11 Jul 2019 6:43 pm
Anyone NOT on the fringe sucks *** - they are part of the system torturing immigrant children, part of the system that ran a homosexual torture dungeon at abu ghraib, like your democrat party.Misty » 11 Jul 2019 12:30 pm » wrote:Trump's validation of the fringe.
Oliver Darcy emails: Some of the right-wing media universe's biggest stars are set to descend on the White House on Thursday.
Trump has invited far-right internet personalities and trolls, many of whom push conspiracy theories, lies, and misinformation, for a "social media summit." It will likely become a forum for airing claims -- often unfounded -- of social media bias.
Trump is scheduled to speak at 3:45 p.m. ET.
Newsrooms will likely be skeptical of covering the summit, as it does not appear a serious discussion about issues facing Big Tech will take place.
But I think the summit is worth covering for a different reason.
I'd even argue it's being under covered right now.
The invitations extended to extremist figures are perhaps the clearest example yet of Trump working to legitimize fringe political allies.
It's irresponsible and even perhaps dangerous for the White House to validate some of these people.
And it's all happening ahead of the 2020 campaign.
THAT deserves coverage, and should be conveyed to readers and viewers on Thursday...
Expected attendees include...
Darcy emails: Jim Hoft, the publisher of the right-wing Gateway Pundit blog; Bill Mitchell, a radio host who has promoted the extremist QAnon conspiracy theory on Twitter; Carpe Donktum, an anonymous troll who won a contest put on by InfoWars for an anti-media meme; Ali Alexander, an activist who attempted to smear Kamala Harris by saying she is not an "American black" following the first Democratic debates; James O'Keefe, the guerrilla journalist; Charlie Kirk, the founder of the right-wing student group Turning Point USA; and Benny Johnson, the journalist-turned-activist who was fired for plagiarism by BuzzFeed and demoted at the Independent Journal Review for violating company standards...
As Jason Farkas said on Twitter, "RTs are not endorsements.
Inviting trolls to the White House, however, is..."
https://mailchi.mp/cnn/rs-july-10-2019?e=7c8c119606
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"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?