vdare--2020-06-30--"Karen Shaming" As Interracial Intimidation

It 's very handy to have well-known phrases for social phenomena .
A well-crafted phrase can clarify our thinking about a phenomenon , help us see it as what it truly is .
A couple of the best such phrases to emerge in recent years are `` virtue signalling '' ( except that we seem unable to agree on how to spell `` signalling , '' one `` l '' or two ) and `` narrative collapse . ''
For readers who 've just wakened from a Rip Van Winkle-style twenty-year sleep , virtue signalling is a species of what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' where you raise your moral standing in your peer groups by cost-free speech or actions .
Narrative collapse is what happens at that point in the news cycle when the gentle black giant or winsome black teenager who suffered some misfortune at the hands of a white person turns out to be a low-life thug with a drug habit and a rap sheet .
Watching this week 's clip of the lady in Seattle going into high hysterics after being confronted by a black guy over some kind of trivial negative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a phrase for this .
It is , after all , looking to be a thing .
The business of Amy Cooper and her dog in New York City 's Central Park four weeks ago was very similar .
That was the episode that introduced the general public to the tag `` Karen , '' indicating a white woman asserting her white privilege .
So perhaps the phrase we 're seeking here is something like `` Karen abuse '' or `` Karen shaming . ''
These two incidents—that one in New York and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guess , the tip of a very big iceberg .
I can recall from private conversations across many decades , hearing stories from white women who have felt intimidated to the point of high nervousness , if not actually shrieking hysteria , by the behavior of black men in a one-on-one encounter .
In some of these episodes , as I 've heard about them , the black guy is not at fault in any way .
An office colleague , a young white female New Yorker of properly liberal sensibilities , once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alone in an elevator , and a large black guy got in , and the two of them rode a few floors together , she felt highly uncomfortable .
`` What , '' I asked her , `` in a way you would n't feel if it was a small Asian guy ? ''
Yes , she admitted .
She was obviously wracked with guilt about what she had just confessed .
Just as obviously , there is not necessarily any fault here on the part of the black guy .
You have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know about this ; and that black men of a certain temperament have malicious fun with it .
With the advent of the smartphone and the ability to make video recordings and post them , the temptation to stage a Karen-shaming incident must , to a certain personality type , be irresistible .
There is also the element of revenge .
Black Americans are taught in our schools and colleges to be angry about slavery and Jim Crow .
It 's not surprising that some blacks , as adults , are looking for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surprising is that most blacks are n't . )
White kids , undergoing that same education , are taught that they share responsibility somehow for all that cruelty and oppression , so a corresponging proportion of them arrive in adult life loaded with racial guilt .
The guilt is mixed with fear , though .
Most whites , by the time they arrive at adulthood , know the Great Unmentionable of social life in our country : that blacks are , in the statistical generality , a whole order of magnitude more violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there , with smartphone in hand , you have the ingredients for a perfect Karen-shaming .
Locate a Karen ; get alone with her ; pick a quarrel , all the while maintaining a cool middle-class non-ghetto demeanor with just the merest slight seasoning of aggression ; press the quarrel to the point where her personality disintegrates ; force her to a virtue-signalling punch line if possible—the Seattle lady started yelling that she has a black husband , although whether she actually does or not , I have n't been able to ascertain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media .
Hey , it 's fun !
With any luck , the Karen will be identified and fired from her job—that 's the real prize , the cherry on the revenge cookie .
Even if she does n't get fired , though , you 've Karen-shamed her : made her look like a hysterical nitwit — and , best of all , a racist !
—to millions of viewers .
How sweet it is !

It's very handy to have well-known phrases for social phenomena. A well-crafted phrase can clarify our thinking about a phenomenon, help us see it as what it truly is.
A couple of the best such phrases to emerge in recent years are "virtue signalling" (except that we seem unable to agree on how to spell "signalling," one "l" or two) and "narrative collapse."
For readers who've just wakened from a Rip Van Winkle-style twenty-year sleep, virtue signalling is a species of what used to be called "cheap grace," where you raise your moral standing in your peer groups by cost-free speech or actions. Narrative collapse is what happens at that point in the news cycle when the gentle black giant or winsome black teenager who suffered some misfortune at the hands of a white person turns out to be a low-life thug with a drug habit and a rap sheet.
Watching this week's clip of the lady in Seattle going into high hysterics after being confronted by a black guy over some kind of trivial negative encounter, I'm thinking we need a phrase for this. It is, after all, looking to be a thing.
Clip: "Karen! You're not going to sit there and flip me off…" etc., etc.
The business of Amy Cooper and her dog in New York City's Central Park four weeks ago was very similar. That was the episode that introduced the general public to the tag "Karen," indicating a white woman asserting her white privilege. So perhaps the phrase we're seeking here is something like "Karen abuse" or "Karen shaming."
These two incidents—that one in New York and this one in Seattle—are, I would guess, the tip of a very big iceberg. I can recall from private conversations across many decades, hearing stories from white women who have felt intimidated to the point of high nervousness, if not actually shrieking hysteria, by the behavior of black men in a one-on-one encounter.
In some of these episodes, as I've heard about them, the black guy is not at fault in any way. An office colleague, a young white female New Yorker of properly liberal sensibilities, once confessed to me that if she was alone in an elevator, and a large black guy got in, and the two of them rode a few floors together, she felt highly uncomfortable.
"What," I asked her, "in a way you wouldn't feel if it was a small Asian guy?" Yes, she admitted.
She was obviously wracked with guilt about what she had just confessed. Just as obviously, there is not necessarily any fault here on the part of the black guy.
You have to suspect, though, that blacks know about this; and that black men of a certain temperament have malicious fun with it. With the advent of the smartphone and the ability to make video recordings and post them, the temptation to stage a Karen-shaming incident must, to a certain personality type, be irresistible.
There is also the element of revenge. Black Americans are taught in our schools and colleges to be angry about slavery and Jim Crow. It's not surprising that some blacks, as adults, are looking for revenge against Whitey. (What's surprising is that most blacks aren't.)
White kids, undergoing that same education, are taught that they share responsibility somehow for all that cruelty and oppression, so a corresponding proportion of them arrive in adult life loaded with racial guilt.
The guilt is mixed with fear, though. Most whites, by the time they arrive at adulthood, know the Great Unmentionable of social life in our country: that blacks are, in the statistical generality, a whole order of magnitude more violent and dangerous than other races.
And there, with smartphone in hand, you have the ingredients for a perfect Karen-shaming.
Locate a Karen; get alone with her; pick a quarrel, all the while maintaining a cool middle-class non-ghetto demeanor with just the merest slight seasoning of aggression; press the quarrel to the point where her personality disintegrates; force her to a virtue-signalling punch line if possible—the Seattle lady started yelling that she has a black husband, although whether she actually does or not, I haven't been able to ascertain—then post the whole thing on social media. Hey, it's fun!
With any luck, the Karen will be identified and fired from her job—that's the real prize, the cherry on the revenge cookie. Even if she doesn't get fired, though, you've Karen-shamed her: made her look like a hysterical nitwit—and, best of all, a racist!—to millions of viewers. How sweet it is!


vdare--2020-06-30--VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow Remembers His Role In The Great Tom Sowell’s Brilliant Career And Wi

VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow Remembers His Role In The Great Tom Sowell’s Brilliant Career And Wishes Him A Happy 90th Birthday!

Thomas Sowell turns 90 today .
I most sincerely wish him Many Happy Returns .
I summarized our relationship when he stopped writing his column in VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow : My Role In Thomas Sowell 's Brilliant Career ; below we list more of my own and VDARE.com ’ s coverage of him .
Sowell is also mentioned in my Time To Rethink Immigration , first published in National Review , June 22 , 1992 ; and in For Whom the Bell Tolls , my October 24 , 1994 Forbes Magazine article on The Bell Curve ( originally slated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forbes wimped out ) .
And this is the epigraph to the `` Immigration Has Consequences : Cultural , Social , Environmental ... '' chapter of my 1995 book Alien Nation : Common Sense About America 's Immigration Disaster ( still available in Kindle ! )
: The most obvious fact about the history of racial and ethnic groups is how different they have been — and still are… Human differences are often assumed away in social theories ...
But this fashionable view of society ignores the fact that groups may carry their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country— a very different message from those who live cheek-by-jowl with them in the same society and sit next to them in the same school rooms or on the same factory assembly line .
The Economics and Politics of Race : An International Perspective See also Alien Nation Review : Lofty Rhetoric Or Hard Facts ?
by Thomas Sowell , May 18 , 1995 • Michelle Malkin : Thank You , Professor Sowell , December 27 , 2016 on Sowell ’ s retirement .
• Thomas Sowell On Economics And Immigration , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Thomas Sowell On The Amnesty Threat : `` Maybe There Are Just Too Many Clever GOP Consultants Inside The Beltway '' by James Fulford , February 4 , 2014 • Thomas Sowell On The War On Christmas , by Paul Nachman , December 25 , 2012 • Thomas Sowell Covers Both The War On Christmas And Immigration In One Paragraph , by Paul Nachman , December 10 , 2014 • Great Thomas Sowell Column On Immigration - America needs Him 10,000X , by Paul Nachman November 29 , 2011 • Thomas Sowell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by Paul Nachman , February 05 , 2008 • Superstar Economist Thomas Sowell On The CHARLIE HEBDO Attacks : `` Diversity In Action '' , by Paul Nachman , January 21 , 2015 • Thomas Sowell On Europe 's Immigration Fecklessness : `` Europe Has Been Belatedly Discovering How Unbelievably Stupid It Was ... '' Paul Nachman , April 28 , 2015

