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Small town Republican thoughts on refuting the alt-right. In The Republican Journal:
I want to make one thing very clear: The Waldo County Republican Committee absolutely, unequivocally condemns Nazi and KKK ideologies and actions, as well as any other kind of bigotry, and we encourage all of our voters and the community at large to do the same.
For fellow Republicans out there, worry not, we don't like Antifa's ideology and actions either, but we need to clean our own house; we need to worry about our own responsibilities.
Such honesty, and clarity of thought!
The most dangerous part of politics today is identity politics, trolling, pathos and a severe lack of critical thinking. You cannot defeat the insidious hatred of bigoted politics with more hate. By doing so, you morph the conversation away from policy and ideology to silly label syntax, eventually devolving completely into back and forth verbal gymnastics. Make no mistake, these trolls are ready for you as you stoop to their level, and they beat you up with mountains of experience.
So what do we do? Very simple. Stay neighborly by controlling your reaction. Seek out those with whom you disagree, try to understand them first, and politely offer your counter argument.
And it looks like the Republicans in Maine, if not in Illinois, are rejecting the alt-right.
The way to defeat Mr. Kawczynski is not by attacking him, but by attacking his ideas. Here are some flaws in his thinking: His immigration ideas are antithetical to the Maine Republican party platform, a section of which states, "We support the assimilation of legal immigrants into Maine society."
Kawczynski's ideas stand in contrast to Maine history and culture; in fact, it is white folks with racist ideologies who pose the greatest threat to Maine's foundation, not other races of people.
Another brilliant tidbit:
Ultimately, all you have to do is walk outside with your eyes open in this state to see that Kawczynski's fearmongering about "white genocide" is completely laughable.
Entire guest column is well worth a read.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday February 09 2018, @06:28PM (2 children)
For anyone not getting it, my sig originated with mrpg in IRC.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 10 2018, @01:08AM (1 child)
You're a bit like those extremely anti-gay republicans who actually are gay, eventually getting caught picking up dudes in airport restrooms.
The difference is of course that you are a supposed leftist who is obsessed with the KKK and Nazis, projecting that evil onto the alt-right. Why the obsession? Are you trying to suppress your own urge to go all Hitler? Are you afraid that you might buy a dozen guns, then shoot up a black church? Deep down, you aren't certain you can control yourself. One day, you might give in to the urges.
What can be done to get you to gracefully accept yourself? You may need a way to slowly come out of the closet. An important thing to figure out if if you are racist, alt-right, or both. Being both is hard, because you'll get rejected by both sides. If you want to be all racist and socialist, there are a handful of minuscule little groups that still put on the cool uniforms and march around. Nationwide, they would probably get 2% more members if you joined. If you'd rather be alt-right, step 1 is to find a non-urban home where you can fly the American flag without fear of assault. Go do that, move, and then install your flag on your porch or lawn.
I wish I had a better answer for what to do if you are both racist and alt-right. Maybe you could keep separate friend groups. Be sure that you don't have any photos get tagged on Facebook, because that would let the two groups learn your secret.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday February 10 2018, @07:38AM
Oh, AC, you have no idea! Have you checked out my bio on Wikipedia? Do you even know who you are dealing with? Evidently not. So let me explain.
I have had a rather lot of experience with tyrants. Not so much me, but my homeland, my patria, Samos, had its acme under the dictator Polycrates. But he tried to arrest Pythagoras, who fled, first to a cave in the mountains, and finally to the city of Croton in Italia. So I only want to point out what I have seen many times before, having lived for almost 2400 years. This sort of racist bullshit does not ever end well for the people who promote it. I mean, "Boetia for Boetians!" We all know how that played out. "Gaul is for Gauls?" Caesar came, saw, and conquered. But this is really the point, knowledge, understanding, science, these are universals that unite all persons, regardless of their origin. How do you think that a lowly Samian, such as myself, got to study with the greatest minds of the world at that time, in Alexandria?
And you mention America? Well, the country has some good ideas, but all of them are pulled from Greek thought on politics, with a healthy rejection of the Roman imperium. But really, America is insignificant, in the long view of history. It could be great, but actually it cracked during the Spanish-American War, if not in the Mexican-American War of 1847-8. Traitor to its own principles, America is. And this resurgence of racist politics is just re-affirming the same. The Alt-right are evil, they are destructive of civil society, they are false, duplicitous, and degenerate. You will soon understand the truth of my words if you do not change your course, "Americans".