If the Conservative Political Action Conference can be expected to accomplish anything more than angry bellowing, it is to reliably embarrass every decent and sane conservative in America. Sometimes the problem is a conspiratorial exremist co-sponsor, like the John Birch Society; sometimes the problem is a certifiable kook giving the keynote address, like Glenn Beck; and sometimes the problem is just vicious bullying of gay conservatives, who have been officially expelled from the conference.
But now the annual Washington showcase of the far right is plunging toward new depths of disgrace, by featuring "white nationalists" among its speakers.
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To explain the perils of multiculturalism and (nonwhite) immigration, the CPAC organizers have invited several avowed white nationalists -- who will spew their bigotry in the same conference hall that will host speeches by Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul (and has already been visited by Herman Cain, who complained about the damage being done to the nation by "stupid" people).
According to reports by People For the American Way and the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), the CPAC contingent this week will include Peter Brimelow, the notorious race-baiting activist who founded VDARE.com, an anti-immigration website that has long been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate site. Brimelow’s website regularly publishes the work of white supremacist and anti-Semitic writers.
Joining Brimelow on at least one panel will be Robert Vandervoort, identified by CPAC as executive director of ProEnglish, a group advocating “English-only” policies – but Vandervoort is also the former organizer of the “Chicagoland Friends of American Renaissance,” another white nationalist hate group that is affiliated with the same racist authors who appear on Brimelow’s website. Their panel is called “The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the Pursuit of Diversity Is Weakening the American Identity.”
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While disgusting, there really isn't anything that surprises me about this. This is the new conservative (spelled-RACIST) party.
- 19 votes
Hey, it's all okay, they just decided to come out of their racist closet. It's about time, we all knew anyway.
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'White Nationalists..."
Say it ain't so, white people being Brainwashed at CPAC; eh 'Herman'...
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The only thing that doesn't surprise me is that Glenn Beck didn't show up wearing that Natzi uniform he sports on the cover of his book!
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If the right doesnt embrace the bigots, who else would vote for them? we dont have enough to the top 2% for the right to continue to win elections
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The new spelling of the word conservative is now officially spelled with a K, as in KKKonservatives.
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GOP letting it's bigot freak flag fly!
Approaching moronacity singularity.
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But the conservatives keep telling me there is no racism among the right.
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So no to gays, but yes to white supremacists. That's one way to go I guess. It'll probably make Rick Santorum feel more at home. I guess the Republicans are just going to concede all moderate voters this year.
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This is Hitler's model. The republicans can not win on the real issues. So they have invented issues they can bleat about.
Gays, Muslims, welfare, social security. Substitute Jews for Muslims and throw in gypsies and we have the potential for parralleling the Third Reich.
Is that what they really want? Or are they just stupid?
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Is that what they really want? Or are they just stupid?
Can't it be both?
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And this is shocking how?
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The shocking part? That none of us are shocked...
That should scare the hell out of all of us.
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No, it isn't shocking. Any time conservatives talk about "multiculturalism", we should expect to hear from these kinds of people. It's not just Brimelow and Vandervoort, either. This is from an article about John Derbyshire's book, We Are Doomed:
Unsurprisingly, Derbyshire describes himself as a biologian, subscribing to biological determinism in every area, even to the extent of the negation of free will.
...and there's Serge Trifkovic:
A guest lecture sponsored by the Serbian Students Association (SSA) of the University of British Columbia was cancelled Thursday after Srdja Trifkovic was denied entry into Canada.
Trifkovic, known for his contentious views on Islam and the Bosnian Genocide, was set to deliver a lecture entitled, “The Balkans: Uncertain Prospects for an Unstable Region.” On Thursday, it was reported that Trifkovic spent five hours detained at Vancouver International Airport before he was sent back to the U.S
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“inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for being a proscribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6 (3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.”
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For every African American, Latino, Asian, and every other minority who vote Republican, this should be a "red flag." Xenophobia runs deep with them. That's not to say there aren't racists in the Democratic party because there are. But the Republican party is extremely overt with their racism and wear it like a badge of pride. Their open hostility towards African Americans and Latinos is well documented. Any minority who votes GOP in most cases is voting against their best interests.
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Frankly, I have no problem saying it either. Any black person hanging out with this CPAC crowd is a spineless sellout.
Everything about CPAC says "we embrace racism and hate people of color" and it's been that way for many years. Now that we have a black president they've upped the ante and are putting racists on full display while house Negroes like Clarence Thomas, Alan West, Herman Cain sit there showing every tooth in their mouth and clapping like little school girls.
You are correct. Any black or Latino person voting for the GOP is almost certainly voting against their own interests, and the same can be said for poor whites.
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In the GOP/TP vision of America does Herman Cain and Alan West and Clarence Thomas really believe there will be a place for them?
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Of course they do! Sellouts always convince themselves that they are better than the masses.