Thomas Sowell turns 90 today. I most sincerely wish him Many Happy Returns. I summarized our relationship when he stopped writing his column in VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow: My Role In Thomas Sowell's Brilliant Career; below we list more of my own and VDARE.com’s coverage of him.
Sowell is also mentioned in my Time To Rethink Immigration, first published in National Review, June 22, 1992; and in For Whom the Bell Tolls, my October 24, 1994 Forbes Magazine article on The Bell Curve (originally slated to be a cover story but Steve Forbes wimped out).
And this is the epigraph to the "Immigration Has Consequences: Cultural, Social, Environmental..." chapter of my 1995 book Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster (still available in Kindle!):
The most obvious fact about the history of racial and ethnic groups is how different they have been — and still are… Human differences are often assumed away in social theories...But this fashionable view of society ignores the fact that groups may carry their own messages with them from country to country — a very different message from those who live cheek-by-jowl with them in the same society and sit next to them in the same school rooms or on the same factory assembly line. — THOMAS SOWELL, The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective
See also Alien Nation Review: Lofty Rhetoric Or Hard Facts? by Thomas Sowell, May 18, 1995
Elsewhere on VDARE.com:


vdare--2020-06-30--Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Jim Goad, Wednesday, 3 p.m. EST

On Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST , our latest episode of “ Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow ” will livestream @ @ @ @ @ joined by iconoclastic author Jim Goad !
They will talk about the George Floyd riots @ @ @ @ @ and the increasingly open war on whites by America ’ s elites .
Be sure @ @ @ @ @ conversation !
You can join the conversation here .
Watch our past episodes of “ @ @ @ @ @ ” :

On Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST, our latest episode of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow” will livestream. Mr. Brimelow will be joined by iconoclastic author Jim Goad!
They will talk about the George Floyd riots, tearing down of statues and the increasingly open war on whites by America’s elites.
Be sure to tune for this important conversation!
You can join the conversation here.
Watch our past episodes of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow”:


vdare--2020-06-29--Peter Brimelow On The Latest Trump  White Supremacy "Scandal"—Has Anyone SEEN How These Biden Suppor

Peter Brimelow On The Latest Trump  White Supremacy "Scandal"—Has Anyone SEEN How These Biden Supporters Behave?

Here 's what I tweeted about the latest Trump `` scandal '' , screenshotted in case Twitter deletes it .
@ @ @ @ @ deletes video that includes protester shouting 'white power ' , by Justine Coleman , The @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ] Results for `` black power '' in the Google News : About 112,000 @ @ @ @ @ Opinion : When the protests are over , Black power will be what matters , @ @ @ @ @ Louisville Courier-Journal , June 24 2020 .
Why is it OK to say `` black @ @ @ @ @ white power ' ?

Here's what I tweeted about the latest Trump "scandal," screenshotted in case Twitter deletes it [Trump retweets, then deletes video that includes protester shouting 'white power', by Justine Coleman, The Hill, June 28, 2020].
Results for "black power" in the Google News: About 112,000 results. One example: Opinion: When the protests are over, Black power will be what matters, by Ricky L. Jones, Louisville Courier-Journal, June 24 2020. Why is it OK to say "black power" but not "white power"?


vdare--2020-06-29--Girdusky & Hill: Elite Arrogance Created Trump/ Brexit Moment—And They’re STILL Arrogant. What Next?

Earlier : Eatwell and Goodwin ’ s NATIONAL POPULISM—The Revolt Is Real , And Reasonable You need not be an astute political observer to know that 2016 was a seminal event in world history .
In the United Kingdom , more than 17 million Britons voted to exit the European Union .
The Brexit vote prevailed 52 percent to 48 .
Then Americans elected Donald Trump , a bombastic real estate tycoon who vowed to build a border wall with Mexico , ban immigration from Muslim-majority countries , and end wars and quixotic nation-building exercises in the Middle East and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Girdusky and Harlan Hill show in They ’ re Not Listening : How the Elites Created the Nationalist Populist Revolution , years of anger and the absolute refusal of global elites to listen to their working and middle class citizens fomented those cataclysmic political events .
attempts to characterize nationalist populism and provide an historical overview of its global appeal .
Neither Girdusky nor Hill is a historian ; in fact , both men are college dropouts ( like Bill Gates ! )
who have turned to journalism and political consultancy .
Hill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but things changed for him when he realized that the Democrats were not the party of working people , but rather the party of Woke white liberals in what author Michael Lind calls , in his book The New Class War , America ’ s hub cities ( think New York , Boston , and Silicon Valley ) .
Now both men are trying to rally the Republican Party to the side of nationalist populism .
What is nationalist populism exactly ?
They ’ re Not Listening answers that question in each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On economics , nationalist populism is centrist ; the ideology is “ supportive of protecting industries like manufacturing , mining , and logging , support [ s ] a welfare state that helps young families and seniors , and [ is ] skeptical of free trade and globalism.
” The libertarian center-right calls many of these measures socialist , while the neoliberal center-left cries “ fascism.
” But whatever they ’ re called , nationalist populist economics are popular with the majority of the American ( and European ) electorate .
• On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill argue that nationalist populism rejects the “ neoconservative worldview ” that demands the United States invade the world-invite the world .
Terrorism and crime would be dealt with via internal security measures such as expanded police forces or the deployment of US soldiers on the country ’ s borders .
• Most important is curtailing immigration—legal and illegal—which takes up most of the book .
Girdusky and Hill show that Americans have voiced their opposition to mass immigration since the 1970s , but the Ruling Class elites in both parties have arrogantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just an American problem .
Illegal Congolese immigration in Angola , the authors report , inspired Angolan voters to press for deportations .
The refugee inundation of Europe , which began after ill-conceived military adventurism in Libya and Syria by the West , led to the rise of nationalist populist parties in the UK , Germany , France , the Netherlands , and even super-tolerant Sweden .
Brazil and Chile have seen similar reactions too , even despite significantly smaller illegal immigrant populations .
While illegal immigration inspires easy soundbites , Girdusky and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to press for more restrictions on legal immigration—which VDARE has advocated from its beginning .
Legal immigration to the United States , not illegal immigration , has led to the greatest peacetime demographic change in world history .
Mass immigration weakens social trust between citizens along inter-racial and intra-racial lines .
Mass immigration , legal and illegal , depresses wages for native-born American workers .
The only people it benefits : large corporations and economic sectors addicted to cheap labor .
The most vocal defenders of mass immigration are cosmopolitan elites who do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as de-industrialization , the loss of jobs and status , and increasing suicide and drug addiction rates .
Girdusky and Hill also point out that white liberal elites tend to be the most vocal supporters of immigration because , unlike every other demographic group , they have a negative perception of their own race .
This toxic combination of elite greed and self-loathing has done much to damage the social fabric of the United States .
They ’ re Not Listening is a clarion call for worldwide elites to listen to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t , then Chapter Nine provides a dire warning : The age of authoritarianism might be around the corner .
And it won ’ t be Trump ’ s fault but that of arrogant cosmopolitans .
They ’ re Not Listening is far from a perfect work .
It is riddled with grammatical and editorial errors ; the book ’ s jacket even features a blurb that misspells Girdusky ’ s name .
However , this is a well-researched polemic that features an astounding 689 footnotes .
It is also a clear-eyed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ timelier , although it written too early to address the Chinese Virus pandemic or the recent Floyd Hoax riots .
If for nothing else , They ’ re Not Listening must be applauded for trying to give Republicans a backbone and the courage to admit that yes , America has a unique culture and a unique people based on history , customs , and folkways .
It is not the sole creation of an 18th-century document .
And it can not necessarily be sustained by people from disparate backgrounds .
Jake Bowyer [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an American college student .

Earlier: Eatwell and Goodwin’s NATIONAL POPULISM—The Revolt Is Real, And Reasonable
You need not be an astute political observer to know that 2016 was a seminal event in world history. In the United Kingdom, more than 17 million Britons voted to exit the European Union. The Brexit vote prevailed 52 percent to 48. Then Americans elected Donald Trump, a bombastic real estate tycoon who vowed to build a border wall with Mexico, ban immigration from Muslim-majority countries, and end wars and quixotic nation-building exercises in the Middle East and Central Asia. As authors Ryan James Girdusky and Harlan Hill show in They’re Not Listening: How the Elites Created the Nationalist Populist Revolution, years of anger and the absolute refusal of global elites to listen to their working and middle class citizens fomented those cataclysmic political events.
They’re Not Listening attempts to characterize nationalist populism and provide an historical overview of its global appeal. Neither Girdusky nor Hill is a historian; in fact, both men are college dropouts (like Bill Gates!) who have turned to journalism and political consultancy. Hill began his public life as a Democrat, but things changed for him when he realized that the Democrats were not the party of working people, but rather the party of Woke white liberals in what author Michael Lind calls, in his book The New Class War, America’s hub cities (think New York, Boston, and Silicon Valley). Now both men are trying to rally the Republican Party to the side of nationalist populism.
What is nationalist populism exactly? They’re Not Listening answers that question in each one of its nine chapters.
On economics, nationalist populism is centrist; the ideology is “supportive of protecting industries like manufacturing, mining, and logging, support[s] a welfare state that helps young families and seniors, and [is] skeptical of free trade and globalism.”
The libertarian center-right calls many of these measures socialist, while the neoliberal center-left cries “fascism.” But whatever they’re called, nationalist populist economics are popular with the majority of the American (and European) electorate.
On national security and defense, Girdusky and Hill argue that nationalist populism rejects the “neoconservative worldview” that demands the United States invade the world-invite the world.
Terrorism and crime would be dealt with via internal security measures such as expanded police forces or the deployment of US soldiers on the country’s borders.
Most important is curtailing immigration—legal and illegal—which takes up most of the book.
Girdusky and Hill show that Americans have voiced their opposition to mass immigration since the 1970s, but the Ruling Class elites in both parties have arrogantly refused to listen.
Immigration is not just an American problem. Illegal Congolese immigration in Angola, the authors report, inspired Angolan voters to press for deportations. The refugee inundation of Europe, which began after ill-conceived military adventurism in Libya and Syria by the West, led to the rise of nationalist populist parties in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and even super-tolerant Sweden.
Brazil and Chile have seen similar reactions too, even despite significantly smaller illegal immigrant populations.
While illegal immigration inspires easy soundbites, Girdusky and Hill want nationalist populist politicians and supporters to press for more restrictions on legal immigration—which VDARE has advocated from its beginning. Legal immigration to the United States, not illegal immigration, has led to the greatest peacetime demographic change in world history. Mass immigration weakens social trust between citizens along inter-racial and intra-racial lines. Mass immigration, legal and illegal, depresses wages for native-born American workers. The only people it benefits: large corporations and economic sectors addicted to cheap labor.
The most vocal defenders of mass immigration are cosmopolitan elites who do not feel the negative effects of it, such as de-industrialization, the loss of jobs and status, and increasing suicide and drug addiction rates.
Girdusky and Hill also point out that white liberal elites tend to be the most vocal supporters of immigration because, unlike every other demographic group, they have a negative perception of their own race. This toxic combination of elite greed and self-loathing has done much to damage the social fabric of the United States.
They’re Not Listening is a clarion call for worldwide elites to listen to their voters. If they don’t, then Chapter Nine provides a dire warning:
If national populists don’t rise through normal democratic means, then they will gravitate to strong men who promise to completely dismantle the current economic and political system.
The age of authoritarianism might be around the corner. And it won’t be Trump’s fault but that of arrogant cosmopolitans.
They’re Not Listening is far from a perfect work. It is riddled with grammatical and editorial errors; the book’s jacket even features a blurb that misspells Girdusky’s name.
However, this is a well-researched polemic that features an astounding 689 footnotes. It is also a clear-eyed and brave book that couldn’t be timelier, although it written too early to address the Chinese Virus pandemic or the recent Floyd Hoax riots.
If for nothing else, They’re Not Listening must be applauded for trying to give Republicans a backbone and the courage to admit that yes, America has a unique culture and a unique people based on history, customs, and folkways.
It is not the sole creation of an 18th-century document. And it cannot necessarily be sustained by people from disparate backgrounds.
Jake Bowyer [Email him] is the pseudonym of an American college student.


