You Are Still Crying Wolf

I tend to agree with this article; I don't think Donald Trump, a New Yorker and a businessman, is a racist.

However, the people who he surrounds himself with, are. This article makes no mention of Steve Bannon, who suggested too many Asian CEOs is a threat to civic society [0], and ran a website that peddled anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories. Come January 20th, he'll be the chief strategist for the nation's highest office.

Nor does it mention Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State who has ties to white nationalist groups [1]. He's now on Trump's transition team.

I don't doubt Trump's intentions, but it's looking like the alt-right is using his campaign (and will use his administration) for their own ends.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-bannon-flattered...

[1] https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/11/02/what%E2%80%99...

This article makes no mention of Steve Bannon, who suggested too many Asian CEOs is a threat to civic society [0], and ran a website that peddled anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

Interestingly, an earlier version of the article did contain a defense of Bannon, concluding that the accusations that Bannon is anti-semitic suffer from the same issues as the accusations of Trump's racism. I can't find it online any more, but it included the sentence: I feel like a non-wolf-crying person might reserve “anti-Semitic” for the sort of people who don’t even have longstanding Orthodox Jewish friends/employees with degrees in Jewish Studies who are willing to write long defences of them.

The reference is to this recent article by Joel Pollak, who claims that 'Steve is a friend of the Jewish people and a defender of Israel': http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/14/stephen-k....

Separately, Alan Dershowitz also says that accusing Bannon of anti-Semitism "demeans the term": http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/16/alan-dershow...

I don't know if Alexander removed this section because he came across new information, or because he thought it was a distraction from the main theme of the article. Personally, I have no knowledge of Bannon other than what's been recently reported in the media. But without defending Bannon's other views, there does seem to be evidence that 'anti-semitic' may not be an entirely accurate accusation.