1. CPAC is doing a curious dance with the alt-right and white nationalism.
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Except they didn't reject Milo for the openly racist parts.
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They didn't reject Spencer for the openly racist parts, either. It's just optics.
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so basically the same GOP of the past 20 years... back to dog whistles everyone!
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4. Of course, with Yiannopolous it wasn't even the racism that was "too much" but rather the open praise of child molestation.
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5. Here's my macro take on CPAC's dance with the alt-right:https://newrepublic.com/article/140861/conservatives-confused-alt-right …
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I don't think it's rejecting the openly racist parts; I think it's BEING SEEN TO REJECT them, while signalling covert acceptance.
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CPAC has been in the Nazi laundering business for years.
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It's not succeeding in that balance. (And maybe it's not possible to succeed.)
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isn't this the same dance GOP has been in since 70s? And isn't the effect that it moves closer to the racists year after year?
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Statements from CPAC people suggest less palatable supportd by teach-the-controversy types, rejectionists by unified message types
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