vdare--2020-06-29--YouTube Bans American Renaissance

YouTube Bans American Renaissance

Today , without warning , YouTube banned our video and podcast channels .
We had 135,000 video subscribers and close @ @ @ @ @ YouTube also banned other channels , including that of Stefan Molyneux .
This was all @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd .
During the Iron Curtain era , who would have suspected that 30 @ @ @ @ @ muzzling each other ?
It ’ s trite to say this , but shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ those with whom they disagree rather than silence them ?
There is no more graceless @ @ @ @ @ lost the argument than to gag your opponent .
We will be distributing our videos @ @ @ @ @ so for now , please look for our videos at BitChute , and our podcasts @ @ @ @ @ you have not already done so , please send us your email address so we @ @ @ @ @ releases .
Also , I have just joined Parler , and I invite you to @ @ @ @ @ are astonishing times , but the truth will prevail !

Crossposted from American Renaissance.
Today, without warning, YouTube banned our video and podcast channels. We had 135,000 video subscribers and close to 20,000 podcast subscribers. YouTube also banned other channels, including that of Stefan Molyneux. This was all no doubt in honor of George Floyd.
During the Iron Curtain era, who would have suspected that 30 years later Americans would be muzzling each other? It’s trite to say this, but shouldn’t people try to debate those with whom they disagree rather than silence them? There is no more graceless way of admitting you have lost the argument than to gag your opponent.
We will be distributing our videos and podcasts on different platforms so for now, please look for our videos at BitChute, and our podcasts at AmRen.com. And if you have not already done so, please send us your email address so we can alert you to new releases.
Also, I have just joined Parler, and I invite you to follow me here.
These are astonishing times, but the truth will prevail!


vdare--2020-06-29--Patrick J. Buchanan: Now It's Woodrow Wilson's Turn

Now that statues of Presidents Washington , Jefferson , Jackson , Lincoln , Grant and Theodore Roosevelt have been desecrated , vandalized , toppled and smashed , it appears Woodrow Wilson 's time has come .
The cultural revolution has come to the Ivy League .
Though Wilson attended Princeton as an undergraduate , taught there and served from 1902 to 1910 as president , his name is to be removed from Princeton 's School of Public and International Affairs .
And why is this icon of American liberals to be so dishonored ?
Says Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinions and policies make him an inappropriate namesake . ''
Moreover , Wilson 's `` racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time . ''
And what exactly were Wilson 's sins ?
`` Wilson was ... a racist , '' writes Eisgruber , who `` discouraged black applicants from applying to Princeton .
While president of the United States he segregated the previously integrated civil service . ''
Another of Wilson 's crimes was overlooked by Eisgruber .
In February 1915 , following a White House screening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' which depicted the Ku Klux Klan as heroic defenders of white womanhood in the South after the Civil War , a stunned Wilson said : '' It 's like writing history with lightning .
My only regret is that it is all so terribly true . ''
Princeton 's board of trustees has endorsed Eisgruber 's capitulation , declaring that Woodrow Wilson 's `` racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars , students , and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wilson left the U.S. presidency a century ago and has been dead for 96 years , one wonders : Was Princeton unaware that Wilson had resegregated the civil service ?
When did Princeton discover this ?
Wilson 's support of segregation was a matter of record in his own time and is a subject about which every biographer and historian of that period has been aware .
When did Princeton discover that this Southern-born president , the most famous son in the school 's history , like so many of his presidential predecessors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Four years ago , Eisgruber rebuffed student demands to wipe Wilson 's name off the public policy institute , because , as he wrote last week , Wilson `` transformed '' Princeton `` from a sleepy college to a world-class university . ''
Talk of ingratitude !
Woodrow Wilson is being dishonored today by the house that Woodrow Wilson built .
Wilson was also a history-making liberal Democrat , a two-term president who took us into the Great War , advanced his `` 14 Points '' as a basis for peace , became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ championed a League of Nations and won the Nobel Prize for Peace .
True , it did not all work out well .
Sold as `` the war to end war '' and `` to make the world safe for democracy '' Wilson took us in in April 1917 as an associate power of four empires .
And rather than make the world safe for democracy , the war made the world that emerged accessible to Lenin , Stalin , Mussolini and Hitler .
Yet , if Wilson 's disbelief in equality is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Princeton produced from having his name on a public institute , this is likely just the beginning .
The Wilson Center , chartered by Congress in 1968 , a nonpartisan policy forum led today by ex-Congresswoman Jane Harman , is the official memorial to President Wilson in Washington , D.C .
It , too , is likely to be headed for the chopping block .
One of the largest and most integrated public high schools in D.C. is Woodrow Wilson High , which has stood since before World War II in the northwest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name to be changed as well ?
What of the D.C. Beltway 's Wilson Bridge , south of the city , which has brought traffic into , out of and around the capital for decades ?
Will we need a name change there as well ?
Theodore Roosevelt is under fire for his negative views of Native Americans .
Yet , he , too , has a bridge over the Potomac named after him—and a D.C. high school as well .
The Key Bridge connects Georgetown to Virginia 's Lee Highway , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1919 .
The bridge is named after Francis Scott Key , author of `` The Star-Spangled Banner '' and whose statue was lately toppled in Golden Gate Park .
If support for segregation is a disqualification for honor in the new America , is it likely that the oldest of three Senate office buildings on Capitol Hill can remain named for Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia ?
A confidant and ally of President Lyndon Johnson , Russell was a co-signer of the Southern Manifesto of 1956 , which called for `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Russell also voted against every major civil rights bill in his 40 years in the Senate .
If D.C. ever becomes a state surrounding the Capitol , Mall , White House and major monuments , look for the sweeping destruction of statues and monuments and a changing of the names of streets , parks and circles .
Where does the madness end ?
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier (2010) by Pat Buchanan: Woodrow Wilson, Haley Barbour & The Klan
Now that statues of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Theodore Roosevelt have been desecrated, vandalized, toppled and smashed, it appears Woodrow Wilson's time has come.
The cultural revolution has come to the Ivy League.
Though Wilson attended Princeton as an undergraduate, taught there and served from 1902 to 1910 as president, his name is to be removed from Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs.
And why is this icon of American liberals to be so dishonored?
Because Thomas Woodrow Wilson disbelieved in racial equality.
Says Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber [Email him] "Wilson's racist opinions and policies make him an inappropriate namesake." Moreover, Wilson's "racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time."
And what exactly were Wilson's sins?
"Wilson was... a racist," writes Eisgruber, who "discouraged black applicants from applying to Princeton. While president of the United States he segregated the previously integrated civil service."
Another of Wilson's crimes was overlooked by Eisgruber.
In February 1915, following a White House screening of Birth of a Nation, which depicted the Ku Klux Klan as heroic defenders of white womanhood in the South after the Civil War, a stunned Wilson said:
"It's like writing history with lightning. My only regret is that it is all so terribly true."
Princeton's board of trustees has endorsed Eisgruber's capitulation, declaring that Woodrow Wilson's "racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars, students, and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all its forms."
Yet, as Wilson left the U.S. presidency a century ago and has been dead for 96 years, one wonders: Was Princeton unaware that Wilson had resegregated the civil service? When did Princeton discover this?
Wilson's support of segregation was a matter of record in his own time and is a subject about which every biographer and historian of that period has been aware. When did Princeton discover that this Southern-born president, the most famous son in the school's history, like so many of his presidential predecessors, did not believe in integration?
Four years ago, Eisgruber rebuffed student demands to wipe Wilson's name off the public policy institute, because, as he wrote last week, Wilson "transformed" Princeton "from a sleepy college to a world-class university."
Talk of ingratitude! Woodrow Wilson is being dishonored today by the house that Woodrow Wilson built.
Wilson was also a history-making liberal Democrat, a two-term president who took us into the Great War, advanced his "14 Points" as a basis for peace, became an architect of the Versailles Treaty, championed a League of Nations and won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
True, it did not all work out well.
Sold as "the war to end war" and "to make the world safe for democracy," Wilson took us into April 1917 as an associate power of four empires. And rather than make the world safe for democracy, the war made the world that emerged accessible to Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler.
Yet, if Wilson's disbelief in equality is sufficient to get the most famous son Princeton produced from having his name on a public institute, this is likely just the beginning.
The Wilson Center, chartered by Congress in 1968, a nonpartisan policy forum led today by ex-Congresswoman Jane Harman, is the official memorial to President Wilson in Washington, D.C.
It, too, is likely to be headed for the chopping block.
One of the largest and most integrated public high schools in D.C. is Woodrow Wilson High, which has stood since before World War II in the northwest corner of the city. Is that name to be changed as well?
What of the D.C. Beltway's Wilson Bridge, south of the city, which has brought traffic into, out of and around the capital for decades?
Will we need a name change there as well?
Theodore Roosevelt is under fire for his negative views of Native Americans. Yet, he, too, has a bridge over the Potomac named after him—and a D.C. high school as well.
The Key Bridge connects Georgetown to Virginia's Lee Highway, which was named for General Robert E. Lee in 1919. The bridge is named after Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and whose statue was lately toppled in Golden Gate Park.
If support for segregation is a disqualification for honor in the new America, is it likely that the oldest of three Senate office buildings on Capitol Hill can remain named for Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia?
A confidant and ally of President Lyndon Johnson, Russell was a co-signer of the Southern Manifesto of 1956, which called for "massive resistance" to integrating public schools. Russell also voted against every major civil rights bill in his 40 years in the Senate.
If D.C. ever becomes a state surrounding the Capitol, Mall, White House and major monuments, look for the sweeping destruction of statues and monuments and a changing of the names of streets, parks and circles.
Where does the madness end?
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Queen Kamala's Coronation

