Breaking news: S. Bannon ousted.

[Tassman]

I loathe using the ignore function but I think I'm gonna start using it to filter out the posts of people whose contributions to any discussion are a blatant waste of time. I lament every nanosecond during which my eyes stop on one of your posts.

Can one "ignore" oneself? I wouldn't have thought so, but give it a try DE, for everyone's sake.

[Tassman]

Bannon the Barbarian has got his hands on his weapons and is back on Breitbart which he once said was a platform for the alt-right. And Mountain Man is happy?

The puppet-master is finally free of constraints and back from whence he came. An exciting new development for the Trump reality show!

[KingsGambit]

Bannon may be many things but he's not stupid. I doubt he's itching to torpedo an administration that is more likely to pursue goals to his liking than any other in recent history.

[Mountain Man]

Bannon may be many things but he's not stupid. I doubt he's itching to torpedo an administration that is more likely to pursue goals to his liking than any other in recent history.

Agreed. I can see Bannon using the Breitbart platform to put pressure on the administration rather than attempt to undermine it.

[Charles]

I'll just quote myself from another thread:

So if an ideology is nationalist and "not necessarily white nationalist" then you are happy? I wonder why he needs to use the expression "not necessarily white nationalist" since that does not rule out the possibility that it could be white nationalist.

[Mountain Man]

So if an ideology is nationalist and "not necessarily white nationalist" then you are happy? I wonder why he needs to use the expression "not necessarily white nationalist" since that does not rule out the possibility that it could be white nationalist.

Really, Chuckles, just be honest... there's no way Mr. Bannon could have explained his position in a way that would satisfy a bigot like you.

[Charles]

Really, Chuckles, just be honest... there's no way Mr. Bannon could have explained his position in a way that would satisfy a bigot like you.

That is not an answer, Mountain Man. Please answer the rather simple question:

So if an ideology is nationalist and "not necessarily white nationalist" then you are happy?

[JimL]

Really, Chuckles, just be honest... there's no way Mr. Bannon could have explained his position in a way that would satisfy a bigot like you.

I think you mean that there is no way that you can explain Mr Bannon's position satisfactorily.

[Mountain Man]

I think you mean that there is no way that you can explain Mr Bannon's position satisfactorily.

Not in a way that would satisfy bigots like you and Chuckles, no.

[Mountain Man]

That is not an answer...

It wasn't meant to be.

[Charles]

It wasn't meant to be.

It was a rather simple question. Giving a clear answer in this case should be rather easy. So if an ideology is nationalist and "not necessarily white nationalist" then you are happy?

[Sparko]

It was a rather simple question. Giving a clear answer in this case should be rather easy. So if an ideology is nationalist and "not necessarily white nationalist" then you are happy?

Do you have a problem with being a nationalist? Is being patriotic something horrible to you?

[One Bad Pig]

Do you have a problem with being a nationalist? Is being patriotic something horrible to you?

Europeans in general don't tend to be very nationalistic/patriotic. Call it a post World War(s) reaction to the turn of the (20)th century militaristic nationalism. AFAICT the reaction is strongest in those who lost the world wars.

[Sparko]

Europeans in general don't tend to be very nationalistic/patriotic. Call it a post World War(s) reaction to the turn of the (20)th century militaristic nationalism. AFAICT the reaction is strongest in those who lost the world wars.

Unless it comes to Football (Soccer)

[Charles]

Do you have a problem with being a nationalist? Is being patriotic something horrible to you?

I think quite many people who are nationalist are taking it a little bit further than only being patriotic. I see nothing wrong in being patriotic, dependent of course on the circumstances in which you are being so.

I was more concerned about the "not necessarily white nationalist". This does not seem to rule out the possibility that it could be white nationalist to some degree.