On Hartbart's Continued Defense Of Steve Bannon

The Libertarian blogger Willis V. Hart - who I've taken to calling "Hartbart" due to his consumption of Alt-Right media (he's a fan of the seriously racist Colin Flaherty) and defense of White Nationalist Steve Bannon (even though Willis voted for Gary Johnson and has mildly criticized Trump. When he isn't defending him) - authors yet another post defending Bannon (again claiming Bannon isn't an anti-semite).

Willis Hart: On the Fact that one of the Key Pieces of Evidence that the Critics of Steve Bannon Are Using as Proof that He's an Anti-Semite Is that One of the Articles at Breitbart Has the Term, "Renegade Jew" in its Title. Yeah, that was a missive by David Horowitz, ONE OF THE MOST HARD-CORE ZIONISTS OF ALL TIME, and the object of the slur was William Kristol, not exactly a darling of the left. I mean, I get it that these leftist morons want to demonize everybody and anybody whose even tangentially related to Trump but maybe a quick Google search prior to the diarrhea flowing, I'm just saying. (2/1/2017 at 8:57pm).

Firstly, Bannon is the White House Chief Strategist and Willis considers him to only be "tangentially related to Trump"? WTF?

Secondly, I don't know about the "renegade Jew" article being a KEY piece of evidence, although it is noted by the author of the article Steve Bannon Racism Accusations: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. But the author clearly credits David Horowitz as the author.

From the article...

...David Horowitz, who wrote that article, attempted to defend it on the Breitbart site, saying, "In fact, neither Breitbart nor Bannon is responsible for that statement. A Jew is. I wrote the article, which was neither requested nor commissioned by Breitbart". Horowitz said he wrote the article after Kristol became a Never Trumper, saying, "Bill Kristol and his friends betrayed the Republican Party, betrayed the American people, and betrayed the Jews when he set out to undermine Trump and elect the criminal Hillary Clinton. Obama and Hillary are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood". (11/21/2016 Heavy article by Jessica McBride).

But Bannon, as chairman of Breitbart, allowed the article to run. Because it called out Kristol for being a Never Trumper. And because he knew it would appeal to Breitbart's audience. Which is racist and antisemitic Alt-Righters.

The SPLC defined the Alt-Right as "a loose set of far-right ideologies at the core of which is a belief that white identity is under attack through policies prioritizing multiculturalism, political correctness and social justice and must be preserved, usually through white-identified online communities and physical ethno-states".

So, Steve Bannon just worked there? He didn't agree with the average Breitbart reader's belief that "white identity is under attack"? Even though "former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro said that... the alt-right is shot through with racism and anti-Semitism". And no matter that Breitbart is an organization engaged in a "full embrace of the alt-right" (also per Ben Shapiro. How To Get Away With White Supremacy In Trump's White House).

And Bannon's ex-wife lied when she said (in court filings pursuant to her divorce) that Bannon "said that he doesn't like Jews and that he doesn't like the way they raise their kids to be whiny brats and that he didn't want the girls going to school with Jews" (this comment in regards to an LA school Bannon's ex-wife said he didn't want his kids attending).

Poor Steven Bannon is being demonized according to the Hartster (there is "nuance" to Bannon's White Nationalism, Willis sez). Sure, I believe that... not at all.

Adam Jentleson, the spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, expressed disgust at the news of Bannon's appointment. "It's easy to see why the KKK views Trump as their champion when Trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of White Supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide", Jentleson wrote in a statement. "Bannon was the main driver behind Breitbart becoming a white ethno-nationalist propaganda mill, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center". (Steve Bannon runs an anti-Semitic website, is a misogynist and will be one of Donald Trump's senior advisers by Matthew Rozsa. Salon 11/14/2016).

Bannon was the MAIN DRIVER in the transformation of Breitbart into a site that appeals to racists, bigots and antisemites... so you can NOT tell me that he does not share these views. And that Willis Hart continues to defend Bannon suggests to me that perhaps Willis (in part, at least) shares his Alt-Right views.

I mean, I have proven here that Willis is a misogynist, a racist, and a homophobe, so NO, it absolutely would not surprise me to find out he is an anti-semite as well. Especially given his love for this Bannon piece of shit.

BTW, WHY would Trump so closely associate himself with Bannon given Bannon's reputation as a White Nationalist? Because it's a shoutout to racists and anti-semites (whose vote Trump wanted). It was his way of signaling that he agrees with them (SWTD #347).

