vdare--2020-10-10--You’re Next! If Biden/ Harris Win, A Crackdown On Whites Is Coming.

See , earlier : Biden Officially Announces He ’ s Running Against Charlottesville—With `` Black Lives Matter '' Kamala By His Side Two recent events show us that a victory for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on November 3 will unleash a war on whites .
First was the alleged “ white supremacist ” plot , inspired by President Trump ’ s “ rhetoric , ” to kidnap the tyrannical Leftist governor of Michigan , Gretchen Whitmer .
Second is Twitter ’ s suspension of Lauren Witzke , the anti-immigration , America First candidate who has already won the GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticizing mass Third World immigration .
Consider Bloomberg ’ s blatantly false claim about the plot against Witch Whitmer : Michigan is a hotbed of nationalist , extremist and white supremacist hate groups , with more than two dozen active organizations , according to the Southern Poverty Law Center .
During the early stages of the pandemic , it was also among the places where the president urged supporters to resist lockdown measures , with a tweet on April 17 urging people to ‘ liberate ’ the state ” [ Thirteen Charged in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Chris Dolmetsch , Christian Berthelsen , and David Welch , October 8 , 2020 ] .
This is a Gadarene Swine-style Rush To Judgement .
Truth is , Brandon Caserta , leader of the group , is a NeverTrump , anti-cop anarchist .
“ Trump is not your friend , ” he says .
“ He ’ s shown over and over and over again that he ’ s a tyrant .
Every single person that works for government is your enemy.
” Yet somehow that man is acting on Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but that ’ s what we ’ re told by people who want to suppress Trump and his supporters .
Witzke ’ s crime : telling an obvious truth .
Import Third World immigrants and you ’ ll soon be living in the Third World .
“ Let ’ s be clear , mass migration absolutely destroyed Europe , ” she tweeted .
“ Italy , France , Sweden and Germany took in tons of migrants who never assimilated .
Rapes , murders , and other heinous crimes abound .
I will end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years.
” Twitter , incredibly , adjudged that demonstrably true statement “ hateful conduct ” and locked down her account—an in-kind contribution to her opponent , Leftist Chris Coons ( Numbers USA Rating , F-minus ) [ Twitter Censors Senate Candidate Lauren Witzke ’ s Immigration Views as ‘ Hateful Conduct , ’ by Alum Bokhari , Breitbart , October 10 , 2020 ] .
Further , the Ruling Class wants us to believe , amid the most fanatical and extreme Leftist violence since the 1960s , that “ white supremacy ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” in the United States [ Homeland Threat Assessment , DHS.gov , October 2020 ] .
That ridiculous claim echoes FBI Director Chris Wray , who implied that whites were to blame for most domestic terrorism without saying it [ Wray : Racially motivated violent extremism makes up most of FBI 's domestic terrorism cases , by Olivia Beavers , The Hill , Sept. 17 , 2020 ] .
Thus is the federal government serving as armed enforcement force for Anti-Defamation League and $ PLC , while the radical Left and its GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enact the terrifying Domestic Terrorism Penalties Act , which would legally attack rightist dissidents as never before .
The political prosecutions have already begun : • Steve Stockman languishes in federal prison on a bogus fundraising conviction because he criticized the head of the Internal Revenue Service .
• A grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey for daring to defend themselves against Black Lives Matters goons with weapons .
• Former Marine Jake Gardner committed suicide rather than face trial for killing the BLM thug who attacked him .
• Prosecutors in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rittenhouse because he shot and killed two “ protesters ” and wounded one when they attacked him during a Blake-Hoax riot .
One of the dead “ victims ” was a convicted child rapist ; another was a convicted domestic abuser .
• Roger Stone and Michael Flynn are more obvious examples .
“ Crimes ” are often manufactured from whole cloth , like the hundreds of hate crime hoaxes that ostensibly attest to the latent “ right-wing fascism ” that pervades American life .
And Leftist prosecutors now free the guilty and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law of the land .
These false flags will accelerate .
Leftist political assassination and terrorism will continue unabated , excused or roundly ignored by the hate-Trump , hate whitey MSM , and more and more white bogeymen will be sacrificed to the narrative .
Tucker Carlson was right in predicting that school curricula will teach that “ white supremacists ” were responsible for 9/11 .
The Daily Stormer ’ s Andrew Anglin was the first dissident to be deplatformed .
( Let the record show that VDARE.com defended his right to publish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Tech correctly thought they would be easy prey , that the rest of the bovine herd would move on without protest .
Facebook and Twitter now censor POTUS .
Do you think they won ’ t censor you ?
Remember : their violence is speech , while our speech is violence .
The coalition of the damned can gleefully wish for Trump to die of the Chinese Virus , but immigration patriotism like Witzke ’ s is labeled “ hateful conduct.
” Cocktail conservatives bemoan the Chinese government and its social credit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ live inside the panopticon—a digital gulag that will soon leave cyberspace and enter our physical world .
Today , it is less damaging to one ’ s social standing to be labeled a pedophile than a white nationalist .
Enter the cashless society , and we might not be able to travel , have bank accounts , get financial or legal services , travel , or participate in the economy at all .
How far a step is it from Twitter ’ s censoring a “ white nationalist ” to Verizon ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Will “ white nationalists ” even be able to call 911 ?
In England , doctors can deny medical treatment to “ racists ” [ UK : National Health Service to Deny Treatment for ‘ Racist or Sexist Language , Gestures , Behavior , ’ by Jack Montgomery , Breitbart , Nov. 4 , 2019 ] .
And Yelp will now tar and feather “ racist ” businesses , meaning those that are insufficiently ethnomasochist .
Connect the dots .
Put the pieces together .
The image is clear .
The bipartisan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groundwork for a regime of ruthless , totalitarian suppression of white dissidents—the real dissidents , not the egalitarian Red Guards serving as handmaidens to Wall Street while flying the standard of the “ Counterculture.
” We , the people of Middle America , are the counterculture .
Make no mistake .
Republicans , Democrats and the Main Stream Media have all declared “ war ” on “ white supremacy ” -- which really just means whites as a people .
In other words … you .
How long until Dissident Right websites disappear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How long before we are arrested ?
Or worse ?
Petty tyrants now brutalizing ordinary Americans over their refusal to wear The Mask as the sign of obedience .
Cops tased a woman at a football game for not wearing a mask .
These people will be thrilled to lock us up in the Gulag and throw away the key .
Across the West , nationalist political parties are already being declared “ criminal organizations ” [ Greek Government Convicts Nationalist Party 's Elected Officials of Being a Criminal Organization Over 2013 `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eric Striker , Unz.com , Oct. 7 , 2020 ] .
I would not be surprised to learn that I ’ m on a watchlist .
If you ’ re reading this , you probably are too .
The conspiracy to destroy the Historic American Nation goes far beyond the effort to depose Trump , which his own appointees are deliberately obfuscating [ Donald Trump : ‘ Very Disappointed ’ that ‘ Obamagate ’ Investigation Won ’ t Be Released Before Election , by Charlie Spiering , Breitbart , Oct. 9 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dispossess and replace the Historic American Nation .
Trump must purge the departments of Justice and Homeland Security , replace the traitors with patriots , use his very real power to take action against the real threat to our nation .
As Gregory Hood has written , we have lived in an occupied country for some time -- but it ’ s an occupation we can not contemplate and need not permit [ On Faith and Purpose , American Renaissance , Nov. 22 , 2019 ] .
But why does the Ruling Class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free society that enjoys uninhibited freedom of association and expression , we win .
And in that world , we will not be replaced .
White America does not have to die .
The duty is ours , and ours alone , to carry her fire and save it from being utterly extinguished forevermore .
Neil Kumar [ Email him ] is a law student who lives in the Arkansas Ozarks .
He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Sons of the American Revolution , with blood that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His work can also be found at the Abbeville Institute , American Renaissance , Clyde Wilson ’ s Reckonin ’ , Identity Dixie , and Truth to Power .

