Liberals get hysterical over the 'alt-right' but we are living in their 'alt-left' world

[raykeller]

Liberals get hysterical over the 'alt-right' but we are living in their
'alt-left' world
By Dan Gainor | Published December 02, 2016

The traditional media are obsessed with tying conservatives to the
"alt-right." There have been more than 50 major news network mentions this
year alone as journalists try to do what they always do -- paint
conservatives as racist, sexist, and a few other words that end in ist. All
in the name of ā?otolerance.ā?¯

But when it comes to the left, then they abandon that strategy. There is no
alt-left. They are not alternative. Their mainstream is radical and out of
the American mainstream on almost everything.

This was quite obvious as liberals bemoaned the death of Fidel Castro, a man
whose own daughter called ā?oa tyrant.ā?¯ The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. summed
up years of devotion, recalling how, ā?othe oppressed the world over joined
Castro's cause of fighting for freedom & liberation.ā?¯

Some liberals distanced themselves from that love affair, though many have
embraced left-wing dictators from Stalin to Chavez. But, the left is even
worse when it comes to policy, where it shows its true colors (red).

On every major issue of the day, the left is unified. Taxes. Climate.
So-called ā?ofreeā?¯ college. Citizens United. Transgender bathroom/locker
rooms/showers. ObamaCare. In each case and thousands more, the left wants
more, bigger, better-funded government.

Liberals want higher taxes because they know how to spend your money better
than you do -- on what they want. They have turned climate science into a
religion where disbelief is to be persecuted or even prosecuted.

Look at The New York Timesā?T obsession with the topic and the bogus Paris
ā?otreatyā?¯ when staff interviewed Trump. And rather than examine the
causes for spiking college costs, the left wants taxpayers to spend another
$50 billion a year as the national debt nears $20 trillion.

They also donā?Tt care that the Citizens United ruling let political
opponents make a film about Hillary Clinton, that young girls might be
forced to disrobe or shower next to men or that ObamaCare rates have
skyrocketed.

This is the essence of the liberal world view. The solution to every problem
is bigger government.

If there are no regulations, then they are needed. If they exist, then there
needs to be more and a better-funded enforcement agency.

Itā?Ts not a bug, itā?Ts a feature.

This is what we must start thinking of as the "alt-left." "Alt," not because
they are out of the liberal mainstream. They arenā?Tt. Alternative because
they are out of the mainstream of an America where 37 percent are
conservative, 35 percent are moderate, and Just 24 percent are liberal.

Yet the most extreme of that 24 percent dominate our culture. Our TV,
movies, music, plays and, yes, our news are controlled by those who
three-fourths of America consider wildly out of step. The progressive,
far-left agenda has conquered the traditional leftā?Ts agenda.

The alt-left is everything bad the left claims about the right. It is
extreme and doesnā?Tt want compromise. It wants to demonize or destroy
opponents and intrude into every aspect of our lives.

Media outlets that bemoan Trump turning America to the right forget the
alt-left support a Socialist had running in the Democrat primary. Good,
old-fashioned liberalism has been replaced by a far-more radical brand.

Itā?Ts not just the policy positions. Itā?Ts how the left enforces them.
Opposing views are suppressed in any space liberals control -- academia,
Hollywood and media.


Colleges and universities have become safe spaces for liberal thought while
conservative speakers are regularly chased off campuses or harassed by rabid
alt-left protesters.

Hollywood spent a quarter century promoting Hillary Clinton for president
and has already used nearly 30 TV shows to target the man who eventually
defeated her.

Traditional media outlets accuse conservative websites of offering
ā?ofakeā?¯ news but skip the rampant lunacy in places like The Huffington
Post, Slate and, God help us, Salon.

None of this is new. Liberals saw the Obama presidency as a chance to kill
off conservativism and they used the tactics honed by brown shirts of the
1930s -- including violence, vandalism and intimidation. They and their
media allies then treat every such incident as the reincarnation of Gandhi.

The alt-left has been growing more publicly extreme since the arrival of
Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Then, protesters vandalized, blocked traffic,
intimidated and threatened police and set fires -- all under the banner of
ā?orevolution.ā?¯ Even the protest-friendly New York Times admitted Occupy
Oakland had been a ā?oriot.ā?¯ ā?oPacks of protesters charged into
businesses, overturning tables, shattering windows and smashing
A.T.M.ā?Ts.ā?¯

When the Occupy protests were over, 7,700 Occupiers had been arrested. Three
were convicted ā?oin a failed plot to bomb an Ohio bridge,ā?¯ according to
The Los Angeles Times. The rallying cry for Occupy, ā?oWe are the 99
percent,ā?¯ can be traced directly back to alt-left stalwarts like Vanity
Fair, PBS and others.