Cain and West both go on stage and the first thing you notice is that in order for them to be recieved by the white tea crowds they have to say very nasty things about black people. In other words, "entertain us". Short of that - they are not welcome.
Cain does it every time he goes on stage and so does West. The moment they stop "entertaining" and denigrating their race to the gratification of the laughing white tea parrty - they are finished.
Cain doesn't call himself "Shuckey Duckey" for nothing! He's being paid to call himself that!
Cain and West are poltical Vaudeville tap dancers that the tea party uses to help justify their racism - all that's missing is the white clown face!
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For every African American, Latino, Asian, and every other minority who vote Republican, this should be a "red flag." Xenophobia runs deep with them.
Than same xenophobia runs deep with many minority Republican voters, even in regard to the minority groups they themselves belong to. There were no black people on that panel, but it's not as if they couldn't have found one to participate.
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I'm sure they'll trot out the likes of Allen West, Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain, etc. to "prove" that they aren't racist...
- 6 votes
They'll all be on stage dancin' a jig for massa before this hootenanny is over!
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@BobbyG,
Don't be too hard on Allen West, Herman Cain and Clarence Thomas. After all, "our" blacks are better than "their" blacks. It must be true---Ann Coulter said so.
Do I really have to add there is a LOT of sarcasm and facetiousness in the above statement?
And some folks say that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are race hustlers? They got nothin' on this triumvirate of slickee-boyz...and in fact, should take lessons from them.
- 5 votes
Santorum david duke would be proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 6 votes
This CPAC conference is looking more and more like a modern day Nuremburg rally. But that could never happen in American, right!
- 8 votes
So the InVited La Raza there you know The Race. One of The Race was elected to the Supreme Court. Is there a problem being White and Proud or can you only be Proud if your the Black Panthers, La Raza Or Gay?
The white Guilt Above is Amazing.
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First of all, La Raza is not a "mexican" supremist group.
There is no group named "La Raza".
There are organizations with "La Raza" in the name, but that could be any number of organizations. I'll assume you mean the "The National Organization of La Raza"
The nomenclature "la raza" doesn't have the same cross-cultural meaning or inference in mexico that "race" does in english. Depending on what culture you are in, it could mean a whole lot of things to a whole lot of people but it is rarely used in racist ways except by people who are decidedly anti-latino.
The National Organization of La Raza is not a discriminatory organization. It is not a party of hate mongers since it does not have a supremist or even remotely discriminatory agenda. It is designed purely to help poor and exploited minority members. That's it. It doesn't rally against other races. It doesn't march up and down the street saying how evil non-latino's or bad non-spanish people are.
They don't roll that way.
There is an enormous world of difference between an organization designed to pull minorities up to equal rights status and those of white supremist organizations that are designed to push everyone else down.
As for the original Black Panthers, they were pro-minority for all minorities. Not just black people. You are confusing the Black Panthers with the new pretenders to the throne, the New Black Panther Party which are a bunch of racists with quite a lot in common with the red neck idiots of the Klu Klux Klan except that NBPP is far, far smaller with only a tiny handful of members, less organized and have are far less violent (and less prone to violence) than their KKK opposites.
You want to talk about "white guilt"? I don't know anything about that.
However, I do know what white supremist apologists sound like.
You took a bunch of talking points that you don't either don't know anything about or that you felt you could make sound bad out of context, and tried to say they were the same thing as groups that print literature with slogans like "Hitler was right" and book titles like "The International Jew".
Guilt? I guess a person would have to be able to feel shame for that right? I think you got nothing to worry about in that department.
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In the early 20th century, the cognate term "the Race" was used to refer to African Americans in a similar way – to show ethnic pride – particularly by the African American press, with terms such as "race man" and "race woman" used to refer to individuals who demonstrated pride in their ethnicity. Today the term primarily survives in the terms "race music" and "race records" for music of the era targeted at this demographic.
So White Pride Bad anyone else Pride ok? Now if they preach Violence against anyone else I agree. But the post dont say that above. Its all about how bad white people are.
And Im no where near A white Supremacist or I wouldn't be married to a Native American girl. But I have no problem being proud of my heritage like anyone else or race.
Chris, it's the National Council of La Raza, but beyond that, which I admit is just a small quibble, you're absolutely right. Conservatives are given to saying just "La Raza" as a ploy. They want people to confuse the NCLR, which is a thoroughly mainstream organization, with the Raza Unida party, which was a radical organization, or thought to be:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/war01
I see that David- 1830107 has tried the same ploy with the Black Panthers, and...yes, what you said:).
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David is busy pretending he doesn't enjoy white privilege in every aspect of his life or his white privilege hasn't been used to beat down everyone who isn't white for the last few centuries.
He's also pretending that other races have pride deprives him of the ability to be proud, as if there's a limited supply of pride that someone is only doling out to non-whites.