See, earlier: Biden Officially Announces He’s Running Against Charlottesville—With "Black Lives Matter" Kamala By His Side
Two recent events show us that a victory for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on November 3 will unleash a war on whites. First was the alleged “white supremacist” plot, inspired by President Trump’s “rhetoric,” to kidnap the tyrannical leftist governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Second is Twitter’s suspension of Lauren Witzke, the anti-immigration, America First candidate who has already won the GOP Senate nomination in Delaware, merely for criticizing mass Third World immigration.
Consider Bloomberg’s blatantly false claim about the plot against Witch Whitmer:
Michigan is a hotbed of nationalist, extremist and white supremacist hate groups, with more than two dozen active organizations, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. During the early stages of the pandemic, it was also among the places where the president urged supporters to resist lockdown measures, with a tweet on April 17 urging people to "liberate" the state [Thirteen Charged in Plot to Seize Michigan, Kidnap Governor, Chris Dolmetsch, Christian Berthelsen, and David Welch, October 8, 2020]
This is a Gadarene Swine-style Rush To Judgement. Truth is, Brandon Caserta, leader of the group, is a NeverTrump, anti-cop anarchist.
“Trump is not your friend,” he says. “He’s shown over and over and over again that he’s a tyrant. Every single person that works for government is your enemy.”
Yet somehow that man is acting on Trump’s orders?! Ridiculous yes, but that’s what we’re told by people who want to suppress Trump and his supporters.
Witzke’s crime: telling an obvious truth. Import Third World immigrants and you’ll soon be living in the Third World.
“Let’s be clear, mass migration absolutely destroyed Europe,” she tweeted. “Italy, France, Sweden and Germany took in tons of migrants who never assimilated. Rapes, murders, and other heinous crimes abound. I will end ALL immigration into the US for ten years.”
Twitter, incredibly, adjudged that demonstrably true statement “hateful conduct” and locked down her account—an in-kind contribution to her opponent, Leftist Chris Coons (Numbers USA Rating, F-minus) [Twitter Censors Senate Candidate Lauren Witzke’s Immigration Views as ‘Hateful Conduct,’ by Alum Bokhari, Breitbart, October 10, 2020].
Further, the Ruling Class wants us to believe, amid the most fanatical and extreme Leftist violence since the 1960s, that “white supremacy” is the “most persistent and lethal threat” in the United States [Homeland Threat Assessment, DHS.gov, October 2020]. That ridiculous claim echoes FBI Director Chris Wray, who implied that whites were to blame for most domestic terrorism without saying it [Wray: Racially motivated violent extremism makes up most of FBI's domestic terrorism cases, by Olivia Beavers, The Hill, Sept. 17, 2020].
Thus is the federal government serving as armed enforcement force for Anti-Defamation League and $PLC, while the radical Left and its GOP enablers are hard at work trying to enact the terrifying Domestic Terrorism Penalties Act, which would legally attack rightist dissidents as never before.
The political prosecutions have already begun:
Steve Stockman languishes in federal prison on a bogus fundraising conviction because he criticized the head of the Internal Revenue Service.
A grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey for daring to defend themselves against Black Lives Matters goons with weapons.
Former Marine Jake Gardner committed suicide rather than face trial for killing the BLM thug who attacked him.
Prosecutors in Kenosha are trying to railroad 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse because he shot and killed two “protesters” and wounded one when they attacked him during a Blake-Hoax riot. One of the dead “victims” was a convicted child rapist; another was a convicted domestic abuser.
Roger Stone and Michael Flynn are more obvious examples.
“Crimes” are often manufactured from whole cloth, like the hundreds of hate crime hoaxes that ostensibly attest to the latent “right-wing fascism” that pervades American life.
And Leftist prosecutors now free the guilty and prosecute the innocent. Anarcho-tyranny is the law of the land.
These false flags will accelerate. Leftist political assassination and terrorism will continue unabated, excused or roundly ignored by the hate-Trump, hate whitey MSM, and more and more white bogeymen will be sacrificed to the narrative.
Tucker Carlson was right in predicting that school curricula will teach that “white supremacists” were responsible for 9/11.
The Daily Stormer’s Andrew Anglin was the first dissident to be deplatformed. (Let the record show that VDARE.com defended his right to publish.) Alex Jones was next. Big Tech correctly thought they would be easy prey, that the rest of the bovine herd would move on without protest.
Facebook and Twitter now censor POTUS. Do you think they won’t censor you? Remember: their violence is speech, while our speech is violence. The coalition of the damned can gleefully wish for Trump to die of the Chinese Virus, but immigration patriotism like Witzke’s is labeled “hateful conduct.”
"I hope he dies"
- Former National Spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, Obama White House staffer Zara Rahim
This isn’t some random Twitter troll. Zara worked with Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama. Disturbed, evil Democrats are cheering tonight. https://t.co/f2d5mZKLiq — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 2, 2020
Cocktail conservatives bemoan the Chinese government and its social credit scheme, without noticing that we already live inside the panopticon—a digital gulag that will soon leave cyberspace and enter our physical world.
Today, it is less damaging to one’s social standing to be labeled a pedophile than a white nationalist. Enter the cashless society, and we might not be able to travel, have bank accounts, get financial or legal services, travel, or participate in the economy at all.
How far a step is it from Twitter’s censoring a “white nationalist” to Verizon’s refusing that same person a landline? Will “white nationalists” even be able to call 911? In England, doctors can deny medical treatment to “racists” [UK: National Health Service to Deny Treatment for ‘Racist or Sexist Language, Gestures, Behavior,’ by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, Nov. 4, 2019]. And Yelp will now tar and feather “racist” businesses, meaning those that are insufficiently ethnomasochist.
Today, we’re announcing a new consumer alert to stand against racism. In the last few months, we’ve seen that there is a clear need to warn consumers about businesses associated with egregious, racially-charged actions to help people make more informed spending decisions. — Yelp (@Yelp) October 8, 2020
Connect the dots. Put the pieces together. The image is clear.
The bipartisan, anti-white, anti-American Establishment is laying the groundwork for a regime of ruthless, totalitarian suppression of white dissidents—the real dissidents, not the egalitarian Red Guards serving as handmaidens to Wall Street while flying the standard of the “Counterculture.” We, the people of Middle America, are the counterculture.
Make no mistake. Republicans, Democrats and the Main Stream Media have all declared “war” on “white supremacy”—which really just means whites as a people.
In other words … you.
How long until Dissident Right websites disappear, or until VDARE.com goes dark? How long before we are arrested? Or worse?
Petty tyrants now brutalizing ordinary Americans over their refusal to wear The Mask as the sign of obedience. Cops tased a woman at a football game for not wearing a mask.
These people will be thrilled to lock us up in the Gulag and throw away the key.
Across the West, nationalist political parties are already being declared “criminal organizations” [Greek Government Convicts Nationalist Party's Elected Officials of Being a Criminal Organization Over 2013 "Antifa" Member's Death, by Eric Striker, Unz.com, Oct. 7, 2020].
What’s next?
I would not be surprised to learn that I’m on a watchlist. If you’re reading this, you probably are too.
The conspiracy to destroy the Historic American Nation goes far beyond the effort to depose Trump, which his own appointees are deliberately obfuscating [Donald Trump: ‘Very Disappointed’ that ‘Obamagate’ Investigation Won’t Be Released Before Election, by Charlie Spiering, Breitbart, Oct. 9, 2020]. It is a coup to dispossess and replace the Historic American Nation.
Trump must purge the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, replace the traitors with patriots, use his very real power to take action against the real threat to our nation.
As Gregory Hood has written, we have lived in an occupied country for some time--but it’s an occupation we cannot contemplate and need not permit [On Faith and Purpose, American Renaissance, Nov. 22, 2019].
But why does the Ruling Class resort to repression? Because in a free society that enjoys uninhibited freedom of association and expression, we win.
And in that world, we will not be replaced. White America does not have to die. The duty is ours, and ours alone, to carry her fire and save it from being utterly extinguished forevermore.
Let’s roll.
Neil Kumar [Email him] is a law student who lives in the Arkansas Ozarks. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Sons of the American Revolution, with blood that has been Southern since the seventeenth century. His work can also be found at the Abbeville Institute, American Renaissance, Clyde Wilson’s Reckonin’, Identity Dixie, and Truth to Power.


vdare--2020-10-11--Columbus Day 2020: “The Columbian Exchange”—Columbus Did Nothing Wrong, The Geneva Convention Says S

Columbus Day 2020: “The Columbian Exchange”—Columbus Did Nothing Wrong, The Geneva Convention Says So!

I ’ ve been writing VDARE.com ’ s Columbus Day round ups since 2008 .
Normally not much happens in the Columbus line between one Columbus Day and another .
This year ’ s Columbus Day , October 12 , is different .
This year Columbus has been part of the same anti-white Monumental Destruction that ’ s been going on as a result of the George Floyd Hoax .
You see , Columbus is a dead white male , and that makes whatever he did bad .
The great Patrick J. Buchanan has written about it here : In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed to topple a Columbus statue…which was then removed for them by the Chicago authorities [ Christopher Columbus statue removed in Chicago following protests , Guardian , July 24 , 2020 ] Extremely significant point : If the USA had been conquered an occupied by hostile power , the Geneva Convention would forbid the destruction of its monuments .
On the 400th anniversary of Columbus ‘ s voyage of discovery , October 12 , 1892 , Chauncey Depew , a famous lawyer , statesman and public speaker , made a speech that became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago , which was itself a celebration of Columbus .
This day belongs not to America , but to the world .
The results of the event it commemorates are the heritage of the peoples of every race and clime .
We celebrate the emancipation of man .
The preparation was the work of almost countless centuries ; the realization was the revelation of one .
The Cross on Calvary was hope ; the cross raised on San Salvador was opportunity .
But for the first , Columbus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second , there would have been no place for the planting , the nurture , and the expansion of civil and religious liberty .
… All hail , Columbus , discoverer , dreamer , hero , and apostle .
We here , of every race and country , recognize the horizon which bounded his vision and the infinite scope of his genius .
The voice of gratitude and praise for all the blessings which have been showered upon mankind by his adventure is limited to no language but is uttered in every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fitly form his statue .
Continents are his monument , and unnumbered millions , present and to come , who enjoy in their liberties and happiness the fruits of his faith , will reverently guard and preserve , from century to century , his name and fame .
[ More ] There ’ s 5000 words omitted there , but Depew ’ s point is that Columbus ’ s discovery of America was good thing not only for America , but for the world .
By 1992 , the 500th anniversary “ anti-racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Columbus was the villain who had brought whiteness to the North and South American continents : The indigenous peoples from north of the border were in Mexico because that ’ s the farthest north pre-Columbian civilization , as represented by cities and stone temples , got .
The steam lodges , peace pipes , and so on , are not the customs of the Aztecs , but of North American Indians .
However , since the customs of the Aztecs included slavery , mass human sacrifice , and cannibalism on an industrial scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed most Woke haters of whiteness don ’ t know anything about the cannibalism , because it ’ s not taught in schools , which insist on telling the boring parts of history and leaving out the interesting ones .
G. K. Chesterton wrote about this in 1925 : A 1992 movie about Columbus was called 1492 : The Conquest Of Paradise .
[ Poet Algernon Charles ] Swinburne , in that spirited chorus of the nations in ‘ Songs Before Sunrise , ’ used an expression about Spain in her South American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strange .
He said something about ‘ her sins and sons through sinless lands dispersed , ’ and how they ‘ made accursed the name of man and thrice accursed the name of God.
’ It may be reasonable enough that he should say the Spaniards were sinful , but why in the world should he say that the South Americans were sinless ?
” Indian activists in the US have been calling Columbus Day “ Indigenous Peoples Day ” since the 1970s .
The fact that civilized man , in the shape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was able to reunite , through sailing ships , the separated continents of Europe and America , and bring plants , animals and people both ways is now called the “ The Columbian Exchange , ” from the title of a 1972 book by historian Alfred W. Crosby .
The online Britannica defines the “ Columbian Exchange ” as Europe got potatoes , tobacco , turkeys and beaver pelts in this exchange .
Indians got , much against their will , civilization .
And the Historic American Nation got a place to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , speaking 80 years earlier , meant when said of Columbus “ Continents are his monument.
” A white St. John ’ s University teacher in Maryland may lose his job for explaining this : Apparently what triggered the students was a reference to slavery .
Slavery was part of the “ Exchange ” because there was trade in slaves by Columbus himself , and later the African Slave Trade that you ’ ve heard so much about .
Taylor put this down as a negative , obviously , but was attacked in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to The College Fix , that “ slavery could never be justified ” when Taylor ’ s PowerPoint asked , in a final , “ discussion prompt ” slide “ Do the positives justify the negatives ?
” This was the student response , from an Instagram post by SJURadicals , September 10 , 2020 The call to action was , of course , a call to fire Taylor .
Of course , what none of the students seem to know is that there was slavery in America when there were only Indians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slavery in Africa when there were only Africans there to enslave other Africans .
What white people ’ s navigational arts , starting with Columbus , added in the Columbian Exchange was freedom and Christianity , as Depew pointed out in 1892 .
We didn ’ t invent slavery , we invented ships , and freedom under law .
Pre-Columbian North America wasn ’ t even as civilized as the cannibal states of South America—it was what Thomas Hobbes famously described in Leviathan in 1651 as a “ state of nature ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he captured Indian slaves , he sent them to European masters who wouldn ’ t even think of eating them .
The Columbian Exchange was a net benefit for the Indians , for the world , and most of all , for the Historic American Nation .
Five Columbus Day stories by the late patriot , and friend of VDARE.com , • None Thought For Columbus Day : Was Columbus An Indian ?
Are Asians Indians ?
Stories by American non-Indians—or “ white people , ” as they ’ re known : • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The “ Brutal Savages ” by me .
• In Waterville , Maine , Mayor Nick Isgro Proclaims Columbus Day , Not `` Indigenous People 's Day '' by me .
• Columbus Day And Whining About Captain Cook In New Zealand by John Derbyshire • A Defense Of Columbus From Academia by James Kirkpatrick • Hating Columbus And America : OU Student Government Removes Pledge of Allegiance From Student Government Session by Allan Wall • Chinese vs. Indians : Columbus Will Have Been Right About Who Lives Here by Steve Sailer • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brett Kavanaugh—Because He 's A `` White Male '' by me .
• Battle For Columbus Day—Part Of The War On Whites by James Kirkpatrick • # ColumbusWasaHero Angers SALON , Because , Well , It 's SALON by James Kirkpatrick • Hello , Columbus !
The Day When Hate Speech Is Okay by me .
• None Now at University of New Mexico : “ Indigenous Peoples ’ Resistance and Resilience Day ” by James Kirkpatrick • None On Columbus Day , A Reminder That Germs Went Both Ways In 1492 by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( contd . )
: Thoughts On the Guilt Lobby On The Anniversary Of Columbus ' Discovery , by L. Neil Smith • None The Rise and Fall of Columbus Day by Steve Sailer • None Goodbye Columbus , And Goodbye America ?
Not So Fast !
by me .

