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As protests rage outside, Steve Bannon puts on a show in Toronto debate against David Frum

posted 6 years ago by Satan2016 (26200)
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Audience largely disagreed with "populist future" premise. Bernie Sander take note!

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/steve-bannon-david-frum-munk-debate
https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/The-Rise-of-Populism (free basic membership)

Over and over again, the Toronto audience laughed at Steve Bannon, the Donald Trump campaign mastermind and former White House chief.

But this was not the laughter of scorn, mockery, and rejection. Rather, it was an aloof sort of intellectual mirth as Bannon and his partner in this Munk Debate, former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum, played with the darkest themes of Trump-era politics as if they were pieces in a rhetorical boardgame.

Massive protests delayed the start of the debate by nearly an hour. Hecklers targeted people as they entered, calling them fascist supporters, everyone from comedian Rick Mercer to Nobel laureate John Polanyi. Unusually for such an obviously large-scale protest, attendees had to pass within arms length of protesters yelling at them. Host Rudyard Griffiths said a police officer was injured.

[–] eYeDEF (5050) 6 years ago

Yeah but you can't really compare Bernie's populism with Bannon. They're not even in the same ballpark. Bannon's populism is rooted in white nationalism, which is exclusionary. Bernie's is inclusionary.

But what I really can't stand is the PC police protesting outside who try to shame people into not attending a formal debate.

I appreciate the posting though. I'm a sucker for debates like these.

[–] Thrillhouse (1509) 6 years ago

You fool. David Frum lost 22 - 78. This is why leftists have to rely on corporate censorship and deplatforming. Those people protesting knew what they were doing.

[–] eYeDEF (5050) 6 years ago

Frum's not a leftist you fucking dipshit. He's a neocon so he's in your camp. It just goes to show how dumb you are that you think a neocon is a leftist.