Liberals donā?Tt recall Occupy as criminal or dangerous. HuffPoā?Ts
ā?oOccupy Wall Streetā?¯ page shows no evidence of any controversy, any
violence. In fact, the site's page celebrates Occupiers with ā?o10 Iconic
Photos Of Occupy Wall Street, 3 Years Laterā?¯ and a call to ā?oOccupy
Congress.ā?¯ Rich celebrities also supported the Occupiers -- Yoko Ono,
Russell Simmons and Alec Baldwin, to name just a few. Michael Moore wanted
police to leave their posts and join the unrest like Egypt (which led to
revolution). And the major media celebrated them almost as much.

The alt-left didnā?Tt end with the Occupy movement. It got worse. New groups
appeared, embracing the aggressive tactics and a similar radical agenda,
ranting ā?oagainst the ravages of global capitalism.ā?¯

They rioted in Ferguson, based in part on false news reports about what
Michael Brown allegedly said. ā?oHands Up, Donā?Tt Shootā?¯ was born and we
got more riots, more protests and more disruption. The actual phrase was
never uttered, even The Washington Post and the Obama administration admit
that.

It doesnā?Tt matter. The expression continues to be used throughout the
left, as well as in major media from ABC to ESPN. In 2014, five St. Louis
Rams players even held their hands up in a protest at a game. Their protest
was based on a lie. The alt-left didnā?Tt care.

That protest has evolved and included the Black Friday, Ferguson, and
ShutItDown protests, the Freddie Gray riot, Black Lives Matter and now the
#NotMyPresident protests and riot. In the Freddie Gray riot alone, 130
police officers were injured, more than at any incident since 9/11.

There was lots of ink in the alt-left media to support the rioters, very
little that even mentioned the injured police. The same thing happened when
Black Lives Matter protesters injured 21 police in Minneapolis in July.

Those werenā?Tt the only alt-left unrest. Trump supporters were victims of
similar assaults during the campaign. They were punched, attacked, egged and
threatened. Major media blamed Trump by a factor of 15-1. Alt-left media
were worse. Liberal Prof. David Coates wrote in HuffPo to blame the right,
saying the violence was all on angry Republicans, ā?oan anger that has no
parallel in and around the base of the Democratic Party.ā?¯ Classic
misdirection.

The alt-left doesnā?Tt just use violence to enforce its will. It smears its
opponents as racists and Nazis while journalists help them do it. Together
they dredge up 30-year-old comments from Sen. Jeff Sessions to say heā?Ts
racist. Yet they ignore how liberals have helped kill 60 million mostly
minority babies and never once accuse them of trying to genocide
African-American and Hispanic communities. Only liberals are allowed to use
ist words.

When that doesnā?Tt work, the alt-left turns to its deep bench of
celebrities. We are flooded with climate change stories, many featuring
Hollywood stars. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Woody Harrelson and director
James Cameron are go-to, alt-left climate scolds.

Liberal outlets never tell us about the carbon footprint of the 400-foot
royal yacht DiCaprio rented. Or maybe how Harrelson had his vegan belt and
shoes flown to France special. Cameron, for his part, owns a collection of
motorcycles, cars, dirt bikes, a yacht, a helicopter -- even a fleet of
submarines. Yet heā?Ts a climate hero.

None of that matters to either the alt-left or the major media. But it
matters to the rest of us.

The alt-left is more than just a web of sometimes-demented liberal websites
and pundits. It is the major media outlets and journalists who credential
those sites and ideas. Some of Huffington Postā?Ts most-devoted readers are
the very journalists who then claim neutrality on national issues.

If this election didnā?Tt prove the traditional news media are devoted
left-wingers, nothing will.

Is there any doubt that The Times is just as alt-left as Huffington Post?
They share a common world view. They promote the same agendas. They mirror
each otherā?Ts disgust for things not liberal. So when Trump skewers Times
liberals, he is taking on the massive creature that is the alt-left.

Itā?Ts the 800-ton Godzilla in the room. Itā?Ts about time we called it a
monster.

Dan Gainor is the Media Research Center's Vice President for Business and
Culture. He writes frequently about media for Fox News Opinion. He can also
be contacted on Facebook and Twitter as dangainor.


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The left keeps escalating year by year. The center and right keep ignoring
them. So, understandingly the left will keep escalating.

Trump may be the first step in stopping them... we'll see.

[Mr. B1ack]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:37:58 -0700, Winston_Smith
<inv...@butterfly.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 21:36:09 -0700, "raykeller" wrote:
>
>>Traditional media outlets accuse conservative websites of offering

>>"fake" news but skip the rampant lunacy in places like The Huffington

>>Post, Slate and, God help us, Salon.
>

>It's that vast right wing conspiracy, I tell you. They sure did get
>that poor, innocent, virtuous, honest as the day is long, little woman
>that just wanted to make the world better for the children. Vicious
>bunch.

Heh heh ..........

I really only want *one* thing from Trump ... sabotage the
further-left. Put lots of laws and policies and precedent
in the way of their usual methods and paths - stuff that's
very hard to get rid of or get around in the future.

First and foremost ... those of us still working are NOT slave
labor. It is NOT our job to provide cash so the DNC can addict
would-be voters to its "free money".