Earlier: Columbus Day: Columbus Is Hated Like Brett Kavanaugh—Because He's A "White Male"
I’ve been writing VDARE.com’s Columbus Day roundups since 2008. Normally not much happens in the Columbus line between one Columbus Day and another.
This year’s Columbus Day, October 12, is different. This year Columbus has been part of the same anti-white Monumental Destruction that’s been going on as a result of the George Floyd Hoax. You see, Columbus is a dead white male, and that makes whatever he did bad.
The great Patrick J. Buchanan has written about it here:
And here
In Chicago, mostly black rioters tried and failed to topple a Columbus statue…which was then removed for them by the Chicago authorities [Christopher Columbus statue removed in Chicago following protests, Guardian, July 24, 2020].
Extremely significant point: If the USA had been conquered an occupied by hostile power, the Geneva Convention would forbid the destruction of its monuments.
On the 400th anniversary of Columbus‘s voyage of discovery, October 12, 1892, Chauncey Depew, a famous lawyer, statesman and public speaker, made a speech that became known as the “Columbian Oration” at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which was itself a celebration of Columbus.
This day belongs not to America, but to the world. The results of the event it commemorates are the heritage of the peoples of every race and clime. We celebrate the emancipation of man. The preparation was the work of almost countless centuries; the realization was the revelation of one. The Cross on Calvary was hope; the cross raised on San Salvador was opportunity. But for the first, Columbus would never have sailed; but for the second, there would have been no place for the planting, the nurture, and the expansion of civil and religious liberty. … All hail, Columbus, discoverer, dreamer, hero, and apostle. We here, of every race and country, recognize the horizon which bounded his vision and the infinite scope of his genius. The voice of gratitude and praise for all the blessings which have been showered upon mankind by his adventure is limited to no language but is uttered in every tongue. Neither marble nor brass can fitly form his statue. Continents are his monument, and unnumbered millions, present and to come, who enjoy in their liberties and happiness the fruits of his faith, will reverently guard and preserve, from century to century, his name and fame. [More]
There’s 5000 words omitted there, but Depew’s point is that Columbus’s discovery of America was a good thing not only for America, but for the world.
He declared Christianity good, civilization good, settlement good, religious liberty good, and—by implication of course—pre-Columbian savagery bad.
By 1992, the 500th anniversary “anti-racism“ was already a Thing, and Columbus was the villain who had brought whiteness to the North and South American continents:
Up and down Latin America today, the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas was marked by tight security around Spain's embassies and by calls for cultural renewal by Indian peoples. To highlight the achievements of pre-Columbian cultures, indigenous peoples from around the Americas converged today near Mexico City at the great Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. At this Aztec monument, they erected steam lodges, smoked peace pipes and chanted Indian prayers. Indians In Protest Against Columbus, by James Brooke, NYT, October 13, 1992
The indigenous peoples from north of the border were in Mexico because that’s the farthest north pre-Columbian civilization, as represented by cities and stone temples, got.
The steam lodges, peace pipes, and so on, are not the customs of the Aztecs, but of North American Indians. However, since the customs of the Aztecs included slavery, mass human sacrifice, and cannibalism on an industrial scale, that’s understandable.
I supposed most Woke haters of whiteness don’t know anything about the cannibalism, because it’s not taught in schools, which insist on telling the boring parts of history and leaving out the interesting ones. G. K. Chesterton wrote about this in 1925:
Take for example the Aztecs and American Indians of the ancient empires of Mexico and Peru. They were at least as elaborate as Egypt or China and only less lively than that central civilization which is our own. But those who criticize that central civilization (which is always their own civilization) have a curious habit of not merely doing their legitimate duty in condemning its crimes, but of going out of their way to idealize its victims. They always assume that before the advent of Europe there was nothing anywhere but Eden.
A 1992 movie about Columbus was called 1492: The Conquest of Paradise.
Chesterton goes on:
[Poet Algernon Charles] Swinburne, in that spirited chorus of the nations in ‘Songs Before Sunrise,’ used an expression about Spain in her South American conquests which always struck me as very strange. He said something about ‘her sins and sons through sinless lands dispersed,’ and how they ‘made accursed the name of man and thrice accursed the name of God.’ It may be reasonable enough that he should say the Spaniards were sinful, but why in the world should he say that the South Americans were sinless?” The Everlasting Man , Part One, Chapter 6, 1925
Indian activists in the US have been calling Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples Day” since the 1970s.
The fact that civilized man, in the shape of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, was able to reunite, through sailing ships, the separated continents of Europe and America, and bring plants, animals and people both ways is now called the “The Columbian Exchange,” from the title of a 1972 book by historian Alfred W. Crosby.
The online Britannica defines the “Columbian Exchange” as
the largest part of a more general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging of the 15th and 16th centuries. Ecological provinces that had been torn apart by continental drift millions of years ago were suddenly reunited by oceanic shipping, particularly in the wake of Christopher Columbus’s voyages that began in 1492. The consequences profoundly shaped world history in the ensuing centuries, most obviously in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. [Links added]
Europe got potatoes, tobacco, turkeys and beaver pelts in this exchange. Indians got, much against their will, civilization. And the Historic American Nation got a place to be born.
This is what Chauncey Depew, speaking 80 years earlier, meant when he said of Columbus “Continents are his monument.”
A white St. John’s University teacher in Maryland may lose his job for explaining this:
Apparently what triggered the students was a reference to slavery. Slavery was part of the “Exchange” because there was trade in slaves by Columbus himself, and later the African Slave Trade that you’ve heard so much about.
Taylor put this down as a negative, obviously, but was attacked in class by students who felt, according to The College Fix, that “slavery could never be justified” when Taylor’s PowerPoint asked, in a final, “discussion prompt” slide, “Do the positives justify the negatives?”
This was the student response, from an Instagram post by SJURadicals, September 10, 2020
The call to action was, of course, a call to fire Taylor.
Of course, what none of the students seem to know is that there was slavery in America when there were only Indians there—they enslaved other Indians. There was slavery in Africa when there were only Africans there to enslave other Africans.
What white people’s navigational arts, starting with Columbus, added in the Columbian Exchange was freedom and Christianity, as Depew pointed out in 1892. We didn’t invent slavery, we invented ships, and freedom under law.
Pre-Columbian North America wasn’t even as civilized as the cannibal states of South America—it was what Thomas Hobbes famously described in Leviathan in 1651 as a “state of nature” in which
[T]here is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Columbus fought cannibals, and if he captured Indian slaves, he sent them to European masters who wouldn’t even think of eating them.
The Columbian Exchange was a net benefit for the Indians, for the world, and most of all, for the Historic American Nation.
Previous Columbus Day Coverage
Five Columbus Day stories by the late Comanche writer, patriot, and friend of VDARE.com, David Yeagley:
Stories by American non-Indians—or “white people,” as they’re known:


vdare--2020-10-11--NYT: Making Babies Embodies the Extortions of Capitalism, the Misogyny of Violence Against Women, th

NYT: Making Babies Embodies the Extortions of Capitalism, the Misogyny of Violence Against Women, the Racist and Xenophobic Erasure of Nonwhite Families, and the Homophobic Hatreds That Pervade So Much of Everyday Life

Are Straight People OK ?
And Other Questions About Love and Sexuality … [ Tragedy of Heterosexuality author Jane ] @ @ @ @ @ distinguishes straightness as a practice from straight culture , which is the very heart of @ @ @ @ @ failures .
It is not , as one popular joke goes , that straight people @ @ @ @ @ It is that heteronormativity creates a powerful , privileged form of sexuality against which , @ @ @ @ @ other forms are compared .
In examining the pressure to partner with the opposite gender @ @ @ @ @ capitalism , the misogyny of violence against women , the racist and xenophobic erasure of @ @ @ @ @ homophobic hatreds that pervade so much of everyday life .

