HuffPost slammed for racy Steve Bannon headline

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Appears this is an insensitive and racist post by some. I've never heard of the term before to be honest. I want to also say, considering the staunch support Conservatives, the religious right and Republicans in general have for Israel compared to the efforts of some in the alt-left, this is particular offensive and misguided. Though I must admit, seeing the history of the left division politics; not surprising.

Some like to fan the flames of hate and point at others for the blame.

HuffPost slammed for racy Steve Bannon headline

The liberal Huffington Post website was pressured to change a derogatory homepage headline about the exit of White House strategist Steve Bannon after a social media backlash on Friday.

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GOY, BYE!

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The word “goy” is used to describe someone who is not Jewish.

Bannon has long faced accusations of anti-Semitism from some of his fiercest critics -- accusations he denies. He was often portrayed in the press as clashing with top White House aides, including the president’s daughter and son-in-law, who are Jewish.

Even some left-wing figures took issue with The Huffington Post's headline swipe.

“Say, @HuffPost, WTF?” tweeted former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann.

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Others expressed shock at a website that often calls out others for political-incorrectness.

“I love your work, but wish you hadn't gone with this headline,” tweeted Julia Ioffe, a writer at The Atlantic.

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I love your work, but wish you hadn't gone with this headline.

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“What is @HuffPost thinking?” tweeted Michael Wilner, a Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.


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"'Goy, bye?'" What is @HuffPost thinking?

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Responding to the criticism, Lydia Polgreen, the site’s editor in chief, defended the outlet, saying its headlines are intended to be “edgy and playful.”

She said the headline was meant to be a “tribute to Yiddish and Beyoncé” (a Beyoncé song features the line, "boy, bye") and any “other interpretation was completely unintended.”


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HuffPost splash headlines have always been edgy and playful, featuring puns and references to popular culture./

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HuffPost splash headlines have always been edgy and playful, featuring puns and references to popular culture./


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Today’s splash was intended to be a mashup tribute to Yiddish and Beyoncé. Any other interpretation was completely unintended.

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The website then changed its Bannon headline to “White Flight.”


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I'm not sure this is much better, Huffington Post.

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That wasn’t received well online either.

“I would say @HuffPost's new Bannon headline ('White Flight') in exactly the same bad taste as the one it replaces ('Goy, Bye'),” tweeted Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at Northwestern law school.


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I would say @HuffPost's new Bannon headline ("White Flight") in exactly the same bad taste as the one it replaces ("Goy, Bye").

 

[Mac1958]

It's a winger web site, they do that kind of thing.

 

[RodISHI]

I agree with the "bad taste" but truthfully think it is more than that. I like some of their articles but not enough to subscribe to them with all the bs they push.

 

[L.K.Eder]

that is horrible. they called bannon a goy. BANNON! sad! a disaster!

 

[BlackFlag]

Why is this bad taste? Bannon is the hero of a fundamentally anti-semitic movement, and "boy, bye" is a term from pop culture that's popular right now. "Goy, bye," is clever as hell.

 

[cnelsen]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

 

[BlackFlag]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

To which the despicable likes of Bannon should be particularly offended. Bannon getting talked down to by Jews? I bet he's losing his shit right now.

 

[Fenton Lum]

"Racy"? No one ever thought of that silly eczema encrusted fuckwit as racy.

 

[TNHarley]

What a stupid thing to bitch about.

 

[cnelsen]

Why is this bad taste? Bannon is the hero of a fundamentally anti-semitic movement, and "boy, bye" is a term from pop culture that's popular right now. "Goy, bye," is clever as hell.

I don't know about "clever", but it is illuminating. For all those goyim out there who still collapse in trembling horror at the merest whiff of accusation they are "anti-Semitic", this kind of thing helps dispel the fog. So come on, HuffPo, let it rip. Tell us who really is the Deep State.

 

[BulletProof]

A fitting headline. It's ironic that anyone calls Bannon an anti-Semite. Jews bash even their pets.

 

[BlackFlag]

Why is this bad taste? Bannon is the hero of a fundamentally anti-semitic movement, and "boy, bye" is a term from pop culture that's popular right now. "Goy, bye," is clever as hell.

I don't know about "clever", but it is illuminating. For all those goyim out there who still collapse in trembling horror at the merest whiff of accusation they are "anti-Semitic", this kind of thing helps dispel the fog. So come on, HuffPo, let it rip. Tell us who really is the Deep State.

Well that rant went all over the place

 

[cnelsen]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

To which the despicable likes of Bannon should be particularly offended. Bannon getting talked down to by Jews? I bet he's losing his shit right now.

So you are a Jew, I see.

 

[cnelsen]

"Racy"? No one ever thought of that silly eczema encrusted fuckwit as racy.

No, the headline was termed "racy", numbskull.

 

[BulletProof]

Bannon isn't alt-right, he's neocon.

 

[cnelsen]

Why is this bad taste? Bannon is the hero of a fundamentally anti-semitic movement, and "boy, bye" is a term from pop culture that's popular right now. "Goy, bye," is clever as hell.

I don't know about "clever", but it is illuminating. For all those goyim out there who still collapse in trembling horror at the merest whiff of accusation they are "anti-Semitic", this kind of thing helps dispel the fog. So come on, HuffPo, let it rip. Tell us who really is the Deep State.

Well that rant went all over the place

I'll try to put out a simplified version just for you. If I get around to it.

 

[BlackFlag]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

To which the despicable likes of Bannon should be particularly offended. Bannon getting talked down to by Jews? I bet he's losing his shit right now.

So you are a Jew, I see.

No, dummy. The headline implies that it's coming from a Jew.

 

[cnelsen]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

To which the despicable likes of Bannon should be particularly offended. Bannon getting talked down to by Jews? I bet he's losing his shit right now.

So you are a Jew, I see.

No, dummy. The headline implies that it's coming from a Jew.

I wasn't drawing my conclusion from the headline, Dippshitz.

 

[BlackFlag]

btw, "goy" isn't just a term meaning "non-Jewish". It is an exceedingly derogatory term meaning "cattle" (English doesn't have a good singular form of the word)

To which the despicable likes of Bannon should be particularly offended. Bannon getting talked down to by Jews? I bet he's losing his shit right now.

So you are a Jew, I see.

No, dummy. The headline implies that it's coming from a Jew.

I wasn't drawing my conclusion from the headline, Dippshitz.

Okay

 

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