#WalkAway

[Benton]

(08-14-2018, 09:42 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So this is "because Russia" too?

Where's Joseph McCarthy when you need him?

He's doing what he can between bringing back the Spanish Inquisition, going easy on Nazis and not worrying about Russian dollars flowing into Congressional campaign coffers.

(08-15-2018, 01:39 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Not sure I understand your point here.

Are you saying that this "movement" was not spread by Russian bots?  Are you saying there is no proof of that?

The alt-right is employing a coping mechanism.

For years they were said you had to fear Obama and Clinton (and whoever else) because they were socialists and communists. Russia was evil, second maybe only to being a Muslim, and they bought into the right's preaching that everyone would be Russian Muslims if the GOP wasn't elected. And the alt-right fell in with the GOP because there are few things scarier than a Communist Muslim.

Everything was going smooth until they elected Trump, who's company was benefiting from Russian investments (how much, we don't know because he bucked the trend of releasing tax returns), whose family was in direct contract with Russian agents. It came to a  head a few weeks ago when Trump did the walk of shame out of Putin's place. 

They were going to console themselves with the fact that at least they still had their biggest voice for freedom being uninfluenced. Then Congress said "hey, NRA, you don't have to report your donors" right before everyone found out the NRA was chummy with Russia, too.

It's been a rough few weeks for the alt-right. Basically, all they can hang onto now is the time tested practice of denial.

Russia? There's no Russian ties to the GOP, NRA or Trump Co.! It's a hoax! The money trail, the arrests, the admissions of guilt? All deep state Obama stuff.