From a New York Times Book Review:
Are Straight People OK? And Other Questions About Love and Sexuality
By Haley Mlotek
Oct. 9, 2020
…[Tragedy of Heterosexuality author Jane] Ward [Email her] distinguishes straightness as a practice from straight culture, which is the very heart of society’s most disgraceful failures. It is not, as one popular joke goes, that straight people are “not OK.” It is that heteronormativity creates a powerful, privileged form of sexuality against which, historically and currently, all other forms are compared. In examining the pressure to partner with the opposite gender we find the extortions of capitalism, the misogyny of violence against women, the racist and xenophobic erasure of nonwhite families, and the homophobic hatreds that pervade so much of everyday life.


vdare--2020-10-11--The Woke Are Reversing the Compartmentalization of Science from Faith

Yeah , well , that was then , but this is now .
From the Los Angeles Times : … The machine in Strevens ’ s title has scientists pursuing their work relentlessly while also abiding by certain rules of the game , allowing even the most vehement partisans to talk with one another .
So modern science began , accruing its enormous power through what Strevens calls “ the iron rule of explanation , ” requiring scientists to settle arguments by empirical testing , imposing on them a common language “ regardless of their intellectual predilections , cultural biases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe whatever they want to believe , and their individual modes of reasoning can be creative and even wild , but in order to communicate with one another , in scientific journals , they have to abide by this rule .
The motto of England ’ s Royal Society , founded in 1660 , is “ Nullius in verba ” : “ Take nobody ’ s word for it.
” If you admire , say , Francis Galton for inventing the silent dog whistle , the correlation coefficient , the weather map , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fingerprints in criminal investigations , that means you favor eugenics as well .
In fact , we aren ’ t so sure about dog whistles , correlations , and criminal investigations either .
But now we have a rising new religion , Wokeness , that tolerates no dissent .
How dare you compartmentalize your view of scientists ?
This is a pretty standard explanation : after the Thirty Years War of 1618-1648 , Europeans were sick of wars of religion , so they tried to be more tolerant of each other ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common ground , such as science , in which they could productively work together .
… According to “ The Knowledge Machine , ” it took a cataclysm to disrupt the longstanding way of looking at the world in terms of an integrated whole .
The Thirty Years ’ War in Europe — which started over religion and ended , after killing millions , with a system of nation-states — made compartmentalization look good .
Religious identity would be private ; political identity would be public .
Not that this partition was complete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says it opened up the previously unfathomable possibility of sequestering science .
The timing also happened to coincide with the life of Isaac Newton , who became known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics and physics .
Even though Newton was an ardent alchemist with a side interest in biblical prophecy , he supported his scientific findings with empirical inquiry ; he was , Strevens argues , “ a natural intellectual compartmentalizer ” who arrived at a fortuitous time .
… But human civilization has existed for millenniums , and modern science — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or so-called natural philosophy — has only been around for a few hundred years .
What took so long ?
… “ The Knowledge Machine , ” a provocative and fascinating book by the philosopher Michael Strevens that mostly enthralled me , even as a couple of parts set my teeth on edge .
Modern Science Didn ’ t Appear Until the 17th Century .
What Took So Long ?
By Jennifer Szalai Oct. 7 , 2020 From a New York Times book review that provides a useful way to think about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of science from the Woke faith ( “ All races and genders are created equal , but some are more equal than others ” ) that is threatening scientists and thus science .
At first blush , the California Institute of Technology seemed to respond promptly and well to the uproar sparked this summer over its apparent complicity with the racist eugenics movement of a century ago .
Caltech , one of the nation ’ s leading scientific research institutions , took steps to increase diversity in its undergraduate and graduate programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels from faculty appointments to undergrads , and improve its institutional response to discriminatory behavior .
The Pasadena university also established a task force to examine its policies on naming campus buildings .
This was aimed directly at the disclosure that its venerated former president , Robert A. Millikan , had been an officer of the pro-eugenics Human Betterment Foundation , which promoted forced sterilization and racial segregation .
A petition seeking to remove the name of Millikan and others associated with the foundation from campus buildings and programs has been signed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to its organizer , Michael Chwe , a UCLA faculty member and Caltech alumnus .
But Caltech ’ s effort to come to terms with racism in its past has run into a snag .
The so-called Naming Task Force has been rattled by the resignation of one of its members , Sarah Sam .
She says she is black .
A doctoral student in neurobiology who is president of Black Scientists and Engineers of Caltech , Sam was the only Black student on the 15-member task force , which comprises faculty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sam announced her resignation on Sept. 28 with a broadside in which she asserted that “ the membership of this committee neither has the background nor is willing to address institutional racism at Caltech.
” She suggested that some committee members seemed intent on minimizing the impact of eugenics and the Human Betterment Foundation on the victims of sterilization .
Some even tried to rationalize eugenics as standard intellectual thinking in Millikan ’ s era and compulsory sterilization as “ an artifact of limited scientific understanding during the early 20th century , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several committee members are eugenics apologists , ” though she didn ’ t identify them .
“ Many of our meetings have centered around the question , ‘ To what extent is eugenics wrong/racist ?
’ ” — a question that one would think had long been settled by the eugenics movement ’ s role in racial policies of the Nazi regime in Germany .
… Few figures have as towering a reputation at their academic institutions as Robert A. Millikan does at Caltech .
Millikan , who died in 1953 , served @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , longer than anyone else .
A Nobel laureate in physics , Millikan helped establish the school ’ s worldwide reputation .
During his lifetime , he was also a leading public intellectual ; his name still adorns schools and streets around the Southland .
… But archival research , much of it associated with the renaming issue , points to overt racism on Millikan ’ s part .
In a speech he delivered in 1924 , four years into his tenure as Caltech ’ s president , he stated that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Nordic civilization .
The problem of the relations of our race to the Asiatic races is the big race problem of the future .
California must inevitably contribute largely to the solution of that problem.
” In a 1951 letter written during a visit to Mississippi , he told his wife , Greta : “ More than half of the population in this state is made up of negroes — a very serious situation .
For it means that under universal suffrage they could control the state now — an unthinkable disaster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they now are.
” … Millikan wrote that in a private letter to his wife , so who knows what even more horrible thoughts he might have been thinking inside his own head but didn ’ t dare express ?
How can such a possibility be tolerated ?
Of course , that might have something to do with the Test Score gap .
You can always count on the Unitarian Universalists to have your back when you get into a jam and need a friend .
It ’ s almost as if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grad student understand better than her that the history of science is testimony to the wisdom of not burning scientists at the stake when they disagree with you on questions of religious faith .
You may find their opinions offensive , but the principle of compartmentalization means you are supposed to set your feelings aside and deal with questions of science rather than with your personal religion of race .
It ’ s not like they want Caltech to cancel the Linus Pauling lectures just because he was a fellow traveler and eugenicist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and we can forgive Pauling ’ s eugenics advocacy because he was a Person of Leftness .
They just want to cancel the scientists they personally hate , not the ones they don ’ t personally hate .
Individuals of the preferred race , gender , ethnicity , etc .
( a.k.a.
, People of Power ) will provide you with lists of who they hate at the appropriate times .