Finally, Willis mentions that David Horowitz is a Zionist... because (I presume) he thinks it's more proof that Bannon isn't an anti-semite (he wouldn't publish an article by a Zionist if he was). But the Alt-Right is down with Zionism. Because they believe (1) "the gathering of the Jews in Israel is a prerequisite for the 2nd Coming of Jesus [and] Christians should actively support a Jewish return to the Land of Israel", and (2) during end times "one third of Jews alive who have converted [to Christianity] will be spared" although the rest will perish (see also: The Jews in End Time Bible Prophecy).

That explains why Right-wing evangelicals are pro-Israel. Not because they love Israel or because they like Jews, but because they think they're going along with Biblical prophecy. And that 2/3 of Jews will die during Armageddon and the rest will convert to Christianity. So, sorry Willis, but Steve Bannon publishing an article by the Zionist David Horowitz is NOT proof that he isn't an anti-semite (How Steve Bannon and Breitbart News Can Be Pro-Israel — and Anti-Semitic at the Same Time).

Image: Racist anti-semite David Duke thinks Steve Bannon is on his side. I think he's right (despite WTNPH's claims to the contrary).

OST #193

How Often Does Willis Hart Don His White Robes With The Pointy Hood & Attend Cross Burnings?

Not a picture of the racist Libertarian blogger Willis Hart getting together with a few friends, but an image depicting what such a gathering might look like.

So, while the truth is that Willis probably never dons a white robe and pointy hood, I believe it is possible he does. Although it's more likely he is simply a racist who denies his racism. As most racists do.

Which does not mean he isn't a racist. Further proof of Hart's virulent racism include recent commentaries in which he states that the Congressional Black Caucus is "the tool of white leftists", that crime comitted by Black people is due to their "culture", and that (in regards to Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon being a White Nationalist and Breitbart News being a platform for the Alt-Right), there is "nuance to the subject".

These are exact quotes/exactly what he wrote. Horribly racist crap. But, as I've discussed on this blog before, Willis is a big consumer of Alt-Right media (OST #176). This was the commentary ("How Much Alt-Right Media Does Willis Hart Consume?") in which I discussed the fact that Willis is a big fan of Colin Flaherty, a fellow virulent racist.

Flaherty's life's work is writing and Youtubing about "black mob violence and black criminality". Willis blogs on this subject frequently (and has cited Flaherty in some of these posts). According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Flaherty has "allies in all the wrong places - racist cesspools like the hate forum Stormfront".

The racists who hang out on the StormFront site love Flaherty's writings, and I'm sure these racists would also love Willis Hart's blog. What do you think, me-buck?

In any case, there is no nuance to Steve Bannon's hate. I watched the video Willis directs people to watch (fast forward to 3:30, he says). The dude who blabbers on for over an hour (I only watched about a minute), Stefan Molyneux, puts forward a false equivalency argument (an argument the Hartster LOVES). Which is that Black Lives matter and Communists support the Left, and that is proof that BOTH SIDES have their "radical elements".

The WTNPH post in which he CLAIMS (non-existent) nuance is one in which he says Don Lemon of CNN either didn't do his research or had the goal of deceiving his viewers. OF COURSE! It couldn't be because Lemon disagrees with the bogus "both sides do it" argument, right? BTW, the Communist Party in the US is virtually non-existent [1]. They are a non-entity that nobody cares about (due to their being small and having ZERO political influence). Unlike the alt-Right, which is a little larger and now ENERGIZED and EMPOWERED by the Trump win. That's the difference, you racist Hart!!

Oh, and killing people is not a part of the Communist Party USA platform. I mention this because Willis points to all the people Communists killed in the USSR. But those murders were under a totalitarian dictator, not a leader carrying out promises he laid out beforehand as a part of the Communist Party Platform.

My point is that this is another false equivalency. Also, that the Communist Party of the United States has never, and will never, have power. They wouldn't have had any power under a B-S administration and they wouldn't have had any power under a HRC administration. Whereas they absolutely are going to have power under a Trump administration, you f*cking racist Hart!

And, Steve Bannon isn't the only racist Trump is hiring, either. There is also Jeff Sessions as AG and Michael Flynn as national security adviser. (Donald Trump Building Team of Racists, Daily Intelligencer article by Jonathan Chait).

Video: White Supremacists chant "hail Trump" while performing Hitler salutes at Alt-Right conference. Election of Trump a victory for "our people" says president of the Alt-Right National Policy Institute Richard Spencer at a gathering in the Ronald Reagan Building (Washington DC) on 11/19/2016 (2:10).

