The arrest of 31 members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, before a Pride Rally in Idaho, (Idaho?) inspired me to attempt to understand where such foolishness arises. The entire event is confusing to me as it appears not only are they anti any race other than Anglo from Europe, but they are also anti any people with different sexual preferences. I cannot determine if they are just ignorant or hateful. Perhaps both.
Just a few random facts reveal the foolishness of their position. White Europeans invaded the Americas where
millions of indigenous people already lived.
Carrying disease and superior weaponry the European Anglos killed over 2,000,000
native Americans, took their land, ignored their culture, refused to honor
treaties, and marched them into reservations, aka, internment camps. Why celebrate one of the most massive
instances of genocide ever recorded? If
we want to return the US to its native people that’s one thing. