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Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:35 AM Nov 2016

Donald Trump's 'alt-right' supporters express dismay at disavowal

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/22/alt-right-supporters-donald-trump-backlash-disavow-reddit-4chan

President-elect Donald Trump’s disavowal of Richard Spencer and his far-right thinktank the National Policy Institute, a day after video of Spencer’s supporters giving the Nazi salute at an event in Washington DC surfaced, has dismayed some of his supporters on the “alt-right”.

“This constant virtue signaling needs to finally end, otherwise our civilization will simply collapse,” a commenter wrote underneath the article of Trump’s disavowal on right-wing news site Breitbart.

People in the myriad “alt-right” communities that have flourished online in recent years are also expressing their displeasure that Trump appears to have abandoned the most extreme of his policies – at least for now – such as building a wall and prosecuting Hillary Clinton.

They also objected to his visiting of the New York Times for an on-the-record meeting on Tuesday, at which Trump described the news organization as a “world jewel”.

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Donald Trump's 'alt-right' supporters express dismay at disavowal (Original Post) Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 OP

oh snap. eShirl Nov 2016 #1

roflmao Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #2

heh eShirl Nov 2016 #3

That pic is SUPERB. nt MADem Nov 2016 #13

why the Hillary hate now? n/t SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2016 #4

huh? Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #5

it's nothing new. barbtries Nov 2016 #12

Oh please. Behind the Aegis Nov 2016 #6

McDonald's and Wolfgang Puck's restaurant are the same too. They both have food. #Trumplogic TeamPooka Nov 2016 #10

Far-right Think Tank rpannier Nov 2016 #7

the Guardian should have called it what is is.. a white nationalist fringe site Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #8

Exactly..enough of this alt-right horse shit. pangaia Nov 2016 #9

haha barbtries Nov 2016 #11

Something that those that voted for Tribble Head need to get used to... MiniMe Nov 2016 #14

tribble trouble Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #15

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

1. oh snap.

Reply to Grey Lemercier (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:46 AM

Nov 2016

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)

2. roflmao

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:49 AM

Nov 2016

you made me spit coffee onto a contract

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

3. heh

Reply to Grey Lemercier (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:54 AM

Nov 2016

sorry bout that!

MADem

(135,425 posts)

13. That pic is SUPERB. nt

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:07 AM

Nov 2016

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)

4. why the Hillary hate now? n/t

Reply to Grey Lemercier (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:56 AM

Nov 2016

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)

5. huh?

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:59 AM

Nov 2016

barbtries

(28,799 posts)

12. it's nothing new.

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:53 AM

Nov 2016

it's very wide spread regardless of how baseless it may be.

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)

6. Oh please.

Reply to Grey Lemercier (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:22 AM

Nov 2016

His "disavowal" is bullshit. "Good" for him for actually using the word "disavow", but his "BUT" was too fucking obvious...

“I’ve known Steve Bannon a long time. If I thought he was a racist or alt-right or any of the things, the terms we could use, I wouldn’t even think about hiring him,” said Trump on Tuesday, according to journalists in attendance.

“Breitbart is just a publication. They cover stories like you cover stories. They are certainly a much more conservative paper, to put it mildly, than the New York Times. But Breitbart really is a news organization that has become quite successful. It’s got readers, and it does cover subjects on the right, but it covers subjects on the left also. It’s a pretty big thing,” said Trump, according to a tweet from Times political reporter Michael Grynbaum.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/22/donald-trump-steve-bannon-alt-right-white-nationalist-disavow

They are freaking out because he isn't as blatant as they are.