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While you preach about listening to both sides, Trump's Chief Strategist Steve Bannon wants to ethnically cleanse Silicon Valley. https://i.redd.it/3tx94qwvixx

• tomp 10y ago
  > ethnically cleanse Silicon Valley That's a gross misrepresentation of the article you posted. Congratulations, you chose the most appropriate thread!
  • warlox 10y ago
    > “We have to be careful of that, Steve. You know, we have to keep our talented people in this country,” Trump said. He paused. Bannon said, “Um.” > “I think you agree with that,” Trump said. “Do you agree with that?” > Bannon was hesitant. > “When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia, I think . . . ” Bannon said, not finishing the sentence. “A country is more than an economy. We’re a civic society.” What could Bannon possibly have meant by this besides wanting to deport them en masse? Mass deportation is ethnic cleansing, in case you didn't know.
    • lixquid 10y ago
      Talking about the distribution of race in Silicon Valley ~ some magical jump in logic ~ Talking about deportation ~ another magical jump in logic ~ Talking about ethnic cleansing I don't really follow. Nowhere does he talk about "mass deportation" or "ethnic cleansing" or anything even closely related.
      • warlox 10y ago
        Trump is saying that we have to keep the talented people in the country. Bannon disagrees that we should keep the talented people in the country, but he doesn't want to say it to Trump's face, so he says a bunch of code words for "whites only society." There's only one way to make a whites only society. It's ethnic cleansing. Trump happens to have already brought discussions of mass deportation to the mainstream. Mass deportation is a type of ethnic cleansing, by the way. It's right in the definition. There is no leap of logic there. As an aside, Bannon is significantly overstating the percent of CEOs who are Asian.
        • tinco 10y ago
          Making assumptions based on ambiguous statements is dangerous. He does not use the words "mass deportation" he does not even say explicitly that he disagrees with Trump. Instead of agreeing he nuances his position first, noting the percentages (which I agree sound a bit far from reality) that cause him to not flat out agree. The furthest you can take his words is that he is of the opinion that the government should do something about there being a disproportionate amount of non-American born in SV power. There are lots of ways he might think that might be corrected, some of which are not even unfair or racist. To assume the very worst is not constructive.
          • warlox 10y ago
            > corrected Your choice of vocabulary says something about your opinions, as well. Enlighten me. How else would he go about changing the demographic makeup of anything besides ethnic cleansing?
            • leereeves 10y ago
              Changing H-1B visa laws?
              • warlox 10y ago
                The effects would take too long (longer than the next election) to show up.