike Cernovich, who took to the livestreaming application Periscope to rally opposition to the strike in a marathon session that went on for several hours.

...

White nationalist Richard Spencer, whose embrace of hardcore racism has led Yiannopoulos and others to distance themselves from the “alt-right” label, displayed no such reticence, calling the strike “a sad, shocking and deeply frustrating moment.”

“I condemn the strikes,” he said. “I’m going to wait and see. Perhaps Trump is slapping Assad across the nose and won’t go further. Perhaps Russia was informed of the attacks. Worst case scenario: We’re replaying the 2000s: A conservative comes to office on a populist message and becomes a globalist and neocon shill. Again I’ll wait and see but I’m prepared to denounce Trump."

...

Over on The_Donald subreddit, a central hangout for Trump’s alt-right fans, debate raged all night. One poster attempted to douse the discontent by writing, “Calm the fuck down all you concern trolls. This isnt WWW3 - its trump putting America first. We need to stop Assad from killing his people. They flee and guess where they are going?” The /pol/ section of the message board site 4Chan, another hotbed of online Trump support, was similarly torn asunder by the news, with one poster writing, “/pol/ hates Trump now. What happened?”
18 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
That missile-strike in Syria? FAKE and GAY. (Original Post) DetlefK Apr 2017 OP
Poor things JHan Apr 2017 #1
We shouldn't repost metroins Apr 2017 #2
Politico isn't "some random person." The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #4
Milo metroins Apr 2017 #15
There's no satisfying some people. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #3
Milo Yiannopoulos is an yuiyoshida Apr 2017 #5
I'm not even sure why he's making public comments. teezy Apr 2017 #9
and really yuiyoshida Apr 2017 #11
I thought they all abandoned him when he condoned statutory rape. teezy Apr 2017 #12
So Bush II came to office and "became" a neo-con shill? Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #6
Haven't you heard? GWB wasn't a "real" Republican. DetlefK Apr 2017 #8
Oh, I remember that quite well...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #10
Whoever said that about Dubya?? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #13
Disappointed RW assholes that thought he wasn't "Repub" enough... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #14
actually, sort of... during the camapign he talked about not doing more nation building Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #17
Milo is fake and gay I'm pretty sure titaniumsalute Apr 2017 #7
LOL, exactly! Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #18
Alt -Right seems to be brainwashed by Russian Propaganda TNLib Apr 2017 #16

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
5. Milo Yiannopoulos is an
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:40 AM
Apr 2017

Asshole for using "Gay" as a derogatory term, but then, Nazi fuckers never had too many brain cells to begin with.

teezy

(269 posts)
9. I'm not even sure why he's making public comments.
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:51 AM
Apr 2017

He got fired from Breitbart, lost his book deal and alienated a significant chunk of his base. Even for Milo, he's not in a position to open his mouth.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
11. and really
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:59 AM
Apr 2017

who would even listen? Maybe Trump's base, and Fox and Friends. O'Reilly, Hannity, and other idiots at Fox.

teezy

(269 posts)
12. I thought they all abandoned him when he condoned statutory rape.
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 11:31 AM
Apr 2017

Evidently not, if you look at O'Reilly's ratings.

The future for women and children look awfully grim.

Wounded Bear

(58,649 posts)
14. Disappointed RW assholes that thought he wasn't "Repub" enough...
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 12:10 PM
Apr 2017

It was quite the thing for a while. Primarily Tea Partiers who kept saying Dubya failed because he wasn't far enough to the right.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
17. actually, sort of... during the camapign he talked about not doing more nation building
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 01:08 PM
Apr 2017

and then ended up doing massive nation building in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»That missile-strike in Sy...