Her advantage over Elizabeth Warren runs the demographic gamut .
The only exception is among voters under thirty years of age , a notoriously unreliable cohort .
Harris even beats Warren among Democrat primary voters who self-describe as politically liberal .
Harris has a huge advantage over Warren among Hispanics ( 37 % to 16 % ) , a group Biden needs to shore up support with more than any other .
The neo-liberal establishment , including Silicon Valley , is more comfortable with Harris than with Warren .
That Harris now enjoys more popular support than the Massachusetts ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klobuchar , Abrams at this point deemed a bridge too far to be one stroke away from the presidency , and Gretchen Whitmer–who struck us as unimpressive when we handicapped Harris as the most likely VP pick months ago–a total non-starter , suggests a forthcoming Biden/Harris ticket .
“ Kamala Harris will be the Democrat presidential nominee ” we said for years to an understandable mix of incredulity and derision .
When she dropped out of the nomination process before the first state contest commenced , our outrageous audacity atrophied .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our prescience .
Let us then revise that divination .
Kamala Harris will be the Democrat presidential nominee in 2024 .
Speaking of , kindly be reminded of the following prognostications : The destruction of the dollar , the unraveling of the international credit system , and the political dissolution of these disUnited States–because they ’ re all coming , too , and in that order .

Kamala Harris is the people’s choice:
Her advantage over Elizabeth Warren runs the demographic gamut. The only exception is among voters under thirty years of age, a notoriously unreliable cohort. Harris even beats Warren among Democrat primary voters who self-describe as politically liberal. Harris has a huge advantage over Warren among Hispanics (37% to 16%), a group Biden needs to shore up support with more than any other.
The neo-liberal establishment, including Silicon Valley, is more comfortable with Harris than with Warren. That Harris now enjoys more popular support than the Massachusetts’ senator, coupled with fate conspiring against Klobuchar, Abrams at this point deemed a bridge too far to be one stroke away from the presidency, and Gretchen Whitme—who struck us as unimpressive when we handicapped Harris as the most likely VP pick months ago—a total non-starter, suggests a forthcoming Biden/Harris ticket.
“Kamala Harris will be the Democrat presidential nominee” we said for years to an understandable mix of incredulity and derision. When she dropped out of the nomination process before the first state contest commenced, our outrageous audacity atrophied.
But it increasingly looks like we were merely premature in our prescience. Let us then revise that divination. Kamala Harris will be the Democrat presidential nominee in 2024. Speaking of, kindly be reminded of the following prognostications: the destruction of the dollar, the unraveling of the international credit system, and the political dissolution of these disUnited States–because they’re all coming, too, and in that order.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-29--A Mississippi Veteran Writes On The GOP’s Betrayal Of Their Base Over The State Flag

The recent GOP betrayal of Confederate heritage in Mississippi happened in spite of a public poll just before the vote , probably biased in favor of dropping the flag , which showed that a narrow margin favored keeping the flag .
[ Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Retire State Flag Rooted in the Confederacy , by Rick Rojas , NYT , June 28 , 2020 ] The last time this came up , in 2001 , they had a referendum , which favored keeping the flag by a considerably greater margin than a poll at that time .
I think they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One proposal promised to put “ In God We Trust ” on a new flag , which is how they sold it in Georgia—Georgia 's 2003 non-Confederate flag has In God We Trust beneath the seal in pretty fine print .
If they don ’ t have a referendum , that is a bigger betrayal .
The Mississippi Republican Party is dominated by the Chamber of Commerce .
You can see that in the lack of conservative principles and general spinelessness of many Republican office holders , also in some of the primary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am seeing a bit of push back on my Facebook page , which is not favorable to Republican legislators who “ betrayed ” them , and maybe also unfavorable to Mississippi Republicans in general .
The general election in Mississippi will be about supporting Trump , and I am confident he will win Mississippi , but he could be hurt by association with some Republicans and lower turnout by disgruntled Republicans .
A large rally featuring the Governor and other local Republicans could be problematic .
James Fulford writes : Of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of this century .
See It 's also not surprising that in the privacy of the voting booth , Mississippians voted for Southern Heritage at greater numbers than they would admit to pollsters :

From: F. Joe Wheeler [Email him]
The recent GOP betrayal of Confederate heritage in Mississippi happened in spite of a public poll just before the vote, probably biased in favor of dropping the flag, which showed that a narrow margin favored keeping the flag [Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Retire State Flag Rooted in the Confederacy, by Rick Rojas ,NYT, June 28, 2020]. The last time this came up, in 2001, they had a referendum, which favored keeping the flag by a considerably greater margin than a poll at that time.
I think they may have somehow avoided a referendum. One proposal promised to put “In God We Trust” on a new flag, which is how they sold it in Georgia—Georgia's 2003 non-Confederate flag has In God We Trust beneath the seal in pretty fine print.
If they don’t have a referendum, that is a bigger betrayal. The Mississippi Republican Party is dominated by the Chamber of Commerce. You can see that in the lack of conservative principles and general spinelessness of many Republican office holders, also in some of the primary election tactics borrowed from the Democrats.
I am seeing a bit of push back on my Facebook page, which is not favorable to Republican legislators who “betrayed” them, and maybe also unfavorable to Mississippi Republicans in general.
The general election in Mississippi will be about supporting Trump, and I am confident he will win Mississippi, but he could be hurt by association with some Republicans and lower turnout by disgruntled Republicans. A large rally featuring the Governor and other local Republicans could be problematic.
James Fulford writes: Of course, we covered this in the early part of this century. See
It's also not surprising that in the privacy of the voting booth, Mississippians voted for Southern Heritage at greater numbers than they would admit to pollsters:


vdare--2020-06-29--Pittsburgh's Algorithmic Policing Program Predicting Hot Spots For Criminal Activity Suspended For "

Pittsburgh's Algorithmic Policing Program Predicting Hot Spots For Criminal Activity Suspended For "Potential Racial Bias"

Because reality has a well-known racial bias , mechanisms put in place to make the city safer for law-abiding citizens of all races must be abandoned .
Pittsburgh suspends policing program that used algorithms to predict crime ‘ hot spots ’ , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , June 23 , 2020 Citing concerns about potential racial bias , the city of Pittsburgh has suspended an algorithm policing program that predicted “ hot spots ” for criminal activity , and instead will focus any new data-driven programs on deploying social services , according to Mayor Bill Peduto .
The Carnegie Mellon University-developed tool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predict where crime would occur and then dispatch patrols to those areas .
The city began piloting the program in 2017 .
The city has “ no plans to restart it at this time , ” Mr. Peduto wrote in a letter last week to the Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms , hosted by the University of Pittsburgh ’ s Institute for Cyber Law , Policy and Security .
The exact date on which the city public safety officials halted the program and the extent to which they used it previously are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions to the mayor ’ s office .
In a letter to the Peduto administration , the task force commended the decision to pause the program , and criticized the lack of transparency and public engagement around the use of the algorithm .
“ We understand that the decision to adopt the tool in the first instance may have been based on a demonstrated lack of racial bias and promising findings of impact that have not been shared with the public , ” the June 17 letter read .
“ However , without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not and should not achieve meaningful legitimacy.
” Mr. Peduto pointed the task force to his administration ’ s new Office of Community Health and Safety as well as the creation of a Community Task Force on Police Reform .
“ ‘ Hot Spots ’ may benefit from the aid of a social worker , service provider or outreach team , not traditional policing , ” the mayor wrote .
The project was a partnership between CMU and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police , the Pittsburgh Department of Innovation and Performance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a statement from CMU ’ s Metro21 : Smart Cities Institute .
“ The goal of the project was to reduce serious violent crime in Pittsburgh through prevention without increasing arrests by predicting locations — not individuals — at heightened risk of violent crime .
Police patrol activity was then directed to those locations .
The project was run citywide and included all Pittsburgh neighborhoods .
The project concluded in December 2019 , and we are no longer sharing data with the police , ” CMU ’ s statement said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial , demographic or socioeconomic data .
Nor did it use data on individual persons .
The model only used crime offense data for crimes with victims and 911 calls for service .
Using this information , CMU researchers identified chronic hot spots based on the number of serious crimes committed in an area using data from previous years , ” according to the CMU statement .