Yeah, well, that was then, but this is now. From the Los Angeles Times:
… The machine in Strevens’s title has scientists pursuing their work relentlessly while also abiding by certain rules of the game, allowing even the most vehement partisans to talk with one another.
So modern science began, accruing its enormous power through what Strevens calls “the iron rule of explanation,” requiring scientists to settle arguments by empirical testing, imposing on them a common language “regardless of their intellectual predilections, cultural biases or narrow ambitions.” Individual scientists can believe whatever they want to believe, and their individual modes of reasoning can be creative and even wild, but in order to communicate with one another, in scientific journals, they have to abide by this rule. The motto of England’s Royal Society, founded in 1660, is “Nullius in verba”: “Take nobody’s word for it.”
If you admire, say, Francis Galton for inventing the silent dog whistle, the correlation coefficient, the weather map, and the first effective way to use fingerprints in criminal investigations, that means you favor eugenics as well. In fact, we aren’t so sure about dog whistles, correlations, and criminal investigations either.
But now we have a rising new religion, Wokeness, that tolerates no dissent. How dare you compartmentalize your view of scientists?
This is a pretty standard explanation: after the Thirty Years War of 1618–1648, Europeans were sick of wars of religion, so they tried to be more tolerant of each other’s views on faith and instead look for common ground, such as science, in which they could productively work together.
… According to “The Knowledge Machine,” it took a cataclysm to disrupt the longstanding way of looking at the world in terms of an integrated whole. The Thirty Years’ War in Europe — which started over religion and ended, after killing millions, with a system of nation-states — made compartmentalization look good. Religious identity would be private; political identity would be public. Not that this partition was complete in the 17th century, but Strevens says it opened up the previously unfathomable possibility of sequestering science. The timing also happened to coincide with the life of Isaac Newton, who became known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics and physics. Even though Newton was an ardent alchemist with a side interest in biblical prophecy, he supported his scientific findings with empirical inquiry; he was, Strevens argues, “a natural intellectual compartmentalizer” who arrived at a fortuitous time.
… But human civilization has existed for millenniums, and modern science — as distinct from ancient and medieval science, or so-called natural philosophy — has only been around for a few hundred years. What took so long?
… “The Knowledge Machine,” a provocative and fascinating book by the philosopher Michael Strevens that mostly enthralled me, even as a couple of parts set my teeth on edge.
Modern Science Didn’t Appear Until the 17th Century. What Took So Long? By Jennifer Szalai Oct. 7, 2020
From a New York Times book review that provides a useful way to think about the Great Awokening’s “de-compartmentalization” of science from the Woke faith (“All races and genders are created equal, but some are more equal than others”) that is threatening scientists and thus science.
Column: Caltech’s effort to confront its racist past hits a snag By MICHAEL HILTZIK BUSINESS COLUMNIST
OCT. 7, 202012:55 PM At first blush, the California Institute of Technology seemed to respond promptly and well to the uproar sparked this summer over its apparent complicity with the racist eugenics movement of a century ago. Caltech, one of the nation’s leading scientific research institutions, took steps to increase diversity in its undergraduate and graduate programs, publish data on diversity at all levels from faculty appointments to undergrads, and improve its institutional response to discriminatory behavior. The Pasadena university also established a task force to examine its policies on naming campus buildings. This was aimed directly at the disclosure that its venerated former president, Robert A. Millikan, had been an officer of the pro-eugenics Human Betterment Foundation, which promoted forced sterilization and racial segregation. A petition seeking to remove the name of Millikan and others associated with the foundation from campus buildings and programs has been signed by 1,083 members of the Caltech community, according to its organizer, Michael Chwe, a UCLA faculty member and Caltech alumnus. But Caltech’s effort to come to terms with racism in its past has run into a snag. The so-called Naming Task Force has been rattled by the resignation of one of its members, Sarah Sam.
She says she is black.
A doctoral student in neurobiology who is president of Black Scientists and Engineers of Caltech, Sam was the only Black student on the 15-member task force, which comprises faculty, alumni, students and administrators. Sam announced her resignation on Sept. 28 with a broadside in which she asserted that “the membership of this committee neither has the background nor is willing to address institutional racism at Caltech.” She suggested that some committee members seemed intent on minimizing the impact of eugenics and the Human Betterment Foundation on the victims of sterilization. Some even tried to rationalize eugenics as standard intellectual thinking in Millikan’s era and compulsory sterilization as “an artifact of limited scientific understanding during the early 20th century,” she said. Sam alleged that “several committee members are eugenics apologists,” though she didn’t identify them. “Many of our meetings have centered around the question, ‘To what extent is eugenics wrong/racist?’” — a question that one would think had long been settled by the eugenics movement’s role in racial policies of the Nazi regime in Germany. … Few figures have as towering a reputation at their academic institutions as Robert A. Millikan does at Caltech. Millikan, who died in 1953, served as Caltech’s president for 24 years, longer than anyone else. A Nobel laureate in physics, Millikan helped establish the school’s worldwide reputation. During his lifetime, he was also a leading public intellectual; his name still adorns schools and streets around the Southland. … But archival research, much of it associated with the renaming issue, points to overt racism on Millikan’s part. In a speech he delivered in 1924, four years into his tenure as Caltech’s president, he stated that “California is today … the westernmost outpost of Nordic civilization. The problem of the relations of our race to the Asiatic races is the big race problem of the future. California must inevitably contribute largely to the solution of that problem.” In a 1951 letter written during a visit to Mississippi, he told his wife, Greta: “More than half of the population in this state is made up of negroes — a very serious situation. For it means that under universal suffrage they could control the state now — an unthinkable disaster in view of the sort of people they now are.” …
Millikan wrote that in a private letter to his wife, so who knows what even more horrible thoughts he might have been thinking inside his own head but didn’t dare express? How can such a possibility be tolerated?
Caltech hasn’t progressed far enough from its history of discrimination, the Black Scientists and Engineers asserted in a June 25 statement that helped to prompt the institution’s stock-taking; of 1,299 graduate students, only 11 were Black, the organization stated.
Of course, that might have something to do with the Test Score gap.
…The Palo Alto school district has voted to take Terman’s name off a middle school. Pasadena’s Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, which Millikan co-founded, last year removed his name from a room in its building.
You can always count on the Unitarian Universalists to have your back when you get into a jam and need a friend.
At Caltech, Sam says that while she was on the renaming committee, it was still grappling with such fundamental questions as, “How do we separate the scientist from the man?”
Decompartmentalization.
She says her conviction that one could not distinguish a person’s career from his or her character “was not shared by my fellow members.”
It’s almost as if the major scientists on the committee with this grad student understand better than her that the history of science is testimony to the wisdom of not burning scientists at the stake when they disagree with you on questions of religious faith. You may find their opinions offensive, but the principle of compartmentalization means you are supposed to set your feelings aside and deal with questions of science rather than with your personal religion of race.
Some would ask, “Are we going to rename a building every time we disagree with their politics?” she says. “The implication there was that eugenics ideology and committing crimes against humanity was simply a matter of politics, not ethical standards.”
It’s not like they want Caltech to cancel the Linus Pauling lectures just because he was a fellow traveler and eugenicist. Being sympathetic to Communists is A-OK, and we can forgive Pauling’s eugenics advocacy because he was a Person of Leftness.
They just want to cancel the scientists they personally hate, not the ones they don’t personally hate. Individuals of the preferred race, gender, ethnicity, etc. (a.k.a., People of Power) will provide you with lists of who they hate at the appropriate times.


vdare--2020-10-11--WaPo: of Course Trump's Dog-Whistles Are Racist: the Dog-Whistle Was Invented by Sir Francis Galton!

Earlier : `` They 'll Think You 're Signaling '' !
Dog-Whistles From Goldwater To Reagan To Palin The term “ racist dog whistle ” is not new .
But President Trump may represent the perfection of “ dog-whistle politics , ” using phrases , symbols and tweets to create plausible deniability whenever his policies seem too overtly racist .
By Adam R. Shapiro Adam R. Shapiro is a historian of science and technology .
He ’ s the author of “ Trying Biology : The Scopes Trial Textbooks , and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools.
” August 21 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with his perfect 800 on the SAT Verbal test , is obviously a verbal genius who precisely calibrates every utterance that comes out of his mouth so his followers know exactly what he is implying but his enemies can never quite prove it , but they just know .
Or something like that … … The device we now think of as a dog whistle was designed by Francis Galton , whose most famous work was inventing the term “ eugenics ” and creating a science of racial differences and race “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ original “ dog whistles ” was shaped by racial dynamics in the United States .
Hunting dogs didn ’ t just pursue foxes or birds .
Before the Civil War , they were frequently used to track enslaved Black people .
Dogs trained to hunt humans were highly prized among enslavers and the slave catchers they employed .
It was not until about 1940 that the dog whistle , a tool for signaling and training hunting dogs , and Galton ’ s ultrasonic whistle — mainstay of the psychology lab — were combined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patent was filed for a dog whistle “ of [ sufficiently ] high frequency so that it may be heard by a dog but not heard by the human ear.
” The “ silent ” dog whistle changed which kinds of dogs were being whistle-trained .
No longer were whistles primarily a tool for hunting over long distances .
They were for suburban dogs — an increasingly salient feature of the racially segregated and suburbanizing American landscape .
As ads for Purina whistles promised , these couldn ’ t disturb your neighbors .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for training police dogs .
Though connections between dogs and policing in America go back to the days of slave catchers , the role of dogs in modern policing gained wider use in the 1950s .
According to one 1961 study , “ the public has fully accepted the canine corps .
There were only three complaints reported , one not described and the other two stemming from the feeling among Negroes that dogs are used in their areas disproportionately to the need for them.
” The overpolicing of Black neighborhoods — including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about criminality , race and intelligence and morals that go straight back to Galton and the psychologists he influenced .
The introduction of dogs to modern policing took hold just in time for the animals to feature in iconic and violent images of the struggle for civil rights , including police dogs attacking peaceful Black protesters in Birmingham , Ala. , in 1963 .
President Trump evoked this scene earlier this year when he threatened Black Lives Matter protesters with “ vicious dogs , ” a comment that only avoided the “ racist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seemed obvious .
It was in this context that the silent dog whistle , an invention that unified racist scientific equipment with racist cultures of dog hunting , became a technology that facilitated violent opposition to civil rights .
… Morin ’ s column was written just weeks after the broadcast of the infamous Willie Horton campaign ad , perhaps the clearest example of a racist dog whistle in American politics before Trump .

Earlier: "They'll Think You're Signaling"! Dog-Whistles From Goldwater To Reagan To Palin
From the Washington Post, a “Perspective”:
The term “ racist dog whistle ” is not new. But President Trump may represent the perfection of “dog-whistle politics,” using phrases , symbols and tweets to create plausible deniability whenever his policies seem too overtly racist.
By Adam R. Shapiro Adam R. Shapiro is a historian of science and technology. He’s the author of “Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools.” August 21, 2020 at 3:00 a.m.
Because Trump, with his perfect 800 on the SAT Verbal test, is obviously a verbal genius who precisely calibrates every utterance that comes out of his mouth so his followers know exactly what he is implying but his enemies can never quite prove it, but they just know. Or something like that …
… The device we now think of as a dog whistle was designed by Francis Galton, whose most famous work was inventing the term “eugenics” and creating a science of racial differences and race “improvement.”
… The use of the original “dog whistles” was shaped by racial dynamics in the United States. Hunting dogs didn’t just pursue foxes or birds. Before the Civil War, they were frequently used to track enslaved Black people. Dogs trained to hunt humans were highly prized among enslavers and the slave catchers they employed.
Even after slavery’s abolition, dogs continued to reinforce the racial politics of the Jim Crow South. Trained dog packs, used in activities like fox hunting, became a manifestation of White Southern elites’ pretensions toward aristocracy and nostalgia for the era of slavery.
It was not until about 1940 that the dog whistle, a tool for signaling and training hunting dogs, and Galton’s ultrasonic whistle — mainstay of the psychology lab — were combined into a single technology. The first patent was filed for a dog whistle “of [sufficiently] high frequency so that it may be heard by a dog but not heard by the human ear.”
The “silent” dog whistle changed which kinds of dogs were being whistle-trained. No longer were whistles primarily a tool for hunting over long distances. They were for suburban dogs — an increasingly salient feature of the racially segregated and suburbanizing American landscape. As ads for Purina whistles promised, these couldn’t disturb your neighbors.
Silent dog whistles also became a tool for training police dogs. Though connections between dogs and policing in America go back to the days of slave catchers, the role of dogs in modern policing gained wider use in the 1950s. According to one 1961 study, “the public has fully accepted the canine corps. There were only three complaints reported, one not described and the other two stemming from the feeling among Negroes that dogs are used in their areas disproportionately to the need for them.” The overpolicing of Black neighborhoods — including with dogs — was rooted in ideas about criminality, race and intelligence and morals that go straight back to Galton and the psychologists he influenced.
The introduction of dogs to modern policing took hold just in time for the animals to feature in iconic and violent images of the struggle for civil rights, including police dogs attacking peaceful Black protesters in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. President Trump evoked this scene earlier this year when he threatened Black Lives Matter protesters with “vicious dogs,” a comment that only avoided the “racist dog whistle” label because its motives seemed obvious.
It was in this context that the silent dog whistle, an invention that unified racist scientific equipment with racist cultures of dog hunting, became a technology that facilitated violent opposition to civil rights.
… Morin’s column was written just weeks after the broadcast of the infamous Willie Horton campaign ad, perhaps the clearest example of a racist dog whistle in American politics before Trump.