Must be hard to live in a pretend world....
- 5 votes
We have been listening to the GOPTP deny being involved in any racist behaviour for the last three plus years. This seems to be the point at which they can no longer deny their actions and words! This is not a race card this is a whole race card deck, for which they will have no realistic ground for denial!
- 5 votes
So the White Nationalists Finally come out of there hiding holes.....
And they keep summoning there legions, thats the really sad part about it too - they get support.
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Brimelow and Vandervoort are just the tip of the iceberg. CPAC is rife with members of the CCC, the AFA, and other hate groups that the SPLC has identified. The republican party is moving beyond the mainstream into a frightening area of extremism and hatred.
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Do these Tpubs have no shame??? This is not surprizing, but it is sickening. Grow-up!
- 4 votes
Let the bigots come out of the closet and keep the cameras rolling. This is what happens when you chase out the moderates. In a age of shifting demographics they want to show case themselves as White supremacist! Go a head, sooner or later you will pay the piper.
- 4 votes
i can't understand why there are log cabin (gay) republicans. what is so great about being associated with a group that hates you.
the same sentiment for abraham lincoln (black gay) republicans
i equally can't understand why any african american would stand with people who would gladly reassign them to second class citizenship or even worse with ron pauls abhorrance of judicial review.
the people at cpac are the people who are upset about being on the losing side of history.
they were upset about the progressive era reforms
they almost lead a coup against roosevelt to fight the new deal
they were against the civil rights movement.
they have been and are actively working to reverse the human rights gains of the civil rights, women's rights, the gay rights and other progresive movements.
they want to eliminate the minimum wage, overtime, safety nets and any other semblece of society to live in an ayn rand utopia
but
when their interests are challenged they want us, the masses to join their military and fight to protect their interests,
while at the same time refusing to pay their share of the costs of the wars they involve us in and our children in.
they refuse to provide the military which is protecting their interest which proper equipment
they refuse to give the members of the military proper pay so their families don't have to be on food stamps.
they are against proper funding for the veterens administration
they are about finding ways to get exemptions for their sons and daughters from service.
does anyone actually think that any of mitt's sons will join the military to fight a war in which their interests are being protected? and it's not just mitt, but the vast majority of the members of his the class he belongs to sons and daughters.
but at the same time this is the class that will profit off that conflict
what was the domestic policy of the republican administrations of the twentieth century.
all i remember is wedge issues like (non existent) reverse discrimination and even outright hostility (reagan) to americans of color
but they'll yell "we had minorities in our administrtions!!"
well powell did wake up. but it toook a major betrayal to make it happen!
the rest acted like a lot like the black detective in fritz the cat.
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So they like corptocracies, like(LUV) laws limiting freedoms, and now associating with supremacists.
WHO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE FROM HISTORY? (I fricken KNEW it, thanks for telling on yourselves!)
- 3 votes
The trouble is that many good conservatives think their party supports their values and don't realize how far afield the Republican party has gone.
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I don't know about that. They may not realize how far their party is going into this territory, but they have to know something is askew if they are honest. I suspect they agree deep down, even if they never have the nerve to say it aloud.
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Loretta: I don't disagree with you.
But, I have met many good people who support Republicans but are unaware of most of the issues or actions of the party. They vote for their candidate and feel they have done their duty. I feel that if they really understood the situation, they would have voted differently.
What I am trying to describe, it's hard to break it down, but I am a divorced, single woman with no children. I have had jobs that required me to do alot of research. I have worked with, both at work and in my community, highly intelligent people. So, I am comfortable researching* various topics in order to understand them. (*That does not mean I am an expert.) I feel I see a bigger picture.
Yet, some of my friends who are parents are overwhelmed with children, family, spouses, and jobs and see the world differently than I do.
I have friends who literally live in the bubble of the past when things were wonderful and they refuse to look at the present difficulties and they are Democrats.
I have some Republican friends who latch on to one issue, say taxes, and that is all they focus on and these people are highly educated.
I could go on, but for me, I blame Democrats for not voicing their message clearly and repeatedly which leaves a vacuum which the neocons filled with their talking points.
Why are most public television and radio stations owned by neocons?
- 1 vote
Okay, now I understand what you're saying.
This GOP election cycles features white, graying men. No wonder they want to go backwards. Life was easier for them back in them day of yore. Everything revolved around white men's wishes.
I'm not just talking about the candidates. Look at the mega-donors and the men in the hearings on birth control (which women were forbidden from joining). Without exception, they all want to return to the days when white men reigned supreme and no one questioned it.
Today must scare the hell out of them. Women having an equal say? Racial minorities being treated as equals? What is the world coming to?
They're so entrenched their nostalgia, they seem the think the rest of us want to go back with them. It makes me think of people who've suffered brain injury and can't remember the present but vividly remember the past.
- 3 votes
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