Earlier: Pittsburgh Anchor Wendy Bell Fired For Inflammatory (I.E. True) Post About Black Mass Shooting
Because reality has a well-known racial bias, mechanisms put in place to make the city safer for law-abiding citizens of all races must be abandoned.
Immediately.
Pittsburgh suspends policing program that used algorithms to predict crime ‘hot spots,’ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 23, 2020
Citing concerns about potential racial bias, the city of Pittsburgh has suspended an algorithm policing program that predicted “hot spots” for criminal activity, and instead will focus any new data-driven programs on deploying social services, according to Mayor Bill Peduto.
The Carnegie Mellon University-developed tool aimed to rely on data sources to predict where crime would occur and then dispatch patrols to those areas. The city began piloting the program in 2017.
The city has “no plans to restart it at this time,” Mr. Peduto wrote in a letter last week to the Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security.
The exact date on which the city public safety officials halted the program and the extent to which they used it previously are unclear.
Public safety officials referred all questions to the mayor’s office.
In a letter to the Peduto administration, the task force commended the decision to pause the program, and criticized the lack of transparency and public engagement around the use of the algorithm.
“We understand that the decision to adopt the tool in the first instance may have been based on a demonstrated lack of racial bias and promising findings of impact that have not been shared with the public,” the June 17 letter read. “However, without transparency and public consultation, this program will not and should not achieve meaningful legitimacy.”
Mr. Peduto pointed the task force to his administration’s new Office of Community Health and Safety as well as the creation of a Community Task Force on Police Reform.
“ ‘Hot Spots’ may benefit from the aid of a social worker, service provider or outreach team, not traditional policing,” the mayor wrote.
The project was a partnership between CMU and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the Pittsburgh Department of Innovation and Performance, and the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, according to a statement from CMU’s Metro21: Smart Cities Institute.
“The goal of the project was to reduce serious violent crime in Pittsburgh through prevention without increasing arrests by predicting locations — not individuals — at heightened risk of violent crime. Police patrol activity was then directed to those locations. The project was run citywide and included all Pittsburgh neighborhoods. The project concluded in December 2019, and we are no longer sharing data with the police,” CMU’s statement said.
The model “did not use racial, demographic or socioeconomic data. Nor did it use data on individual persons. The model only used crime offense data for crimes with victims and 911 calls for service. Using this information, CMU researchers identified chronic hot spots based on the number of serious crimes committed in an area using data from previous years,” according to the CMU statement.


vdare--2020-06-29--Althea Bernstein, Jussie Smollett, and Tawana Brawley: Is This A Hate Hoax Or Firebomb Coverup?

The concept of the Hate Hoax that I might have helped originate in 2004 is definitely a useful one , but it needs to be kept in mind that not every example of Hate Hysteria is a Jussie Smollett-style preplanned hoax .
Some aren ’ t hoaxes at all : for example , when college students reported a Ku Klux Klan dragon was in the science lab , it turned out to be a white dust cover shrouding an instrument .
Others were intentional but not pre-planned .
For example , in the ur-Hate Hoax , 15-year-old Tawana Brawley in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with her boyfriend .
Her parents are furious at her for violating their rules .
So … she starts making up a story which comes to include her being gang-raped by six white cops .
Soon the young Al Sharpton is promoting her story on television , as if he ’ d been hired by Tom Wolfe ’ s publishing house to prove that their new bestseller The Bonfire of the Vanities was ripped from next month ’ s headlines .
My guess is that Althea Bernstein , the 18-year-old part-black young woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jussie Smollett .
She almost certainly didn ’ t come up ahead of time with her story about four “ classic Wisconsin fraternity boys ” spraying her with lighter fluid and setting her on fire .
First , that ’ s a story so implausible that you ’ d have to be as dumb as Princess Meghan to believe it .
Second , Bernstein didn ’ t push the story quickly the night her family made her go to the emergency room for the red marks on her face .
And ever since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media to move on to the part where she , like , forgives her unknown attackers and then everybody just drops the subject , OK ?
Her story has all the hallmarks of a teenager ’ s improvisation to get out of trouble for doing something she wasn ’ t supposed to do , such as , perhaps , go to that night ’ s riot in downtown Madison .
If that ’ s where she was — she claims she wasn ’ t at the riot , she was just driving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad things have been known to happen at riots , such as teenager getting her face marked up with what the hospital emergency room diagnosed as , apparently , blowback from lighter fluid .
Moreover , something very bad happened at the riot that could have turned into something extremely bad .
Somebody , using lighter fluid , firebombed the City County Building in downtown Madison in front of a number of spectators .
The 911 call center had to be evacuated .
Fortunately , the fire was put out before the 180 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freed or die fiery deaths .
This arson set off a political struggle between the liberal Dane County political leaders , who said enough is enough with these Mostly Peaceful Protests , and the extremely liberal Madison political leaders .
You might think the authorities might want to get in touch with anybody who ended up in the emergency room shortly after the lighter fluid-fueled arson of the City County Building with what are said to be lighter fluid-fueled burns to see if that person could assist them in their inquiries .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if there is any connection between the lighter fluid arson at 12:40 am on June 24 and the reported attack with lighter fluid on Ms. Bernstein at 1:00 am on June 24 at an intersection a three minute drive away ?
If Ms. Bernstein ’ s story of a roving gang of four white racist fraternity boys spraying lighter fluid on her biracial body is true , then it would seem likely that the white supremacist Haven Monahans staged a false flag attack on the City County Building to make Antifa and BLM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernstein ’ s story isn ’ t true , perhaps she was a witness to whoever actually did firebomb the jail ?
Enquiring minds want to know .

The concept of the Hate Hoax, which I might have helped originate in 2004 is definitely a useful one, but it needs to be kept in mind that not every example of Hate Hysteria is a Jussie Smollett-style preplanned hoax.
Some aren’t hoaxes at all: For example, when college students reported a Ku Klux Klan dragon was in the science lab, it turned out to be a white dust cover shrouding an instrument.
Others were intentional but not pre-planned. For example, in the ur-Hate Hoax, 15-year-old Tawana Brawley in 1987 gets home late from being out with her boyfriend. Her parents are furious at her for violating their rules. So … she starts making up a story which comes to include her being gang-raped by six white cops. Soon the young Al Sharpton is promoting her story on television, as if he’d been hired by Tom Wolfe’s publishing house to prove that their new bestseller The Bonfire of the Vanities was ripped from next month’s headlines.
My guess is that Althea Bernstein, the 18-year-old part-black young woman in Madison, Wisconsin is not a Jussie Smollett. She almost certainly didn’t come up ahead of time with her story about four “classic Wisconsin fraternity boys” spraying her with lighter fluid and setting her on fire.
First, that’s a story so implausible that you’d have to be as dumb as Princess Meghan to believe it. Second, Bernstein didn’t push the story quickly the night her family made her go to the emergency room for the red marks on her face. And ever since she’s been trying to get the media to move on to the part where she, like, forgives her unknown attackers and then everybody just drops the subject, OK?
Her story has all the hallmarks of a teenager’s improvisation to get out of trouble for doing something she wasn’t supposed to do, such as, perhaps, go to that night’s riot in downtown Madison. If that’s where she was — she claims she wasn’t at the riot, she was just driving next to the riot — well, bad things have been known to happen at riots, such as a teenager getting her face marked up with what the hospital emergency room diagnosed as, apparently, blowback from lighter fluid.
Moreover, something very bad happened at the riot that could have turned into something extremely bad.
Somebody, using lighter fluid, firebombed the City County Building in downtown Madison in front of a number of spectators. The 911 call center had to be evacuated. Fortunately, the fire was put out before the 180 inmates in the jail had to be freed or die fiery deaths.
This arson set off a political struggle between the liberal Dane County political leaders, who said enough is enough with these Mostly Peaceful Protests, and the extremely liberal Madison political leaders.
You might think the authorities might want to get in touch with anybody who ended up in the emergency room shortly after the lighter fluid-fueled arson of the City County Building with what are said to be lighter fluid-fueled burns to see if that person could assist them in their inquiries.
But virtually nobody seems to have wondered yet if there is any connection between the lighter fluid arson at 12:40 am on June 24 and the reported attack with lighter fluid on Ms. Bernstein at 1:00 am on June 24 at an intersection a three minute drive away?
If Ms. Bernstein’s story of a roving gang of four white racist fraternity boys spraying lighter fluid on her biracial body is true, then it would seem likely that the white supremacist Haven Monahans staged a false flag attack on the City County Building to make Antifa and BLM look bad.
Alternatively, if Ms. Bernstein’s story isn’t true, perhaps she was a witness to whoever actually did firebomb the jail?
Enquiring minds want to know.


vdare--2020-06-29--WaPo Editrix Karen Attiah: White Women Are Lucky That We Are Just Calling Them "Karen's" [sic] and N

WaPo Editrix Karen Attiah: White Women Are Lucky That We Are Just Calling Them "Karen's" [sic] and Not Calling for Revenge.

