Originally Posted by
Jenni
I once had a very long and interesting conversation with Richard Barrett. I determined, based on that conversation, that most of what were termed "white supremacists" were actually either nationalists or separatists. They didn't actually hate black folk nor did they seem to think themselves superior, they just didn't want to deal with them and didn't care for the ways they were trying to change the culture. Many of the beliefs came down to stuff we fuss about, too, that contributes to the decline of our quality of life (such as too many immigrants coming in illegally and then not being held to the same laws.) His childhood experiences in Jersey taught him how much a mass migration of immigrants can change the safety and community of an area. Barrett wanted what we'd term now a "high trust" homogenous society. He didn't care if good black folk wanted to be a part of that he just didn't approve of letting the black folk walk over what had been built to this point. Today, I see a lot his points echoed when I watch "red-pilled" commentators and podcasts. Who he really hated was communists.
He did think that white people were the embodiment of the spirit of America. I'm not sure I agree with that. I think that while it was mostly white folks who built what we know as America, the very nature of this country is one that invites the optimistic and hard working from any culture to come and make their way fairly and without the class divisions so ubiquitous in Europe and some other places (India, I'm looking at you.) Of note, he wasn't particularly popular down here thus proving what I think- which is that America is about the least racist nation ever. Everybody gets a chance here. Personally, I prefer to judge people on stuff they have control over that's important- like which way they load the toilet paper roll and whether or not they drink light beer. But to each his own.
I've become skeptical of cries of white supremacy. I think it's become a popular thing to holler to the point it's lost any real meaning. It's a diversion meant to take attention away from actual problems and wrong doing. They've managed to twist the very existence of a white person into an act of white supremecy so that they believe it's the ace up any sleeve whenever needed.