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Breitbart to open in France & Germany + Expansion of US branch
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Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Anybody want to tell me that foreign countries protesting Trump is silly?
Mass_Pincup
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They either won't be open for long in France or they'll severely tone down the white supremacist part.
Hate speech and incitation of hate speech are illegal here.
Hate speech and incitation of hate speech are illegal here.
Plasticine
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The US, France and Germany. Bannon is trying to create an Axis of Evil for the 21st century.
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The Autumn Wind
Racists finally realized that it you feign outrage whenever anyone accuses you of being a racist, most people - including the media - will give you the benefit of the doubt so they don't appear partial or intolerant.
jmvmadeira
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Every european country has their own low life right wing news site.
The worrying trend, on my knowledge of Breitbart, is that they are more organised, and more sophisticated on passing the message.
Getting journous from those sites, and giving them a more mainstream appeal (because lets face it, there will be a lot of people turning to them) will make them more appealing and to an extent, more maintream
The worrying trend, on my knowledge of Breitbart, is that they are more organised, and more sophisticated on passing the message.
Getting journous from those sites, and giving them a more mainstream appeal (because lets face it, there will be a lot of people turning to them) will make them more appealing and to an extent, more maintream
AfD
We got a nationalist party in the recent years which is doing all too well these days. They emerged from being EU opponents and went on to batshit crazy racists. One of their leaders suggested to shoot refugees right at the border, including women and kids.
Eternal Gamer
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I lived in Germany and I doubt white supremacists have a chance there even with breitbart, the alt-right support and Putin's money. AfD got popular just because the anti muslim inmigrant sentiment.
I don't blame anyone for thinking that. At this point outside pressure might be the only thing that saves us from ourselves.
Don't for a second handwave it away as something not to be worried about.
Yup. US-GAF loves to shit on Germany for their restrictions on free speech. Doesn't look so bad now does it?
AnathemicOne
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Please stop world
They don't need to write anything approaching hate speech to get the same result. Focus on news stories that encourage xenophobia, overplay issues involving regional economic struggle. Attack the politicians/parties in power, painting them as corrupt, or weak in upholding cultural values.
You don't need to write "kick Muslims out of France!" To convince a segment of the population that they would be better off if they kicked Muslims out of France.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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We had blatant evidence that a foreign power (Russia) was attempting to manipulate the results of the US Election, and the media just did not give a fuck.
They cared more about the ratings that could come from harping about "optics" than the fact that they were being put into a work. There was no subtlety.
Which is what caused Brexit, which is why the rise of fascism all across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, which is why Le Pen is the second-biggest leader, which is why Austria might vote in a neo-nazi as President, which is why Poland has a highly right-winged government, and so forth.
Sweeney Tom
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Nah, everything pre-November was us "looking like" the bad guys. This is the chapter where we discover we actually are the bad guys
*snort*
We really quick if you're really obvious, like swastika ok forehead obvious. But be the nice looking kind of racist and you're good.
Look at the Dönermorde and NSU. The BND is way more concerned with the left than with the right.
JordanN
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hydragonwarrior
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They need loud people like those on Young Turks. It's annoying that there's no Dem version of Breitbart because we need to counter their BS.
Mass_Pincup
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Yeah but we already have media who do exactly that and are quite popular.
I don't see what they think their going to achieve that fdesouche or some mainstream media haven't already tried to be honest.
Do not discredit or underestimate their 1) commitment, 2) resources, 3) savvy ability to normalize, 4) deceptive editorializing practices to outmaneuver government regulations, and 6) ability to take take root and develop an active and vocal following from the bottom-up.
Thinking it can't happen is the biggest threat to it happening.
Edit: if you think I am freaking out and overreacting: good. The fundamental principals of our society are good and a growing wave of people are trying to change them from the inside out. My opinion is simple: zero tolerance for racism, xenophobia, and ethno-centric policies.
And a reminder: our new American president was openly endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan and has just appointed the #1 white-nationalist propagandist in the country as his top adviser.
Astaleview
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Being anti immigrant makes no sense. None whatsoever. Its like they want to trap people on specific parts of the earth and keep them there while white people get to roam free because reasons. wtf.
chancellor
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Sad world we're living in that websites like that can expand. The National Front will be happy though, just in time for the presidential election next year too.
KillerMan91
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Support for our right wing party has dropped a lot lately though. In last poll True Finns had around 8.3 % of support. During last elections they had around 20% of support.
travisbickle
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Right-wing news organizations with a specific mandate to get right-wing political parties into power, did I wake up in the 1930s?
theignoramus
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They plan to open an office in Cairo, likely to exploit the divisions between Coptic Christians & Muslims.
Eternal Gamer
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I don't want to be paranoid but I think all this flow of muslim refugees and Russia's financial support to extremist parties in Europe have been a wonderful chess play by Putin.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/12103602/America-to-investigate-Russian-meddling-in-EU.html
WrenchNinja
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There has to be something Germany and France can do to stop them. This is horrific.
In Europe, the nationalists hate white immigrants too. Polish Migrants were targeted in those Brexit ethnic attacks.
Well, it is now the official Federal American News Network. It's only going to get worse.
Palette Swap
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They're going to walk the concern troll Zemmour line. Basically dog whistle as much as possible, show themselves as conservatives who care about values and the rural/suburban man facing economic anxiety while elites watch and Islam is everywhere. I mean, parts of Figaro (particularly their online segments) are already doing this, and Valeurs Actuelles is pretty much it. These two publications share these characteristics: they have young editors and writers, and their identity politics are the alt right's: anti-feminism (with a few reactionary women as their spearhead), anti-LGBTQ (see the anti-gay marriage movement and the "gender theory" bullshit), and xenophobia/racism (see refugees, Islam and Romas).
theignoramus
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They gained a full head of steam breaking the Anthony Weiner sexting story, then built off the momentum of right wing backlash to ISIS & social justice movements like BLM.
wild wild rice
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Definitely trying to get positions in the Le Pen and Petry administrations. Scary.
unpopularblargh
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So they're an even crazier version of Murdoch and his media empire. Ew.
Gentleman Jack
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Have you seen european tabloids lately?
Smh.
Fuck me they're going to hire Zemmour, aren't they?
Haven't we already suffered enough with Minute, Rivarol, Valeurs Actuelles and the other fdesouche shitty rags?
Only a matter of time before it expands into CanadaOnce CPC gain power again I fully expect Breibart to make its move.
It's too bad the Liberals and NDP clash on too many issues to consider a merger like the Alliance and PC did. The conservative party has never had more than 38% of the vote. Even in their majority days.
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