Karen Attiah Washington , D.C .
Global Opinions editor , writing on international affairs and social issues Education : Northwestern @ @ @ @ @ studies , minor in African Studies ; Columbia University , master ’ s in international @ @ @ @ @ Global Opinions editor at The Washington Post , where she commissions and edits commentary on @ @ @ @ @ of international writers .
But at least Ms. Attiah capitalizes “ White.
” Although her @ @ @ @ @ “ Karen ” as “ Karen ’ s ” might raise some eyebrows for an @ @ @ @ @ .
Also , misspelling the name of St. Emmett Till … Earlier from Ms. Attiah @ @ @ @ @ she hates white women ( for stealing all the white men ) : And on @ @ @ @ @ Ms. Attiah ’ s memorable coinage for white Democratic women : the Axis of Shevil @

From the Washington Post:
Karen Attiah
Washington, D.C.
Global Opinions editor, writing on international affairs and social issues
Education: Northwestern University, BA in communication studies, minor in African Studies; Columbia University, master’s in international affairs Karen Attiah is the Global Opinions editor at The Washington Post, where she commissions and edits commentary on global issues from a variety of international writers.
But at least Ms. Attiah capitalizes “White.”
Although her spelling of the plural of “Karen” as “Karen’s” might raise some eyebrows for an editor at a national newspaper. Also, misspelling the name of St. Emmett Till …
Earlier from Ms. Attiah, an explanation of why she hates white women (for stealing all the white men):
Also:
So. I got hit on today by Donald Trump. — Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) March 21, 2016
And on and on:
Also, Ms. Attiah’s memorable coinage for white Democratic women: the Axis of Shevil:
What people need to see in this newly formed @maureendowd /@SpeakerPelosi / @realDonaldTrump axis of shevil is that white supremacy relies on dismissing, silencing, and undermining women of color.
Putting them in their place by any means necessary. — Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) July 14, 2019
Earlier posts about Editress Attiah:
Regarding the heinous attack on @JussieSmollett, yet another reminder that Trump’s ascendance and the resulting climate of hate has meant that lives have been increasingly at stake since 2015.
Smollett could have been killed by those thugs screaming MAGA. Let that sink in. — Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) January 29, 2019
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-06-29--Progressive Antiquarianism: Hating Riot Victims Because Of Their Ancestors' Past

As I ’ ve been pointing out for lo these many years now , progressives have lost all interest in recent history ( roughly post-Emmett Till ) and now obsess about the increasingly distant past .
For example , today when yet another delegation of Mostly Peaceful Protesters broke through a gate and onto private property in St. Louis , a rich couple who have painstakingly restored one of the city ’ s most magnificent mansions brought their guns out onto their porch to make sure the mob kept moving on past .
New York Times editorialist Binyamin Appelbaum immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and entering : “ Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on business and economics for the Editorial Board of The New York Times , ” so he knows all about the evil “ Budweiser family ” “ waiving ” guns around .
I read his mother Diana Muir ’ s book Reflections in Bullough ’ s Pond , a Malthusian history of economic development in New England .
It ’ s quite good .
I look forward to her next book : My current project is a book with the working title Nationhood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a pre-condition of liberal democratic government .
It is not the only pre-condition for liberal democracy , but it is a pre-condition so fundamental that it has been described by political theorists as a premise , a presumed condition or a tacit assumption in all discussions of liberal democracy .
This book argues that we ignore only at our peril the fact that culturally unified nationhood , the bond shared by people who share a language , a literature , a future and a set of ideas , is necessary to liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we call nationhood has the apparently unique capacity to create a degree of social trust that makes it possible for large populations to enjoy civil liberties and participatory government .
Absent nationhood , electoral systems fracture , are manipulated by the wealthy , ratify dictatorship , descend into violence , succumb to military coups , or become paralyzed by ethnic bloc voting .
Meanwhile , Jerry Taylor , the president of the Niskanen Center think tank , is fantasizing about how he would have gone all Lawrence Taylor on the homeowners : Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of :

As I’ve been pointing out for lo these many years now, progressives have lost all interest in recent history (roughly post-Emmett Till) and now obsess about the increasingly distant past.
For example, today when yet another delegation of Mostly Peaceful Protesters broke through a gate and onto private property in St. Louis, a rich couple who have painstakingly restored one of the city’s most magnificent mansions brought their guns out onto their porch to make sure the mob kept moving on past. New York Times editorialist Binyamin Appelbaum immediately explained the antiquarian angle that justifies breaking and entering:
That St. Louis mansion was built by the Budweiser family, which for decades employed few blacks. It sits on a gated street for the most affluent (white) residents of a poor and heavily black city. Point being, the guns aren't new. They just usually don't waive them around. — Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) June 29, 2020
“Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on business and economics for the Editorial Board of The New York Times,” so he knows all about the evil “Budweiser family” “waiving” guns around.
I read his mother Diana Muir’s book Reflections in Bullough’s Pond, a Malthusian history of economic development in New England. It’s quite good. I look forward to her next book:
My current project is a book with the working title Nationhood: The Foundation of Democracy. Nationhood is a pre-condition of liberal democratic government. It is not the only pre-condition for liberal democracy, but it is a pre-condition so fundamental that it has been described by political theorists as a premise, a presumed condition or a tacit assumption in all discussions of liberal democracy. This book argues that we ignore only at our peril the fact that culturally unified nationhood, the bond shared by people who share a language, a literature, a future and a set of ideas, is necessary to liberal democratic government. The shared culture that we call nationhood has the apparently unique capacity to create a degree of social trust that makes it possible for large populations to enjoy civil liberties and participatory government. Absent nationhood, electoral systems fracture, are manipulated by the wealthy, ratify dictatorship, descend into violence, succumb to military coups, or become paralyzed by ethnic bloc voting.
Indeed.
Meanwhile, Jerry Taylor, the president of the Niskanen Center think tank, is fantasizing about how he would have gone all Lawrence Taylor on the homeowners:
Who Jerry Taylor wishes he were the brother of:


vdare--2020-07-01--Trump Waking Up, Making Positive Change To Campaigns—Is Kushner Finally Losing Power?

Previously : Trump Is Losing The White Vote With Jared Kushner ’ s Agenda Donald Trump is finally shaking up his campaign and potentially sidelining Jared Kushner .
Axios reported the campaign “ reassigned ” its chief operating officer Michael Glassner and put Jeff DeWit , a long-time Trump loyalist , in that position .
This move came in response to Trump ’ s June rally in Tulsa , which disappointed some , although , as Allan Wall reported here , Actually , Trump ’ s Tulsa Speech Was A Success .
I Know , I Was There .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own , Glassner isn ’ t really the problem for the campaign—he ’ s just the fall guy [ Kushner changes top Trump campaign staff , by Jonathan Swan .
Axios , June 30 , 2020 ] .
The real problem is Jared Kushner .
According to Axios , Kushner was the one who made these changes at the campaign .
The good news is that Trump is reportedly getting tired of Kushner ’ s advice .
Axios also reports that Trump has criticized his son-in-law ’ s push for criminal justice reform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The president ’ s conclusion : “ No more of Jared 's woke s***.
” Axios ’ sources insisted that Trump is not sidelining Kushner , but it seems more apparent that Trump is ignoring his advice [ Trump regrets Kushner advice on prison reform , by Jonathan Swan , Axios , July 1 , 2020 ] .
As VDARE.com has report , Trump extended and expanded his immigration moratorium against the wishes of Kushner .
Trump is also taking a harder line against the current unrest and resisting attempts at police reform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report says that Trump wishes to return to his instincts and appeal to the “ silent majority ” in 2020 .
Axios also states the president is listening more to Tucker Carlson and is noticing his record-breaking ratings .
These reports are positive signs that Trump is getting back on track .
As I reported last week , he ’ s losing his white base with Kushner ’ s agenda .
Only his old nationalist message can win them back .

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Previously: Trump Is Losing The White Vote With Jared Kushner’s Agenda
Donald Trump is finally shaking up his campaign and potentially sidelining Jared Kushner.
Axios reported the campaign “reassigned” its chief operating officer Michael Glassner and put Jeff DeWit, a long-time Trump loyalist, in that position. This move came in response to Trump’s June rally in Tulsa, which disappointed some, although, as Allan Wall reported here, Actually, Trump’s Tulsa Speech Was A Success. I Know, I Was There.
According to Axios’s sources and my own, Glassner isn’t really the problem for the campaign—he’s just the fall guy [Kushner changes top Trump campaign staff, by Jonathan Swan, Axios, June 30, 2020].
The real problem is Jared Kushner. According to Axios, Kushner was the one who made these changes at the campaign.
The good news is that Trump is reportedly getting tired of Kushner’s advice. Axios also reports that Trump has criticized his son-in-law’s push for criminal justice reform and feels it was a failure. The president’s conclusion: “No more of Jared's woke s***.” Axios’ sources insisted that Trump is not sidelining Kushner, but it seems more apparent that Trump is ignoring his advice [Trump regrets Kushner advice on prison reform, by Jonathan Swan, Axios, July 1, 2020].
As VDARE.com has reported, Trump extended and expanded his immigration moratorium against the wishes of Kushner. Trump is also taking a harder line against the current unrest and resisting attempts at police reform against Kushner’s advice.
The report says that Trump wishes to return to his instincts and appeal to the “silent majority” in 2020. Axios also states the president is listening more to Tucker Carlson and is noticing his record-breaking ratings.
These reports are positive signs that Trump is getting back on track. As I reported last week, he’s losing his white base with Kushner’s agenda. Only his old nationalist message can win them back.