vdare--2020-10-11--Listen To Peter Brimelow And James Edwards Talk Trump And Immigration

Earlier ( 2015 ) : Peter Brimelow Talks To James Edwards : In This Crazy System , Trump Can Win @ @ @ @ @ to populist talk show host James Edwards on The Political Cesspool on `` What should @ @ @ @ @ pound the immigration issue , of course ) the Sailer Strategy , redrawing state boundaries @ @ @ @ @ share of the white vote .

Earlier (2015): Peter Brimelow Talks To James Edwards: In This Crazy System, Trump Can Win
VDARE.com editor Peter Brimelow talked to populist talk show host James Edwards on The Political Cesspool on "What should Trump do?" (pound the immigration issue, of course), the Sailer Strategy, redrawing state boundaries, and increasing the GOP share of the white vote.
Listen below:


vdare--2020-10-12--JPMorgan Puts $30B Toward Fixing Banking’s ‘Systemic Racism’

Earlier by Steve Sailer : Financial Racism : A Concept Promoted By People Who Want To Make Money Off Lending To Blacks From the Associated Press : CHARLOTTE , N.C. ( AP ) — JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “ systemic racism ” in the country ’ s economic system .
The New York bank said it is committing $ 30 billion over the next five years toward programs that include earmarking more money for getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ providing additional financing to build affordable rental housing units .
“ Systemic racism is a tragic part of America ’ s history , ” said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in a statement .
“ We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality.
” In the immediate aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd , JPMorgan announced a commitment of $ 1.75 billion toward programs they said would help address racial inequalities .
But since then , as protests have remained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been a push for banks to do more .
… JPMorgan , which has $ 3.2 trillion in assets , said it expects the $ 30 billion to help finance 40,000 additional mortgages for Black and Latino households , another 20,000 loans that will refinance mortgages and help construct 100,000 affordable rental units .
Additional funds will go to finance 15,000 small business loans to Black and Latino-owned businesses .
… American banking still has a long way to go to fix the problems of the past .
Banks large and small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including allegations of “ redlining ” Black homebuyers .
Redlining is a practice in which banks deny or avoid providing credit services to consumers because of racial demographics or the neighborhood where they live .
Ed Golding , the executive director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance Policy , said JPMorgan ’ s investment is impressive but narrowing the gap requires more fundamental changes to the financial system .
He noted that there ’ s a 30 % gap between Black and white homeownership , amounting to about 4.5 million households @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a fraction of those .
“ We are not going to do it overnight , ” said Golding , who served as the head of the Federal Housing Administration under the Obama administration .
“ I applaud the energy and the direction but it ’ s going to take massive government policy changes to really move the needle and make up for hundreds of years of systemic racism.
” According to a recent study that Golding co-authored , African Americans on average pay higher mortgage interest payments , insurance premiums and property @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average of $ 67,320 to their homeownership costs .
The study said Black families are disadvantaged by a risk-based pricing system , which charges higher mortgage rates for lower down payments and credit scores .
Golding called for a system that would pool risk among borrowers .
What the Diversity Inclusion Equity movement wants most is the equity you ’ ve built up in your home .
By the standards of the Bush Push for Increasing Minority Homeownership , $ 30 billion is small change .
In January 2005 Angelo Mozilo announced that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mortgages for minorities and lower income borrowers by 2010 .
Interestingly , Bush and Mozilo were more focused on lending more money to Hispanics than to blacks .
Mexicans were the new kids in town back then , so it was easier to imagine that they ’ d pay back the massive mortgages needed to buy even crummy houses in immigrant dense California , Arizona , Nevada , and Florida .
In contrast , blacks didn ’ t need huge loans to buy into black neighborhoods in places like Detroit .
Moreover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could recall being burned on lending to black neighborhoods in previous frenzies to prove the old redliners were WRONG .
But now it ’ s 2020 , and nobody can remember nothing except FDR ’ s redlining and Emmett Till .

Earlier by Steve Sailer: Financial Racism: A Concept Promoted By People Who Want To Make Money Off Lending To Blacks
From the Associated Press:
JPMorgan puts $30B toward fixing banking’s ‘systemic racism’ By KEN SWEET AND ALEXANDRA OLSON CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “systemic racism” in the country’s economic system. The New York bank said it is committing $30 billion over the next five years toward programs that include earmarking more money for getting Black and Latino families into homeownership and providing additional financing to build affordable rental housing units. “Systemic racism is a tragic part of America’s history,” said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in a statement. “We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality.” In the immediate aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, JPMorgan announced a commitment of $1.75 billion toward programs they said would help address racial inequalities. But since then, as protests have remained constant in some urban centers, there has been a push for banks to do more. … JPMorgan, which has $3.2 trillion in assets, said it expects the $30 billion to help finance 40,000 additional mortgages for Black and Latino households, another 20,000 loans that will refinance mortgages and help construct 100,000 affordable rental units. Additional funds will go to finance 15,000 small business loans to Black and Latino-owned businesses. … American banking still has a long way to go to fix the problems of the past. Banks large and small are still regularly cited for discriminatory practices, including allegations of “redlining” Black homebuyers. Redlining is a practice in which banks deny or avoid providing credit services to consumers because of racial demographics or the neighborhood where they live. Ed Golding, the executive director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance Policy, said JPMorgan’s investment is impressive but narrowing the gap requires more fundamental changes to the financial system. He noted that there’s a 30% gap between Black and white homeownership, amounting to about 4.5 million households. JPMorgan’s investment would go to a fraction of those. “We are not going to do it overnight,” said Golding, who served as the head of the Federal Housing Administration under the Obama administration. “I applaud the energy and the direction but it’s going to take massive government policy changes to really move the needle and make up for hundreds of years of systemic racism.” According to a recent study that Golding co-authored, African Americans on average pay higher mortgage interest payments, insurance premiums and property taxes than white families, adding an average of $67,320 to their homeownership costs. The study said Black families are disadvantaged by a risk-based pricing system, which charges higher mortgage rates for lower down payments and credit scores. Golding called for a system that would pool risk among borrowers.
What the Diversity Inclusion Equity movement wants most is the equity you’ve built up in your home.
By the standards of the Bush Push for Increasing Minority Homeownership, $30 billion is small change. In January 2005 Angelo Mozilo announced that Countrywide Financial was devoting one trillion dollars to mortgages for minorities and lower income borrowers by 2010.
Interestingly, Bush and Mozilo were more focused on lending more money to Hispanics than to blacks. Mexicans were the new kids in town back then, so it was easier to imagine that they’d pay back the massive mortgages needed to buy even crummy houses in immigrant dense California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida. In contrast, blacks didn’t need huge loans to buy into black neighborhoods in places like Detroit. Moreover, lots of lenders back in 2005 could recall being burned on lending to black neighborhoods in previous frenzies to prove the old redliners were WRONG.
But now it’s 2020, and nobody can remember nothing except FDR’s redlining and Emmett Till.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-12--How Does Race Does Not Existism Disprove the White-Black IQ Gap?

Earlier ( 2006 ) by Steven Goldberg : Fads and Fallacies In The Name Of `` Race Does Not Exist '' Clearly , the various flavors of the Race Does Not Exist argument that have become immensely popular since the publication of The Bell Curve in 1994 are intended to head off the idea that the white-black IQ gap is probably partly genetic .
But I can never make sense of exactly how that ’ s supposed to work , except in the most hand-waving form .
For example , from the Review of General Psychology : … In conjunction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , these fundamental issues led many critics to conclude that attempts to show a hereditary basis for group differences were both scientifically futile and constituted “ epistemological violence ” ( Teo , 2008 ) .
This long history of scholarly critique implies that there was indeed a published literature to be countered and there were important scientific reasons why claims of Black inferiority might be rejected .
Hereditarians often ignore that human variation is clinal : “ Because traits change gradually and continuously across geographic space in a cline , one can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; the placement of any dividing line will be arbitrary ” ( Fujimura et al.
, 2014 , p. 210 ) .
Physical anthropologists achieved consensus that human variation was clinal , not categorical ( American Association of Physical Anthropologists [ AAPA ] , 2019 ) .
For example , in the Sahara desert there is a cline ( i.e.
, inclination ) where the further south an oasis is on a caravan route , the blacker its inhabitants tend to be .
But , in the big picture , so what ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sahara .
Look , let ’ s be honest .
One big reason that so many people of Establishment views are so worked up over blacks vs. whites is not because blacks and whites are so hard to tell apart but because they are so easy .
David Reich compared how 23andMe customers in the U.S. self-identified racially and how their genes turned out and found that those self-identifying as black were 385 times blacker genetically than those self-identifying as white .
This is not to say that there aren ’ t some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white or that there are whites who misleadingly self-identify as black .
But there aren ’ t all that many .
Heck , when a white is found to have wrongly self-identified as black , it ’ s national news .
Most recently , some hereditarians have argued that they can define “ race ” arbitrarily ( Winegard et al.
, 2020 ) .
Hereditarian equivocation about defining race dodges the crucial point : at no time have hereditarians shown that those Black Americans who have taken the IQ tests they report on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Geneticists have known for nearly 70 years that they are not ( Glass & Li , 1953 ; Stern , 1953 ) .
They ’ re not ?
This reminds me of a George Carlin sketch : '' There are a couple of terms being used a lot these days by guilty white liberals .
First one is , happens to be .
He happens to be black .
I have a friend , who happens to be black .
Like it 's a fuckin accident , ya know ?
`` https @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carlin 's Ghost ( @ OldFuckGCG ) September 14 , 2019 I ’ m always in favor of more informations .
So I ’ m happy that lately we are starting to get genetic information on IQ test takers , such as this extraordinary database of 9,498 young people in the Philadelphia area .
We will be getting more data like this .

