So is Bannon a racist? Yes or no?

[sdsubball23]

I've been doing some research on Bannon to see if the claim of him being a racist and white nationalist are true or not. I'm having a hard time figuring this out.

The Southern Poverty Law Center put out a petition (see: https://www.splcenter.org/stephen-bannon-has-no-business-white-house) with some tid bits about Bannon. For example, they said "Bannon presided over a news empire where he, according to former staffers, ”aggressively pushed stories against immigrants, and supported linking minorities to terrorism and crime.”"

The website also says: ""We're the platform for the alt-right," Bannon said in July, using a term that is really just a rebranding of traditional white nationalism."

From these quotes it sounds like there could be racism or elements of white nationalism. But I don't know. Maybe the quotes are taken out context or are misunderstood?

What do you guys think? Is Bannon racist or not?

 

[specsaregood]

How should any of us know? You didn't post anything above that indicates that he is.

 

[dannno]

I haven't seen anything yet to indicate that he is, besides the mainstream media making wild accusations.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I wouldn't trust anything the SPLC says.

I also do not believe that most of the people actually IN the "Alt-Right" consider themselves a 'rebranding of traditional white nationalism.'

Maybe Bannon is a hard core racist. Maybe Bannon doesn't GAF about race. Either way, there is nothing about the SPLC that will enlighten anyone.

Didn't the SPLC try to pull this crap on Ron?

 

[specsaregood]

I wouldn't trust anything the SPLC says.

I also do not believe that most of the people actually IN the "Alt-Right" consider themselves a 'rebranding of traditional white nationalism.'

Maybe Bannon is a hard core racist. Maybe Bannon doesn't GAF about race. Either way, there is nothing about the SPLC that will enlighten anyone.

Didn't the SPLC try to pull this crap on Ron?

The SPLC thinks everybody is a racists, hell they probably think garden gnomes are a bunch of pygmy sized white nationalists.

 

[nobody's_hero]

I don't know much about him, but if the SPLC is against him, he's more good than bad.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Has the SPLC labelled SJW'S a racist hate group yet?

 

[Jamesiv1]

His ex-wife during their divorce said he is a racist.

What else do you need to hear.

 

[Jesse James]

I also do not believe that most of the people actually IN the "Alt-Right" consider themselves a 'rebranding of traditional white nationalism.'

The
ones that I have interacted with do...

 

[Jesse James]

Bannon's ex-wife swore in court in 2007 that he “didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews...He said he doesn’t like Jews..."

The views of the alt-right are widely seen as anti-Semitic and white supremacist....Most of its members are young white men who see themselves first and foremost as champions of their own demographic. However, apart from their allegiance to their "tribe," as they call it, their greatest points of unity lie in what they are against: multiculturalism, immigration, feminism and, above all, political correctness.
"They see political correctness really as the greatest threat to their liberty," Nicole Hemmer, University of Virginia professor and author of a forthcoming book Messengers of the Right, explained on Morning Edition. "So, they believe saying racist or anti-Semitic things — it's is not an act of hate, but an act of freedom," she said.

There are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads (to whom they are often idiotically compared), but one thing stands out above all else: intelligence. Skinheads, by and large, are low-information, low-IQ thugs driven by the thrill of violence and tribal hatred. The alternative right are a much smarter group of people — which perhaps suggests why the Left hates them so much. They’re dangerously bright.

 

[Jesse James]

Based on those three things I found, I'm going to go against the tide in this thread and say he is almost definitely a racist.

 

[CaptUSA]

I don't know and don't really care. It seems likely that he used the racism of others as leverage for himself - and that's really the only thing that matters on this issue.

The media on both sides likes to divide us along racial lines. And its an easy trap for people to fall into. So whether its the MSM or Bannon, we should all embrace individuality over collectivism.

 

[tod evans]

There are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads

Good grief!

How old am I to where this bunch of kids is now considered "old school" ?

You young people today seem overly concerned about whether or not one group of people accepts another.....

People are different, different upbringings, races and nationalities, different sexual preferences and different religions, different hair styles and styles of dress.....Who cares!

I don't want to live in a world where any of these lines are blurred or eliminated, obfuscated or confounded, there can be no individuality with homogony.

Don't accept anyone because they're a member of a group, not now, not ever!

Accept people into your life that you agree with and who you like and fuck everybody else.

 

[Cleaner44]

The
ones that I have interacted with do...

Sounds like you need to change your environment.

Bannon's ex-wife swore in court in 2007 that he “didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews...He said he doesn’t like Jews..."

The views of the alt-right are widely seen as anti-Semitic and white supremacist....Most of its members are young white men who see themselves first and foremost as champions of their own demographic. However, apart from their allegiance to their "tribe," as they call it, their greatest points of unity lie in what they are against: multiculturalism, immigration, feminism and, above all, political correctness.
"They see political correctness really as the greatest threat to their liberty," Nicole Hemmer, University of Virginia professor and author of a forthcoming book Messengers of the Right, explained on Morning Edition. "So, they believe saying racist or anti-Semitic things — it's is not an act of hate, but an act of freedom," she said.

There are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads (to whom they are often idiotically compared), but one thing stands out above all else: intelligence. Skinheads, by and large, are low-information, low-IQ thugs driven by the thrill of violence and tribal hatred. The alternative right are a much smarter group of people — which perhaps suggests why the Left hates them so much. They’re dangerously bright.

Didn't Bannon actual send both his children to the Jewish school in question, the Archer School? Wikipedia says that he did.

 

[Sola_Fide]

I also do not believe that most of the people actually IN the "Alt-Right" consider themselves a 'rebranding of traditional white nationalism.'

I think I disagree Gunny. I would say most are conscious about their racialism.

Didn't the SPLC try to pull this crap on Ron?

Sure, but with Ron, it was outrageously false. With the alt-right, its true.

 

[Cleaner44]

The Anti-Defamation League says:
WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS FROM BANNON
http://www.adl.org/sp/stephen-bannon-backgrounder/bannon-backgrounder.html#.WC24cjsw18c

 

[Brian4Liberty]

He's a witch! Burn him at the stake!

 

[dannno]

Bannon's ex-wife swore in court in 2007 that he “didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews...He said he doesn’t like Jews..."

The views of the alt-right are widely seen as anti-Semitic and white supremacist....Most of its members are young white men who see themselves first and foremost as champions of their own demographic. However, apart from their allegiance to their "tribe," as they call it, their greatest points of unity lie in what they are against: multiculturalism, immigration, feminism and, above all, political correctness.
"They see political correctness really as the greatest threat to their liberty," Nicole Hemmer, University of Virginia professor and author of a forthcoming book Messengers of the Right, explained on Morning Edition. "So, they believe saying racist or anti-Semitic things — it's is not an act of hate, but an act of freedom," she said.

There are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads (to whom they are often idiotically compared), but one thing stands out above all else: intelligence. Skinheads, by and large, are low-information, low-IQ thugs driven by the thrill of violence and tribal hatred. The alternative right are a much smarter group of people — which perhaps suggests why the Left hates them so much. They’re dangerously bright.

He ended up sending his kids to the Jewish school.. the reason for his hesitation was not because he "didn't like Jews" but because he said they raised their kids to be spoiled brats, and he didn't want his kids to be in that environment.

 

[Jesse James]

Sounds like you need to change your environment.

Or
maybe they should just stop trolling the internet.

reddit.com/r/anarcho_capitalism

never met anybody in real life who considers themselves "alt right", but if i did, i would probably just laugh in their face and walk away...

 

[Spikender]

Bannon is not a racist.

This is just further proof that the MSM still holds too much power in this country that this question is even being asked here. This one is simple to disprove.