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Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:27 AM Mar 2014

The Very Real Politics of Postmodern White Nationalism

March 17, 2014
The Very Real Politics of Postmodern White Nationalism

The White Victim Charade on Parade

by MIKE KING

“We are struggling against the deliberate extermination of our race by an alien elite that has hijacked almost all of our institutions. This criminal cabal is using everything at their disposal, including Third World immigrants and other non-Whites, to eradicate White people from the face of the Earth. We are faced with a daunting task, but we must prevail, so as to secure the existence of our people and a future for White children.”

– White Man March’s Call to Action

From this country’s origins, race has been the fundamental political contradiction of our society. From the conception of the American racial system in the U.S. South in the early 1600s to the current moment of mass incarceration, unequal education, and vigilante violence, white supremacy has been challenged, but also re-fashioned, re-packaged, reproduced. “The White Man March” took place this past Saturday, March 15th, in a number of U.S. cities, as well as several more internationally. The website for the march is filled with neo-Nazi imagery, anti-Black, anti-Jewish, and anti-immigrant sentiment. These marches, and the associated propaganda, are basically the same as they were 20 years ago. These marches, like the many that have come before, are designed to (like any march) illustrate and amplify the demonstrators’ politics and ‘grievances,’ to mobilize and express their strength, and to recruit new members. Not unlike the ever-present Liberal “tone and tactic police,” the website instructed marchers on how to seem more palatable to potential supporters:


“The media would like our people to believe that pro-Whites are all Klansmen, Neo-Nazis, Skinheads, and the like, which discourages many White people from becoming advocates for their own interests. We will be showing that many pro-Whites are well-educated, attractive, and respectable people who are concerned about the future they and their families are facing. We encourage people to carry themselves with dignity, pride, and a sense of professionalism when demonstrating for their race.”

What should be more disturbing than skinheads’ and the KKK’s attempting a 21st Century makeover, to bring them closer to mainstream whites, is the empirical evidence that suggests, quite clearly, that mainstream white political culture has come to reflect the foundational assumptions of the neo-Nazi political platform.

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/17/the-white-victim-charade-on-parade/
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The Very Real Politics of Postmodern White Nationalism (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2014 OP
Thanks, Judi Lynn! Needs to be said. Good luck with this thread. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #1
Stuff like this just leaves me speechless brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #2
I thought the article was interesting, but ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #3
I think having different definitions for "postmodern" is a postmodern thing. johnp3907 Mar 2014 #7
Ha! Good one. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #9
Yeah, fuck the neo-fascists and their ilk. We are going to progress! AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #4
Always interesting. Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #5
it's called "race realism" now MisterP Mar 2014 #6
It's been a plan years in the making Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #8

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
3. I thought the article was interesting, but
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:21 AM
Mar 2014

I admit I got a bit caught up with the word "postmodern." The author seems to be using a very different definition for the word than the one I usually see.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
4. Yeah, fuck the neo-fascists and their ilk. We are going to progress!
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:13 AM
Mar 2014

I for one, openly welcome the new social order.....one that will truly benefit ALL of humanity.

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
5. Always interesting.
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:26 AM
Mar 2014

So are Jews white or not? The assholes in the article see us as "ethnic", the far left, not so much. We are always in the middle. These buttheads, however, are so delusional as to be laughable.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
8. It's been a plan years in the making
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:04 PM
Mar 2014

About 10-12 years ago, one of the most absolute chilling profiles I've read was about this "normal, everyday" neo-Nazi leader (in Illinois somewhere IIRC) -- Regular guy in his late 20s with a regular home and regular job with regular family...No tats, distinctive haircut, wardrobe, bumper stickers, screaming hysterics, etc. etc... The hate he spoke was surprisingly calm and very well-spoken...

I remember one of his goals was to "mainstream" the movement so it could speak to the masses...

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