vdare--2020-07-01--Ann Coulter: Antifa Are A Laugh Riot—Until They Come For You

Earlier : Ann Coulter On Charlottesville : When Liberals Club People , It 's With Love In Their Hearts I wonder if Milo Yiannopoulos , Ben Shapiro , Charles Murray and Heather Mac Donald are reacting to these antifa riots the same way I am .
I mean , not that anyone of us would enjoy the sight of reporters being trapped , chased through the streets and physically assaulted by antifa goons .
Or liberal Democrats having to defend their homes with guns in Saint Louis , MO .
Or the president hiding in the White House bunker as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Or the mayor of Seattle WA , finally shutting down the CHAZ “ summer of love ” when the mob came to her house .
They ’ re all “ peaceful protesters ” —until they come near you .
Imagine that instead of being a president , mayor or reporter in the vicinity of mentally unbalanced , historically illiterate , thuggishly violent lunatics … imagine that you , personally , are the window they want to smash .
Now you know what it ’ s like to be a conservative trying to give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Thanks for all the help , guys ! )
Neither the conservative media nor elected Republicans gave a crap about the left-wing paramilitary force that ’ s been mobilizing since Trump ’ s election .
Through it all , conservatives stuck their heads in the sand and rationalized insane liberal violence .
It was the path of least resistance—and also a smart business move .
Cowards could pitch themselves as the “ reasonable ” ones , then sit back and watch as their more popular conservative competitors were deplatformed , shadow-banned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again , conservatives made excuses for doing nothing .
They told themselves : It ’ s only Milo—he ’ s shocking , not the kind of nuanced conservative thinker I am .
It ’ s only Gavin McInnes and his “ Proud Boys ” —he ’ s funny , whereas I am aggressively humorless , so I ’ m safe .
It ’ s only Heather Mac Donald and Charles Murray—they write about crime rates and I.Q .
I steer well clear of any topic that might trigger liberals !
And thus were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the right scrubbed from the public square by violent , low-I.Q .
criminals .
How tiny is the circle of speech and behavior you ’ ve permitted yourselves , conservatives ?
Now , hordes of these cretins have taken control of the streets , and the only pushback is the president cowering in the White House , tweeting “ LAW & ORDER !
” Yes , Churchill retreated to a basement , too—in Whitehall , where he planned a war that saved the world .
He didn ’ t tweet out “ HITLER @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , antifa was never punished for anything it did .
To the contrary , they were praised .
Private citizens who fought back were defamed as “ white supremacists ” and imprisoned .
Hundreds of masked antifa traveled interstate to riot at Trump ’ s inauguration , breaking windows , assaulting Trump supporters , burning stretch limousines and smashing the windows of SUVs—including Larry King ’ s !
As a result , more than 200 of the rioters were placed under “ arrest , ” ( a police technique in use at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of evidence , including video , undercover agents and law enforcement witnesses .
But D.C. judges Lynn Leibovitz and Robert E. Morin made sure almost all charges were dropped .
Only one rioter , facing 70 years for felony rioting and assault on a cop , served any time in prison .
Judge Leibovitz suspended all but four months of his sentence .
No congressional push to impeach the antifa-friendly judges , no separate federal prosecutions of the out-of-state rioters , no segments about this outrage on Fox News .
When Yiannopoulos was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 1,500 protesters , including more than 100 antifa , set fires , smashed windows and threw rocks .
In reaction to this , Berkeley punished Milo and canceled the speech .
( Not to brag , but 2,000 antifa tried to shut down my Berkeley speech last fall but it went off without a hitch !
This was mostly thanks to the Bay Area Proud Boys .
Hahaha , antifa ! )
There was only one arrest .
Soon , Milo was completely deplatformed and disinvited by the toothless , collaborationist CPAC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ riots by sending in the National Guard to protect free speech at a public university .
JUST KIDDING !
He tweeted : “ If U.C .
Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view—NO FEDERAL FUNDS ?
” … and then of course did nothing .
Positively Churchillian !
That was at least better than Sens .
Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio , who praised antifa for raining violence on protesters in Charlottesville , Virginia , in August 2017 .
The senators called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that by “ fascist , ” antifa means them .
Can anyone remember what that protest was about ?
Oh yes , the tearing down of a Confederate statue .
In 2018 , the night before Vice magazine founder McInnes gave a speech at the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side , antifa smashed the club ’ s historic windows and spray-painted the anarchist “ A ” on the front door .
Sadly for antifa , when they showed up to shut down the event the next day , they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social club for patriotic men who don ’ t mind a good scrap .
The speech went off , the attendees were protected , and the Proud Boys walked away .
But antifa loons circled back for a sneak attack , hurling a bottle of urine at the Proud Boys .
Although well outnumbered , the Proud Boys proceeded to kick skinny antifa butt .
( Only the antifa girls are fat . )
Guess who was prosecuted ?
The Proud Boys—by Manhattan D.A .
Cyrus Vance Jr. , the same guy who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wantonly rape women and girls in his jurisdiction , year after year .
Two Proud Boys are sitting in prison right now , sentenced to four years for fighting back .
McInnes himself was thrown off every social media platform and forced to announce that he was stepping down from the Proud Boys .
Not one antifa was even arrested .
NYPD : Oh darn .
We couldn ’ t catch them .
( Hey—maybe send the Proud Boys next time ! )
But I ’ m sure you ’ ve heard all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservative—oh no , wait , you haven ’ t heard about this from anyone .
Democrats used our majestic system of justice to shield antifa from any private citizen who fights back .
Not one elected Republican , including our bad-ass president , lifted a finger to defend McInnes and the Proud Boys .
Conservative sunshine patriots said to themselves : Those guys have tattoos !
They like to fight !
I ’ m a “ constitutional conservative ” !
The left has been laying the groundwork for this anarchist takeover for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be amazed that the conservative response was to roll over and play dead .
Except maybe they ’ re not playing .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind , was released on August 21 , 2018 .

Earlier: Ann Coulter On Charlottesville: When Liberals Club People, It's With Love In Their Hearts
I wonder if Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro, Charles Murray and Heather Mac Donald are reacting to these antifa riots the same way I am.
I mean, not that anyone of us would enjoy the sight of reporters being trapped, chased through the streets and physically assaulted by antifa goons. Or liberal Democrats having to defend their homes with guns in Saint Louis, MO. Or the president hiding in the White House bunker as antifa lays waste to Lafayette Park. Or the mayor of Seattle WA, finally shutting down the CHAZ “summer of love” when the mob came to her house.
They’re all “peaceful protesters”—until they come near you.
Imagine that instead of being a president, mayor or reporter in the vicinity of mentally unbalanced, historically illiterate, thuggishly violent lunatics … imagine that you, personally, are the window they want to smash.
Now you know what it’s like to be a conservative trying to give a speech on a college campus today. (Thanks for all the help, guys!)
Neither the conservative media nor elected Republicans gave a crap about the left-wing paramilitary force that’s been mobilizing since Trump’s election.
Through it all, conservatives stuck their heads in the sand and rationalized insane liberal violence. It was the path of least resistance—and also a smart business move. Cowards could pitch themselves as the “reasonable” ones, then sit back and watch as their more popular conservative competitors were deplatformed, shadow-banned and outright canceled.
Over and over again, conservatives made excuses for doing nothing. They told themselves:
It’s only Milo—he’s shocking, not the kind of nuanced conservative thinker I am.
It’s only Gavin McInnes and his “Proud Boys”—he’s funny, whereas I am aggressively humorless, so I’m safe.
It’s only Heather Mac Donald and Charles Murray—they write about crime rates and I.Q. I steer well clear of any topic that might trigger liberals!
And thus were the most interesting and popular personalities on the right scrubbed from the public square by violent, low-I.Q. criminals. How tiny is the circle of speech and behavior you’ve permitted yourselves, conservatives?
Now, hordes of these cretins have taken control of the streets, and the only pushback is the president cowering in the White House, tweeting “LAW & ORDER!” Yes, Churchill retreated to a basement, too—in Whitehall, where he planned a war that saved the world. He didn’t tweet out “HITLER! BAD!”
For 3 1/2 years, antifa was never punished for anything it did. To the contrary, they were praised. Private citizens who fought back were defamed as “white supremacists” and imprisoned.
Hundreds of masked antifa traveled interstate to riot at Trump’s inauguration, breaking windows, assaulting Trump supporters, burning stretch limousines and smashing the windows of SUVs—including Larry King’s!
As a result, more than 200 of the rioters were placed under “arrest,” (a police technique in use at the time). Prosecutors had mounds of evidence, including video, undercover agents and law enforcement witnesses.
But D.C. judges Lynn Leibovitz and Robert E. Morin made sure almost all charges were dropped. Only one rioter, facing 70 years for felony rioting and assault on a cop, served any time in prison. Judge Leibovitz suspended all but four months of his sentence.
No congressional push to impeach the antifa-friendly judges, no separate federal prosecutions of the out-of-state rioters, no segments about this outrage on Fox News.
When Yiannopoulos was to speak at Berkeley in February 2017, 1,500 protesters, including more than 100 antifa, set fires, smashed windows and threw rocks. In reaction to this, Berkeley punished Milo and canceled the speech. (Not to brag, but 2,000 antifa tried to shut down my Berkeley speech last fall but it went off without a hitch! This was mostly thanks to the Bay Area Proud Boys. Hahaha, antifa!)
There was only one arrest. Soon, Milo was completely deplatformed and disinvited by the toothless, collaborationist CPAC.
President Trump responded to the Berkeley riots by sending in the National Guard to protect free speech at a public university. JUST KIDDING! He tweeted: “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view—NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” … and then of course did nothing. Positively Churchillian!
That was at least better than Sens. Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio, who praised antifa for raining violence on protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. The senators called the masked psychotics anti-fascist, apparently unaware that by “fascist,” antifa means them.
Can anyone remember what that protest was about? Oh yes, the tearing down of a Confederate statue.
No punishment. Heaps of praise. Lesson learned.
In 2018, the night before Vice magazine founder McInnes gave a speech at the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side, antifa smashed the club’s historic windows and spray-painted the anarchist “A” on the front door. Sadly for antifa, when they showed up to shut down the event the next day, they were met by McInnes’ Proud Boys—a multiracial social club for patriotic men who don’t mind a good scrap.
The speech went off, the attendees were protected, and the Proud Boys walked away. But antifa loons circled back for a sneak attack, hurling a bottle of urine at the Proud Boys. Although well outnumbered, the Proud Boys proceeded to kick skinny antifa butt. (Only the antifa girls are fat.)
Guess who was prosecuted? The Proud Boys—by Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr., the same guy who allowed Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein to wantonly rape women and girls in his jurisdiction, year after year.
Two Proud Boys are sitting in prison right now, sentenced to four years for fighting back. McInnes himself was thrown off every social media platform and forced to announce that he was stepping down from the Proud Boys.
Not one antifa was even arrested. NYPD: Oh darn. We couldn’t catch them. (Hey—maybe send the Proud Boys next time!)
But I’m sure you’ve heard all about it on Fox News and other conservative—oh no, wait, you haven’t heard about this from anyone. Democrats used our majestic system of justice to shield antifa from any private citizen who fights back. Not one elected Republican, including our bad-ass president, lifted a finger to defend McInnes and the Proud Boys.
Conservative sunshine patriots said to themselves: Those guys have tattoos! They like to fight! I’m a “constitutional conservative”!
The left has been laying the groundwork for this anarchist takeover for a long time. But even they must be amazed that the conservative response was to roll over and play dead. Except maybe they’re not playing.
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Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here.
Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-07-01--After Robert The Bruce's Statue Was Vandalized By BLM, The National Trust For Scotland Apologized To