Earlier (2006) by Steven Goldberg: Fads and Fallacies In The Name Of "Race Does Not Exist"
Clearly, the various flavors of the Race Does Not Exist argument that have become immensely popular since the publication of The Bell Curve in 1994 are intended to head off the idea that the white-black IQ gap is probably partly genetic. But I can never make sense of exactly how that’s supposed to work, except in the most hand-waving form. For example, from the Review of General Psychology:
… In conjunction with the serious problems of racial categories, these fundamental issues led many critics to conclude that attempts to show a hereditary basis for group differences were both scientifically futile and constituted “epistemological violence” (Teo, 2008). This long history of scholarly critique implies that there was indeed a published literature to be countered and there were important scientific reasons why claims of Black inferiority might be rejected. Hereditarians often ignore that human variation is clinal: “Because traits change gradually and continuously across geographic space in a cline, one cannot objectively divide a cline into discrete categories; the placement of any dividing line will be arbitrary” (Fujimura et al., 2014, p. 210). Physical anthropologists achieved consensus that human variation was clinal, not categorical (American Association of Physical Anthropologists [AAPA], 2019).
For example, in the Sahara desert there is a cline (i.e., inclination) where the farther south an oasis is on a caravan route, the blacker its inhabitants tend to be. But, in the big picture, so what? Not many people live in the Western Sahara.
Look, let’s be honest. One big reason that so many people of Establishment views are so worked up over blacks vs. whites is not because blacks and whites are so hard to tell apart but because they are so easy.
After World War II, population genetics revolutionized how scientists conceived of human variation (Jackson & Depew, 2017; Lipphardt, 2012, 2014). Jensen (1969) offered little novelty to claims of Black racial inferiority of intelligence except his use of the language of population genetics (Richards, 2012, pp. 307–328). Throughout his career, Jensen (1969, 1973, 1981, 1998) argued that folk races could be understood as genetic populations and borrowed the measure of heritability directly from geneticists. Herrnstein and Murray (1994) completely abandoned this approach, using racial self-identification alone (p. 271).
David Reich compared how 23andMe customers in the U.S. self-identified racially and how their genes turned out and found that those self-identifying as black were 385 times blacker genetically than those self-identifying as white.
This is not to say that there aren’t some mostly black people who misleadingly self-identify as white or that there are whites who misleadingly self-identify as black. But there aren’t all that many. Heck, when a white is found to have wrongly self-identified as black, it’s national news.
Most recently, some hereditarians have argued that they can define “race” arbitrarily (Winegard et al., 2020). Hereditarian equivocation about defining race dodges the crucial point: at no time have hereditarians shown that those Black Americans who have taken the IQ tests they report on are members of the same breeding population. Geneticists have known for nearly 70 years that they are not (Glass & Li, 1953; Stern, 1953).
They’re not? This reminds me of a George Carlin sketch:
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And no hereditarian has ever argued that White Americans are a breeding population (Jorion, 1999). Without genetic information on the individuals tested by IQ tests, it should be impossible to draw genetic conclusions from those tests. This may be a major factor why geneticists largely reject the conclusions of hereditarian psychology as we discuss below.
I’m always in favor of more information. So I’m happy that lately we are starting to get genetic information on IQ test takers, such as this extraordinary database of 9,498 young people in the Philadelphia area.
We will be getting more data like this.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-12--“Whatever Happened To Immigration?” If Neocon Matthew Continetti Has Noticed, Why Hasn’t The Trump C

“Whatever Happened To Immigration?” If Neocon Matthew Continetti Has Noticed, Why Hasn’t The Trump Campaign?

