Summary
The figure whose supporters’ expressions of anti-Semitism and white supremacy were, in Matthew Abraham’s opening argument, tolerable because Bannon and the Breitbart constituency were reflexively pro-Israel (Recognizing and Saving Black Lives, Recognizing and Saving Palestinian Lives: The Power of Transnational Rhetorics in Locating the Commonality of Liberation Struggles, PDF p.3 / printed p.79).
Details
- Abraham’s explanation, as he presents the overwhelming answer to how supporters of Israel could support Bannon in light of his associates’ anti-Semitism, is that Bannon met the litmus test of being an ardent supporter of Israel, so he could be forgiven for being in league with racists and anti-Semites (PDF p.3 / printed p.79).
- Sources suspected, Abraham records, that Bannon was advising Donald Trump in August 2017 on how to handle the aftermath of the Charlottesville controversy (PDF p.3 / printed p.79).
Related pages
Recognizing and Saving Black Lives, Recognizing and Saving Palestinian Lives: The Power of Transnational Rhetorics in Locating the Commonality of Liberation Struggles, Donald Trump, White supremacy