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The Forward: “Fellow White People” Meme = Antisemitism
In the Jewish Daily Forward, Sam Kestenbaum writes on “The Latest Anti-Semitic ‘Alt-Right’ Meme: ‘Fellow White People’”: One relatively new, particularly anti-Semitic, meme known as “fellow white people” requires some unpacking. It’s not new but has recently bubbled up to … Continue reading
Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism (2017)
Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism is a new book by Damon Berry. From the Publisher’s site: Damon T. Berry is assistant professor in the religious studies department at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He has … Continue reading
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Hispanic Caucus Denies Membership to Republican Curbelo
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is but one of several, race-based, identarian groups (all non-white, of course) in the U.S. Congress. And there is no better display of the increasing synergy between race identity politics and political party than this: The … Continue reading
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DT: Troller-in-Chief
His tweet today on the three UCLA basketball players is an excellent example of what a master troller Trump is. Like his trolling of the Mexican judge, the NFL ‘kneelers’, and San Juan’s “Nasty Woman” Mayor, he is a master … Continue reading
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PSA From The Atlantic on Dangers of Alt-Right
Here’s a hilariously paranoid video accompaniment to Luke O’Brien’s caricature-laden piece in The Atlantic on Andrew Anglin (“The Making of an American Nazi“). As a bonus, it even includes an obligatory reference to Richard Hofstadter’s essay “The Paranoid Style in American … Continue reading
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The Dominant Minority vs the Proles
“First the Dominant Minority attempts to hold by force—against all right and reason—a position of inherited privilege which it has ceased to merit; and then the Proletariat repays injustice with resentment, fear with hate, and violence with violence when it … Continue reading
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Impressions: Propertarian Institute & H. L. Mencken Club Conferences
My “Impressions of the Propertarian Institute & H. L. Mencken Club Conferences” is up at Counter-Currents: Having gone to various types of conferences in my life — corporate, libertarian, etc. — I can say that the lasting benefits of these … Continue reading
Aeon: “Alt-Right or Jihad?”
Scott Altran’s piece in Aeon called “Alt-Right or jihad?” suffers, naturally, from a myopic moral equivalency, but is worth reading for some tangential reasons. He equates the Barcelona attack by Muslims with “the terrorist in Charlottesville, Virginia” committed by “a … Continue reading
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NYT Counting Chickens Before They Hatch
So, let me get this right: Post-defeat, Ossoff wasn’t a “referendum” on Trump… but Blue States staying blue this past Tuesday are such a referendum. That dastardly Trump won’t recognize the fundamentally changed United States of America when he returns from … Continue reading
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Young Chick vs. Civic Nationalism
While its encouraging to see an energized youth fueling the Alt Right, it’s super-encouraging to see young women (e.g., Lauren Southern, Lana Lokteff, Brittany Pettibone, etc.) getting on board. It’s been sorely lacking in the movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cnyPwAuVLo
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