After Robert The Bruce's Statue Was Vandalized By BLM, The National Trust For Scotland Apologized To Blacks For The Medieval King's Racism

Earlier : A Scottish-American Reader Says OF COURSE Robert The Bruce Was n't `` Racist '' —NO BLACKS IN SCOTLAND IN 1274 !
Robert the Bruce , King of the Scots , is Scotland ’ s national hero for winning the First War of Independence against England .
Robert , 1274-1329 , defeated the invading English army at Bannockburn in 1314 , personally slaying a charging English knight with his battle-axe .
In June , his statue at Bannockburn was defaced with Black Lives Matter graffiti accusing him of being a racist : Almost immediately , the Battle of Bannockburn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trust for Scotland , issued an apology to blacks for Robert the Bruce ’ s racism .
Why has Robert the Bruce been branded a racist ?
The shock was widespread when the statue of Robert the Bruce close to the Battle of Bannockburn site was vandalised with graffiti calling one of Scotland ’ s national heroes a racist .
By Alison Campsie Monday , 15th June 2020 , 5:14 pm … But why did the First King of Scots and leader of Scotland ’ s forces during much of the first Wars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
A statement from the Battle of Bannockburn Experience visitor centre has attempted to illuminate the issues surrounding the vandalism , the racism claims and why Bruce has been portrayed in this way .
While it is was not immediately apparent what the graffiti was referencing , it may relate to the fact that Bruce had his heart taken on a crusade following his death in 1329 , the centre said .
So , to be precise , Robert the Bruce was guilty of Posthumous Racism because his embalmed heart was taken crusading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added : “ Sir James Douglas , who was an experience Scottish war leader and had been personally knighted by the king at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 , led a company of seven other knights and 20 squires to southern Spain , where they joined the army of King Alfonso XI of Castile on campaign against the Muslim emirate of Granada .
“ Douglas and his companions were killed at the Battle of Teba in 1330 , fighting troops that would have been predominantly ( perhaps exclusively ) black .
Uh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence that the Muslim troops at the Battle of Teba in Spain were exclusively or even predominantly what most American-influenced people would think of as “ black ” today .
The Saracens were led by the Berber prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula .
Maybe this is one of those old “ The wogs begin at Calais ” things where old time Scots saw the French as “ black ” and they weren ’ t too sure about the English for that matter .
Heck , Robert the Bruce ’ s right hand man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Douglas for the color of his hair .
Perhaps the National Trust for Scotland has been taking its historical guidance from that peerless source of trustworthy facts : Black Twitter .
Maybe some of the Muslims in Spain looked like the above , but others likely looked liked Berber-French soccer all-time great Zinedine Zidane , who looks like Yul Brynner ’ s 100 % Teutonic cousin .
“ Some modern histories have sought to present the Scots ’ intention as being a peaceful pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem that was merely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Holy Land proved too difficult to manage .
“ However , it is clear from contemporary sources , such as the safe conduct Edward III had produced so that Douglas ’ s party could pass through England on their way to the Continent in 1329 , or the absolution given by the pope for the removal of the king ’ s heart , that the Scots intention had been to do battle ‘ against Saracens ’ .
” ‘ Saracens ’ was a word used in medieval Christendom as a ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly not a term that anyone every applied to themselves , the centre said .
While the religious motivations behind the actions of the Douglas party were obvious , they should not be used to obscure the racial element of the conflict that Scots were involving themselves with , the statement added .
It said : “ Medieval discussions of ‘ race ’ were not as systemised or rigidly structured as they would become in later centuries .
But recent scholarship has shown that colour prejudice existed in the medieval period add that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discourse that would emerge in the early modern period had already begun .
“ The extent to which these broad European trends directly impacted the Scottish political community in general , and King Robert in particular , is limited somewhat by a lack of Scottish sources that discuss the issue .
“ However , the Scots were certainly well aware of an engaged with ideas from outwith the kingdom and were thus susceptible to this kind of thinking.
” The point is that Robert the Bruce was extremely white , so therefore in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the wrong .
I mean , do you know who else is Scottish ?
Yeah , Donald Trump .
Judging from this statement , I ’ m sure Robert the Bruce would be proud to see how his spirit lives on today ’ s Scots , whose first impulse upon having their national hero insulted is to apologize to the vandals .

Earlier: A Scottish-American Reader Says OF COURSE Robert The Bruce Wasn't "Racist"—NO BLACKS IN SCOTLAND IN 1274!
Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots, is Scotland’s national hero for winning the First War of Independence against England.
Robert, 1274-1329, defeated the invading English army at Bannockburn in 1314, personally slaying a charging English knight with his battle-axe.
In June, his statue at Bannockburn was defaced with Black Lives Matter graffiti accusing him of being a racist:
Almost immediately, the Battle of Bannockburn Experience visitor center, under the National Trust for Scotland, issued an apology to blacks for Robert the Bruce’s racism.
From The Scotsman:
Why has Robert the Bruce been branded a racist? The shock was widespread when the statue of Robert the Bruce close to the Battle of Bannockburn site was vandalised with graffiti calling one of Scotland’s national heroes a racist.
By Alison Campsie
Monday, 15th June 2020, 5:14 pm … But why did the First King of Scots and leader of Scotland’s forces during much of the first Wars of Independence come under such an attack? A statement from the Battle of Bannockburn Experience visitor centre has attempted to illuminate the issues surrounding the vandalism, the racism claims and why Bruce has been portrayed in this way. While it is was not immediately apparent what the graffiti was referencing, it may relate to the fact that Bruce had his heart taken on a crusade following his death in 1329, the centre said.
So, to be precise, Robert the Bruce was guilty of Posthumous Racism because his embalmed heart was taken crusading against the Muslim invaders.
The statement added: “Sir James Douglas, who was an experience [sic] Scottish war leader and had been personally knighted by the king at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, led a company of seven other knights and 20 squires to southern Spain, where they joined the army of King Alfonso XI of Castile on campaign against the Muslim emirate of Granada. “Douglas and his companions were killed at the Battle of Teba in 1330, fighting troops that would have been predominantly (perhaps exclusively) black.
Uh … I can’t find any evidence that the Muslim troops at the Battle of Teba in Spain were exclusively or even predominantly what most American-influenced people would think of as “black” today. The Saracens were led by the Berber prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula.
Maybe this is one of those old “The wogs begin at Calais” things where old time Scots saw the French as “black” and they weren’t too sure about the English for that matter.
Heck, Robert the Bruce’s right-hand man Sir James Douglas was known as Black Douglas for the color of his hair.
Perhaps the National Trust for Scotland has been taking its historical guidance from that peerless source of trustworthy facts: Black Twitter.
Black Kings (and Queens) Ruled Europe For Almost 700 Years. History confirms that the Moors ruled in Europe -- primarily Spain and Portugal -- for almost 700 years. pic.twitter.com/t1bVL2Ric1 — universal gangster (@jwj09131957) June 25, 2020
Maybe some of the Muslims in Spain looked like the above, but others likely looked liked Berber-French soccer all-time great Zinedine Zidane, who looks like Yul Brynner’s 100% Teutonic cousin.
“Some modern histories have sought to present the Scots’ intention as being a peaceful pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem that was merely diverted to warfare in Spain when passage to the Holy Land proved too difficult to manage. “However, it is clear from contemporary sources, such as the safe conduct Edward III had produced so that Douglas’s party could pass through England on their way to the Continent in 1329, or the absolution given by the pope for the removal of the king’s heart, that the Scots intention had been to do battle ‘against Saracens’.” ‘Saracens’ was a word used in medieval Christendom as a ‘catch-all term for Muslims’ and was certainly not a term that anyone ever applied to themselves, the centre said. While the religious motivations behind the actions of the Douglas party were obvious, they should not be used to obscure the racial element of the conflict that Scots were involving themselves with, the statement added. It said: “Medieval discussions of ‘race’ were not as systemised or rigidly structured as they would become in later centuries. But recent scholarship has shown that colour prejudice existed in the medieval period and that the development of the deeply flawed racial discourse that would emerge in the early modern period had already begun. “The extent to which these broad European trends directly impacted the Scottish political community in general, and King Robert in particular, is limited somewhat by a lack of Scottish sources that discuss the issue. “However, the Scots were certainly well aware of an engaged [sic] with ideas from outwith [sic] the kingdom and were thus susceptible to this kind of thinking.”
The point is that Robert the Bruce was extremely white, so therefore in all these complicated medieval squabbles he was in the wrong. I mean, do you know who else is Scottish? Yeah, Donald Trump.
It was important that black visitors to the Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre felt ‘safe and welcome,' the statement continued. “The Battle of Bannockburn was a hugely significant moment in Scottish history and is part of a heritage that black Scots have as much right to share in as anyone else.” …
Judging from this statement, I’m sure Robert the Bruce would be proud to see how his spirit lives on today’s Scots, whose first impulse upon having their national hero insulted is to apologize to the vandals.
[Comment at Unz.com]