Footnote
[1] The Communist Party USA estimates it's membership to be 2,000 (Source). The Southern Poverty Law Center estimates that there are 190 active KKK groups with between 5,000 and 8,000 Klan members in the U.S. (Source). The KKK, however, would be the hardcore racists. As for how large the Alt-Right is, Jared Taylor, the editor of American Renaissance (a self-described "race-realist, white advocacy organization"), says it's "absolutely impossible to say" how large the movement is, but that "it is growing very rapidly, no question about that". He added that "I would say that there are millions of Americans who subscribe to the alt-right philosophies" (Source). So... 2k versus "millions". And they (the Alt-Righters) are convinced that Trump is their man, and not for no reason, but because Trump has courted them. As his appointments of Bannon, Sessions and Flynn proves.

OST #185

How Much Alt-Right Media Does Willis Hart Consume?

First of all, what is the "alt Right"? The following via Wikipeida.

The alt-right is a segment of right-wing ideologies presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism in the United States. It has been described as a movement unified by support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as by opposition to multiculturalism and immigration. The alt-right has no official ideology, although various sources have said that it is associated with white nationalism, white supremacism, antisemitism, right-wing populism, nativism, and the neoreactionary movement.

So, I do know that the Libertarian blogger Willis Hart is a Colin Flaherty fan (both Colin and Willis are members of the "some of us" who are standing up to the tyranny of the Social Justice Warriors).

And Flaherty, as an author who has written a lot of books pumping base racism (fear of violent Black people), is a hardcore alt-Righter. Heidi Beirich, writing for the Southern Poverty Law Center, points out that Flaherty has "allies in all the wrong places - racist cesspools like the hate forum Stormfront" (where they love his books and American Thinker articles). Add to that the blog "Contra O'Reilly" (the author of which has praised Flaherty more than once).

But, aside from the Flaherty posts, I (until recently) wasn't aware of just how much alt-Right media WTNPH consumes. By recently, I mean since Trump began running for president, hired the anti-semitic and racist Steve Bannon of Breitbart News as the "Chief Executive Officer" of the Trump campaign, and REALLY fired up the hardcore racists (David Duke: Trump's attacks on Muslims and illegal immigration have brought his own beliefs into the mainstream).

Re Bartbart, late night talk show host Stephen Colbert has said "if you haven't heard of Breitbart News, that means you do not have a racist uncle on Facebook". Racists being fans of Breitbart because, as Media Matters points out, it's the "leading outlet" for alt-Right news. The alt-Right being "a rebranding of classic white nationalism for the 21st century".

And Willis Hart believes it is "interesting".

Willis Hart: On the Fact that Breitbart.com Has Gone From an Interesting (Albeit Partisan) Alternative News-Site to What Is Now Essentially a Propaganda Mouthpiece for the Trump Campaign Well, being that their daily traffic has gone up 6-7 fold, I guess that it was a good decision, business-wise at least (and isn't that what it's all about these days; making big money while still being partisan?). (8/24/2016 AT 9:24am).

So Willis is disappointed that Breitbart has become "essentially a propaganda mouthpiece for the Trump campaign", but he was a fan previously. Because he found their take on the news "interesting". Breitbart's take being articles that appeal to White Nationalists.

But Breitbart isn't the only alt-right media that Willis consumes, apparently. As he reveals in this next post.

Willis Hart: On the Fact that Alt-Right Radio Host, Kyle Hunt, Constantly Makes a Massive Deal Over the Fact that Five of the Past Six Fed Chairpersons Have Been Jewish (G. William Miller Being the Only Christian)... Well, being that all of the Presidents who've nominated them and 99% of the Congresspersons who've approved them HAVEN'T been Jews, methinks that Hunt might be riding some paranoia here (not surprising in that these clowns are always serving up one conspiracy or another with the term, Jewish bankers, always peppered throughout). (9/5/2016 AT 9:23pm).

OK, so it's criticism of an alt-Right radio host that is the subject of this post. But in said post Willis does reveal that he listens to alt-radio. Or I'm guessing he listens. Me, I've never heard of Kyle Hunt. Nor have I heard this incident mentioned on the news. So, that Willis heard Kyle say this while listening to alt-radio? It's a reasonable assumption to make, I think. Especially given the fact that he previously revealed that he is (or was) a Breitbart fan.

All of which caused me to wonder, just how much alt-media does WTNPH consume? My conclusion is that it's likely quite a bit. And I think he seeks it out because he agrees with the racist POV presented by alt-media outlets. Because he's a racist himself.

Video: Steven Bannon, while "Executive Chairman" of Breitbart News, said "we are the platform for the alt-right" (3:05).

9/7/2016 Update: I just noticed that WNTPH authored another commentary defending the horribly racist (but very like-minded) Colin Flaherty. Apparently YouTube suspended his account. Willis sez "Surprised? I'm not... the fact that Youtube is run by the same people who run Google and we all know how biased that those leftists are". "Biased", yeah, that's it. Biased against hardcore "alt-Right" racists. Which is a good thing, IMO.

OST #176