White Nationalist: Trump's online support has been crucial in mainstreaming hate.

[RandySF]

@JaredTSwift said some of the support for Trump was in jest, but for most of his cohorts, it’s sincere. He even claimed to have voted for Trump in the primary himself, wherever it is he lives, and said he’d vote for him in the general, too.

“In a sense, we’ve managed to push white nationalism into a very mainstream position,” he said. “Trump’s online support has been crucial to his success, I believe, and the fact is that his biggest and most devoted online supporters are white nationalists. Now, we’ve pushed the Overton window. People have adopted our rhetoric, sometimes without even realizing it. We’re setting up for a massive cultural shift.”


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/26/how-pepe-the-frog-became-a-nazi-trump-supporter-and-alt-right-symbol.html

[oasis]

1. Rachel Maddow featured an informative story on the rise of the group.

Rachel also explored the possibility that Donald Trump Jr. has some involvement with those racists.

[RandySF]

3. I think Jr. is the campaign's liaison to the sewer.

[oasis]

4. Trump Jr. sent out a photo w/his brother, Bannon, Giuliani, Christie

and other notables, dressed like storm troopers w/Pepe standing tall next to Donald Sr.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Online nerds have a tendency to overrate their influence

While I have no doubt there are first time voters who didn't give a fuck about McCain or Romoney enough to go out and vote for them, or weren't even old enough, a lot of this article are basement dwellers just puffing their chest before mom serves them their Beeferoni and a nice glass of milk in their Batman sippy cup.

[Gothmog]

5. Rachel did a great job on this issue