Whatever happened to immigration ?
It ’ s not just VDARE.com asking : neocon Matthew Continetti just raised exactly the same question in a powerful Washington Free Beacon column [ Whatever Happened to Immigration ?
, October 9 , 2020 ] .
The moderators at the Trump-Biden and Pence-Harris debates asked not a question about it .
But Rush Limbaugh , during his radio rally with Trump , did discuss it at length and there are some signs Trump might be waking up , Still , time is running out for him to make immigration the decisive issue it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that triggered the grassroots rebellion against the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations , and against congressional supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants , culminating in Trump 's 2016 primary victory , ” Continetti wrote .
( Incredibly , he is Never-Trumper Bill Kristol ’ s son-in-law , but has consistently been sensible about immigration ) .
The same day , Limbaugh reminded Trump that the debates ignored immigration and gun control that are “ strong areas of yours where the American people are with you by a massive majority support number.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and discussed chain migration and Open Borders .
Also last week , he tweeted about his immigration moratorium and roasted Harris in an interview : “ She wants to open up the borders to allow killers and murderers and rapists to pour into our country , ” he said [ Donald Trump Says Kamala Harris Is a 'Communist ' and a 'Monster ' Who Wants to Open Up Borders , by Katharine Fung , Newsweek , October 8 , 2020 ] .
Fair enough .
But Trump must do much more , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe , and Pence ’ s with Willie Brown ’ s ex , shows why .
The only matter even remotely connected to immigration during the debates was Trump ’ s ban on travel from China after the Flu Manchu hit the U.S. “ If we would ’ ve listened to you , the country would have been left wide open , millions of people would have died , not 200,000 , ” Trump shot back at Joe Biden .
The president also mocked Biden for calling the China travel ban “ xenophobic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solid lines that resonate with Americans .
The message : Biden ’ s party is so committed to Open Borders to bring in new Democrat voters it would refuse to protect our citizens from foreign diseases [ Yes , Biden Called Trump ’ s Travel Restrictions Xenophobic , by Isaac Schorr , National Review , September 14 , 2020 ] .
Mistake was , neither Trump nor Pence wounded their opponents by forcing their hands on e.g .
the Democrats ’ plans to increase immigration , or the president ’ s temporary immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chris Wallace for Fox News and Susan Page for USA Today , are to blame for not asking questions about immigration .
And that wasn ’ t likely an inadvertent oversight : the Main Stream Media is quite simply on the Democrats ’ side , and immigration is an issue they want to avoid .
As Democratic strategist David Shor has explained frankly : So the moderators were just being good Democrats , as they were on other tough issues and in frequently interrupting Trump and Pence on behalf of Biden and Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Presidential Debates won ’ t help .
It picked former C-Span ’ s Steve Scully , a former Biden intern , to moderate the now-canceled second debate , and selected NBC ’ s Kristen Welker for the third .
The commission is so biased it supported Scully ’ s laughable claim that someone hacked his Twitter account when his tweet to spiteful NeverTrumper Anthony Scaramucci surfaced [ Steve Scully has history of blaming 'hackers ' for posts made on his Twitter account , by Joseph A. Wulfsohn , Fox News , October 8 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GOP Establishment Man Bob Dole said the supposedly bipartisan debate commission doesn ’ t have a single Trump supporter .
But none of that is an excuse for Trump and Pence .
They know the moderators are hopelessly biased and that they must bring up subjects the moderators won ’ t .
Biden and Harris offer plenty of material .
Their Open-Borders agenda is extremely unpopular , which means Trump must champion his temporary immigration moratorium that protected more than half a million American jobs .
Roughly two-thirds of Americans support it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 percent of Americans oppose it [ Poll shows growing disconnect over Trump 's hard-line immigration policies , by Alan Gomez , USA Today , August 12 , 2020 ] .
The moratorium puts Trump on the side of American workers .
By opposing it , Biden would side with cheap foreign labor and its lobby on Capitol Hill .
Trump can also force the Democrats to admit they want Open Borders .
Harris , for instance , backed the decriminalization of illegal immigration during the primary .
Only 27 percent of Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NewsHour/Marist Poll , July 17 , 2019 ] .
Neocon Continetti showed just how extreme Biden and Harris are : [ T ] urn to the Biden-Harris campaign website .
There , the Democrats write that they would “ rescind the un-American travel and refugee bans , also referred to as ‘ Muslim bans.
’ ” They would “ end Trump ’ s detrimental asylum policies , ” including the Migrant Protection Protocols .
They would reverse the public charge rule , which makes it harder for welfare beneficiaries to become permanent residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border wall and “ direct federal resources to smart border enforcement efforts , like investments in improving screening infrastructure at our ports of entry.
” They would reinstate the DACA protections for illegal immigrants brought here as children , and for their parents .
And Biden and Harris would “ create a roadmap to citizenship , ” not permanent legal residency , for the remaining millions of illegal immigrants “ who register , are up-to-date on their taxes , and pass a background check.
” In short , a President Biden would return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
With this difference : Biden , unlike Obama , would be dealing with a Democratic Party whose left wing has been radicalized and includes prominent officials who support such extreme measures as decriminalizing border crossing and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
Senator Harris herself has called for “ restructuring ” ICE ( and for abolishing private health insurance , banning fracking , and imposing universal background checks for gun purchases through administrative fiat ) .
The leftward drift of the Democrats makes immigration politics more fraught , and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump phenomenon , Biden and Harris are eager to reinstate the exact policies that gave birth to it ?
But Trump or Pence left all that gold in the mine !
Again , before last week ’ s tweet , Trump had seemingly forgotten about his moratorium .
It didn ’ t feature in his lengthy RNC address , and he ’ s ignored it at rallies .
But failing to force a discussion of immigration at the debate has been his most costly error .
The most charitable and likely explanation is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprepared .
He also failed to sufficiently explain Critical Race Theory and other topics .
Pence is another matter .
He became a key Amnesty booster during the 2006-7 congressional immigration battle and would have permitted Corporate American to write immigration policy .
Despite backing Trump ’ s policies , his priorities are not America First .
He can ’ t be trusted .
Trump faces Biden ( and moderator Welker ) on Oct. 22 .
If she raises immigration , she ’ ll likely try to corner him on the “ kids-in-cages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He shouldn ’ t rise to that bait .
If Welker unwisely brings it up , he can hang it on Biden .
Trump merely housed kids in an Obama-era facility [ Barack ’ s ICE chief : Cages were Obama ’ s idea , by Paul Bedard , Washington Examiner , June 25 , 2019 ] .
Whatever Welker does , Trump must hit Biden on these points : • He will dismantle the wall Trump has constructed ; • He opposed the immigration moratorium that protected half-a-million jobs ; • He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labor ; and • He would give citizenship to millions of illegal aliens • Will Biden secure the border ?
If so , how ?
• Will Biden stop cheap labor imports ?
If so , how ?
If not , why not ?
• Will Biden close the border if another global pandemic strikes ?
If not , why not ?
A brutal attack on immigration , citing the Biden-Harris website , could give Trump a solid debate victory heading into an election just 12 days away .
But the key is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s loaded questions , and pulling back the curtain on Biden ’ s open-borders agenda .
My sources say Trump is eager to pursue cultural war messaging to rev up his base for Election Day .
Good idea .
But hammering Biden on immigration from now until then is the key to a second term .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Whatever happened to immigration? It’s not just VDARE.com asking: neocon Matthew Continetti just raised exactly the same question in a powerful Washington Free Beacon column [Whatever Happened to Immigration?, October 9, 2020]. The moderators at the Trump-Biden and Pence-Harris debates asked not a question about it. But Rush Limbaugh, during his radio rally with Trump, did discuss it at length and there are some signs Trump might be waking up. Still, time is running out for him to make immigration the decisive issue it was in 2016.
“It was immigration that triggered the grassroots rebellion against the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, and against congressional supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants, culminating in Trump's 2016 primary victory,” Continetti wrote. (Incredibly, he is Never-Trumper Bill Kristol’s son-in-law, but has consistently been sensible about immigration.)
The same day, Limbaugh reminded Trump that the debates ignored immigration and gun control that are “strong areas of yours where the American people are with you by a massive majority support number.”
Of course, Trump agreed, and discussed chain migration and Open Borders. Also last week, he tweeted about his immigration moratorium and roasted Harris in an interview: “She wants to open up the borders to allow killers and murderers and rapists to pour into our country,” he said [Donald Trump Says Kamala Harris Is a 'Communist' and a 'Monster' Who Wants to Open Up Borders, by Katharine Fung, Newsweek, October 8, 2020].
My highly regarded Executive Order protected 525,000 American jobs during the height of the Chinese Plague. Democrats want to have Open Borders! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
Fair enough. But Trump must do much more, and a review of his bout with Sundown Joe, and Pence’s with Willie Brown’s ex, shows why. The only matter even remotely connected to immigration during the debates was Trump’s ban on travel from China after the Flu Manchu hit the U.S.
“If we would’ve listened to you, the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, not 200,000,” Trump shot back at Joe Biden. The president also mocked Biden for calling the China travel ban “xenophobic” and “racist.”
Said Pence:
Trump did what no other American president had ever done. He suspended all travel from China. … Biden opposed that decision. He said it was xenophobic and hysterical. But I can tell you, having led the white house coronavirus task force, that that decision alone by President Trump bought us invaluable time to stand up the greatest national mobilization since World War Two.
Those were solid lines that resonate with Americans. The message: Biden’s party is so committed to Open Borders to bring in new Democrat voters it would refuse to protect our citizens from foreign diseases [Yes, Biden Called Trump’s Travel Restrictions Xenophobic, by Isaac Schorr, National Review, September 14, 2020].
Mistake was, neither Trump nor Pence wounded their opponents by forcing their hands on e.g., the Democrats’ plans to increase immigration, or the president’s temporary immigration moratorium.
Granted, the moderators, Chris Wallace for Fox News and Susan Page for USA Today, are to blame for not asking questions about immigration. And that wasn’t likely an inadvertent oversight: the Main Stream Media is quite simply on the Democrats’ side, and immigration is an issue they want to avoid. As Democratic strategist David Shor has explained frankly:
Non-college-educated whites, on average, have very conservative views on immigration, and generally conservative racial attitudes. But they have center-left views on economics; they support universal health care and minimum-wage increases. So I think Democrats need to talk about the issues they are with us on, and try really hard not to talk about the issues where we disagree. Which, in practice, means not talking about immigration. [David Shor’s Unified Theory of American Politics, by Eric Levitz, New York, July 17, 2020]
So the moderators were just being good Democrats, as they were on other tough issues and in frequently interrupting Trump and Pence on behalf of Biden and Harris.
Of course, the Commission on Presidential Debates won’t help. It picked former C-Span’s Steve Scully, a former Biden intern, to moderate the now-canceled second debate, and selected NBC’s Kristen Welker for the third. The commission is so biased it supported Scully’s laughable claim that someone hacked his Twitter account when his tweet to spiteful NeverTrumper Anthony Scaramucci surfaced [Steve Scully has history of blaming 'hackers' for posts made on his Twitter account, by Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Fox News, October 8, 2020].
Even the ultimate GOP Establishment Man Bob Dole said the supposedly bipartisan debate commission doesn’t have a single Trump supporter.
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But none of that is an excuse for Trump and Pence. They know the moderators are hopelessly biased and that they must bring up subjects the moderators won’t.
Biden and Harris offer plenty of material. Their Open-Borders agenda is extremely unpopular, which means Trump must champion his temporary immigration moratorium that protected more than half a million American jobs. Roughly two-thirds of Americans support it, including a plurality of Democrats. Only 15 percent of Americans oppose it [Poll shows growing disconnect over Trump's hard-line immigration policies, by Alan Gomez, USA Today, August 12, 2020].
The moratorium puts Trump on the side of American workers. By opposing it, Biden would side with cheap foreign labor and its lobby on Capitol Hill.
Trump can also force the Democrats to admit they want Open Borders. Harris, for instance, backed the decriminalization of illegal immigration during the primary. Only 27 percent of Americans support such a ridiculous idea [NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, July 17, 2019].
Neocon Continetti showed just how extreme Biden and Harris are:
[T]urn to the Biden-Harris campaign website. There, the Democrats write that they would “rescind the un-American travel and refugee bans, also referred to as ‘Muslim bans.’” They would “end Trump’s detrimental asylum policies,” including the Migrant Protection Protocols. They would reverse the public charge rule, which makes it harder for welfare beneficiaries to become permanent residents. They would halt construction of the border wall and “direct federal resources to smart border enforcement efforts, like investments in improving screening infrastructure at our ports of entry.” They would reinstate the DACA protections for illegal immigrants brought here as children, and for their parents. And Biden and Harris would “create a roadmap to citizenship,” not permanent legal residency, for the remaining millions of illegal immigrants “who register, are up-to-date on their taxes, and pass a background check.” In short, a President Biden would return immigration policy to the status quo before Trump. With this difference: Biden, unlike Obama, would be dealing with a Democratic Party whose left wing has been radicalized and includes prominent officials who support such extreme measures as decriminalizing border crossing and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Senator Harris herself has called for “restructuring” ICE (and for abolishing private health insurance, banning fracking, and imposing universal background checks for gun purchases through administrative fiat). The leftward drift of the Democrats makes immigration politics more fraught, and more polarizing. Having learned nothing from the Trump phenomenon, Biden and Harris are eager to reinstate the exact policies that gave birth to it?
But Trump or Pence left all that gold in the mine!
Again, before last week’s tweet, Trump had seemingly forgotten about his moratorium. It didn’t feature in his lengthy RNC address, and he’s ignored it at rallies.
But failing to force a discussion of immigration at the debate has been his most costly error. The most charitable and likely explanation is that Trump was (as usual) unprepared. He also failed to sufficiently explain Critical Race Theory and other topics.
Pence is another matter. He became a key Amnesty booster during the 2006-7 congressional immigration battle and would have permitted Corporate American to write immigration policy. Despite backing Trump’s policies, his priorities are not America First. He can’t be trusted.
Trump faces Biden (and moderator Welker) on Oct. 22. If she raises immigration, she’ll likely try to corner him on the “kids-in-cages” lie and immigrant sob stories. He shouldn’t rise to that bait. If Welker unwisely brings it up, he can hang it on Biden. Trump merely housed kids in an Obama-era facility [Barack’s ICE chief: Cages were Obama’s idea, by Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, June 25, 2019].
Whatever Welker does, Trump must hit Biden on these points:
He opposed the China travel ban;
He opposes a wall to stop illegal immigration;
He will dismantle the wall Trump has constructed;
He opposed the immigration moratorium that protected half-a-million jobs;
He backs Open Borders and importing more cheap labor; and
He would give citizenship to millions of illegal aliens
Then Trump must demand answers:
Will Biden secure the border? If so, how?
Will Biden stop cheap labor imports? If so, how? If not, why not?
Will Biden deport only “criminal” illegal aliens?
Do MS-13 gang members deserve amnesty?
Will Biden close the border if another global pandemic strikes? If not, why not?
A brutal attack on immigration, citing the Biden-Harris website, could give Trump a solid debate victory heading into an election just 12 days away. But the key is preparation, challenging the premises of Welker’s loaded questions, and pulling back the curtain on Biden’s open-borders agenda.
My sources say Trump is eager to pursue cultural war messaging to rev up his base for Election Day. Good idea.
But hammering Biden on immigration from now until then is the key to a second term.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.