Steve Bannon: 'Darkness is good'

[LuisDantas]

It doesn't appear to be about awareness, since the claims are extreme, histrionic, & lacking in support.
It looks more like an inside out echo chamber still smarting over their weak (& dangerous) candidate's loss.
Example:
So many are claiming that Breitbart is a white supremacist site,
but absolutely no evidence is been offered.

I'd rather not have Trump as President (too great a risk of war & constitutional liberties).
But reckless accusations don't raise awareness....just blood pressure.

You know, sometimes I just don't know what to make of you.

Your attitude does not feel satirical, but your words sure do.

 

[Revoltingest]

You know, sometimes I just don't know what to make of you.
Your attitude does not feel satirical, but your words sure do.

If you believe Breitbart to be a white supremacist site,
I suggest going there, perusing the articles, & getting
back to me with your verdict. Then you'll know.

 

[idav]

If you believe Breitbart to be a white supremacist site,
I suggest going there, perusing the articles, & getting
back to me with your verdict. Then you'll know.

It's far-right not white supremist, but I can understand the confusion.

What it is, National Enquirer for the far right.

 

[Revoltingest]

It's far-right not white supremist, but I can understand the confusion.

Oh....OK....no disagreement then.
Though I read it on occasion, I find its anti-liberal bias cringeworthy.
Now we're getting somewhere!

 

[crossfire]

It doesn't appear to be about awareness, since the claims are extreme, histrionic, & lacking in support.
It looks more like an inside out echo chamber still smarting over their weak (& dangerous) candidate's loss.
Example:
So many are claiming that Breitbart is a white supremacist site,
but absolutely no evidence is been offered.

I'd rather not have Trump as President (too great a risk of war & constitutional liberties).
But reckless accusations don't raise awareness....just blood pressure.

I've already said that much of the content at Breitbart reads like satire. Take this article, for instance:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...be-a-cap-on-women-studying-science-and-maths/

 

[crossfire]

From what I understand, Bannon was saying that the liberals calling him names, like Darth Vader or satan, all these dark things, was good because it showed they had power. That the liberals were getting it all wrong.

The quote was:

"
The ex-Breitbart executive, who serves as Trump's chief strategist for the new administration, told The Hollywood Reporter that "darkness is good."
"Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power. It only helps us when they (liberals) get it wrong. When they're blind to who we are and what we're doing," he said in an interview published Friday, his first outside of Breitbart since the election."​

 

[pondsbb]

The quote was:

"
The ex-Breitbart executive, who serves as Trump's chief strategist for the new administration, told The Hollywood Reporter that "darkness is good."
"Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power. It only helps us when they (liberals) get it wrong. When they're blind to who we are and what we're doing," he said in an interview published Friday, his first outside of Breitbart since the election."​

Did you miss this part of the article?

(This is partly why he regards the liberal characterization of himself as socially vile, as the politically incorrect devil incarnate, as laughable — and why he is stoutly unapologetic. They — liberals and media — don't understand what he is saying, or why, or to whom. )

So in other words he thinks it laughable that liberals see him as "dark", and that is a good thing that they get it wrong.

It is hyperbole...can you understand that?

 

[Revoltingest]

I've already said that much of the content at Breitbart reads like satire. Take this article, for instance:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...be-a-cap-on-women-studying-science-and-maths/

It is usually over the top.
But just as the left needs Alternet & Mother Jones,
the right (& alt right) needs Breitbart.
Tis a burden to peruse them all, but I can't avoid'm.

 

[crossfire]

Did you miss this part of the article?

(This is partly why he regards the liberal characterization of himself as socially vile, as the politically incorrect devil incarnate, as laughable — and why he is stoutly unapologetic. They — liberals and media — don't understand what he is saying, or why, or to whom. )

So in other words he thinks it laughable that liberals see him as "dark", and that is a good thing that they get it wrong.

It is hyperbole...can you understand that?

Yes, I understand that. He's saying that the liberals are the ones in darkness--without understanding.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

So many are claiming that Breitbart is a white supremacist site,
but absolutely no evidence is been offered.

I've heard some say Breitbart is an actual news site, but see little evidence of that, either.
(sorry, it was just...kinda...there... )

 

[Revoltingest]

I've heard some say Breitbart is an actual news site, but see little evidence of that, either.
(sorry, it was just...kinda...there... )

It's that aggressive kind of news....you know, where they take something actual, & present it in an embellished way that makes one ask, "Is this for real?". There's a lot of that going on.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

It's that aggressive kind of news....you know, where they take something actual, & present it in an embellished way that makes one ask, "Is this for real?". There's a lot of that going on.

You mean it has about as much journalistic integrity as The Onion? True enough, but it's not as chuckle-inducing.

 

[Revoltingest]

You mean it has about as much journalistic integrity as The Onion? True enough, but it's not as chuckle-inducing.

No..it's more like Alternet....not fake news or parody...but
real news distorted & hyped thru the lens of a true believer.

 

[David1967]

Lots of talk about the Alt right. Did a little research. Found this website.

http://alternativeright.com/

 

[metis]

I think many of us have seen and heard enough from Breitbart and Bannon to pretty much know where both are coming from. Gandhi said "To cooperate with evil is evil", and I'll add to that "To make excuses for evil is evil".

 

[Revoltingest]

I think many of us have seen and heard enough from Breitbart and Bannon to pretty much know where both are coming from. Gandhi said "To cooperate with evil is evil", and I'll add to that "To make excuses for evil is evil".

That seems unfairly extreme.
I don't call Hillary supporters evil.

 

[metis]

That seems unfairly extreme.
I don't call Hillary supporters evil.

I didn't say anyone was evil.

 

[fantome profane]

Lots of talk about the Alt right. Did a little research. Found this website.

http://alternativeright.com/

http://www.radixjournal.com/about/

Ownership and Mission
Both RADIX and RadixJournal.com are published by The National Policy Institute. NPI, a tax-deductible coporation, is dedicated to the heritage, identity, and future of European people in the United States, and around the world.

So what is "The National Policy Institute?
Wiki

The National Policy Institute (NPI) is an alt-right, white nationalist think tank based in Arlington, Virginia.[1][2] It presents an establishment lobby for white nationalism and seeks to provide an alt-right "intellectual vanguard."[3] Its president as of 2016 is Richard B. Spencer, a founder of the blog Alternative Right.

Activities
NPI was founded in 2005 by William Regnery II.[4] Marilyn Mayo, the co-director of Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, says that the group was "founded to be kind of a white supremacist think tank."[5]

 

[Revoltingest]

I didn't say anyone was evil.

I was thinking of how Ghandi's quote might be applied to the recent election.
Many see Hilda as evil (just as many do Trump), but "evil" is a perspective driven word, & its use will vary from person to person. Some might see Breitbart as evil, or defending it as not white supremacist as the same. That would be an extreme view.

As I type, I see the letter "k" being continually inserted here & there in the post.
I have to go back, delete all the superfluous ones, & hope I finish before my
computer inserts more. Every post is a race against the gremlins in the machine.

 

[David1967]

http://www.radixjournal.com/about/
So what is "The National Policy Institute?
Wiki

I hadn't even heard of the term "alt right" till a couple weeks ago, and that was on the radio.