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Wombaticus Rex » Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:58 am wrote:
It mostly gets watched on youtube and facebook because HBO makes it available free. This is push content, not pull content.
Documentaries are perhaps the most important front of the current American culture war, even with more literate demographics, their impact is hard to overstate. Cantwell always wanted to be famous, but perhaps failed to anticipate that his true talent would be reality television breakdowns -- he definitely emerged as the "star" of HBO's documentary last year.
Someone asked off-venue why I concluded Kessler was FBI, since there is *nothing* in the OP to implicate him as such. The United States is a patchwork of turf, though, and when events like this pop off in Virginia, well, that says a lot about who gave the nod. In the labyrinth of citations, false datapoints and post-mod angst that brought us here, it can be easy to forget that we do, in fact, have maps now, for all our folly & hubris.
NPR Is Criticized After White Nationalist Ranks the Races by Intelligence on Air
In a “Morning Edition” segment, the radio host Noel King interviewed Jason Kessler, a white nationalist who is planning a rally in Washington this weekend on the anniversary of last year’s rally, which was the scene of racist chants and deadly violence.
Ms. King preceded the discussion, which was part of a weeklong series about the anniversary of the Charlottesville rally, with a warning: “Some of what you’re about to hear is racist and offensive.”
She was correct. In the interview on Friday, which lasted about five minutes, Mr. Kessler relayed junk science and ranked the intelligence of various races.
Wombat wrote:when events like this pop off in Virginia, well, that says a lot about who gave the nod.
A law enforcement officer, a libertarian, and a Klansman enter a bar. He orders a beer.
Grizzly » 11 Aug 2018 06:02 wrote:The violent Antifa attacker seen here is Eric Clanton. He split open a peaceful protestor's scalp with a bike lock. A leftist judge let him off on four felony assault charges and instead gave him probation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/95yypi/the_violent_antifa_attacker_seen_here_is_eric/
I smell bacon...
Wombaticus Rex » Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:56 am wrote:Golly, he keeps getting some prime media spots, huh? -- Kessler making NYT headlines, with some NPR assistance.
Via: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/busi ... r-npr.htmlNPR Is Criticized After White Nationalist Ranks the Races by Intelligence on Air
In a “Morning Edition” segment, the radio host Noel King interviewed Jason Kessler, a white nationalist who is planning a rally in Washington this weekend on the anniversary of last year’s rally, which was the scene of racist chants and deadly violence.
Ms. King preceded the discussion, which was part of a weeklong series about the anniversary of the Charlottesville rally, with a warning: “Some of what you’re about to hear is racist and offensive.”
She was correct. In the interview on Friday, which lasted about five minutes, Mr. Kessler relayed junk science and ranked the intelligence of various races.
liminalOyster » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:02 pm wrote:I'd love to hear your expanded thoughts on this.
Jerky » Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:09 am wrote:A better, shorter video that explains the above video a bit more.
The Powers That Be are engaging in these ridiculously transparent tactics AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
I remember the day after this happened, Canadian talk radio was filled with right-wingers claiming this was nothing but a left-wing conspiracy theory. Must have been a surprise to them a couple days later when the police were forced to confess that the agitators in question were, in fact, police officers (ahem) "engaged in their duties".
Jerky » Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:52 am wrote:Wombat! That's an interesting analysis, but some of it seems a bit... I dunno... wrong-headed maybe? I mean, your certainty about the type of infrastructure you describe... where does that come from?
And where are these 1st 2nd and 4th amendment attacks you refer to? What would constitute such an attack, in your books?
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