For starters he openly states he looks up to Oswald Spengler Julius Evol. Spengler and Evola are euphemisms for German and Italian fascism. Spengler was a major influence on Nazi philosophy, (Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) was an integral component). Evola’s 1941 racist diatribe, “Synthesis of the Doctrine of Race,” so impressed Mussolini that he invited Evola to an in-person meeting. Afterwards, Mussolini helped Evola publish a journal, Sangue e Spirito (Blood and Spirit).
Another one of Bannons idols? Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher.
Breitbart News is a hate rag that promotes nationalism. Headlines scream “Muslim rape culture” and “mass Muslim immigration. “By bringing in these migrants, we are creating an American refugee crisis,” one article declares. A “swarm” of American Muslims was alleged to have been celebrating the September 11 attacks. Bill Kristol is accused of being a “renegade Jew.” Other headlines reference “trannies” and a “trans hate machine.” Another headline reads: “Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy.”
Headlines, who cares, you're probably thinking. Remember Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher?
Streicher, the publisher of Der Stürmer, was found guilty at the Nuremberg Trials of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for “his 25 years of speaking, writing and preaching hatred of the Jews.” The judgment continued, “In his speeches and articles, week after week, month after month, he infected the German mind with the virus of anti-Semitism, and incited the German people to active persecution.”
Bannon is quite literally following the same methods as one of his idols. This IS fascism.
White Nationalists, Neo Nazis and the "Alt-Right" absolutely love Breitbart News and Steve Bannon, I wonder why?! Even David Duke organismed in pure joy when Trump appointed Bannon:
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke celebrated Bannon’s appointment as Trump’s chief strategist in an interview with radio host Don Advo, a neo-Nazi sympathizer. Reacting to the news of Bannon’s appointment, Advo commented, “We appear to have taken over.” Duke agreed.
I assume you have a general understanding of history right? What was going on in Germany in the 30s? What was the rhetoric? Jew this and Jew that. Blame the Jew, blame the immigration. Replace Jew with Muslim and it's identical. And while the educated Germans were "fact checking" everything the Nazis were saying and writing articles about how the Nazis were wrong in their claims, the Nazis were out doing shit and making shit happen and the rest is history.
Is it OK to promote that kind of same rhetoric? Apparently you think so because "Islam is a problem" which is your words. Nevermind what got us to this point (Bush's war crimes in Iraq, etc.) the problem is people like you who think this is ok. No it's not ok. Fascism is never ok. Nor is it ok to protect fascists and their "right" to hate. No. Punch a nazi in the face, punch him in the throat, stop allowing liberals to stand up and defend fascists JUST like they did in Germany. Now again, if this is your ideology, which I suspect it may be, then fuck you, my words won't mean shit to you any way. But if it's not, then educate yourself, please.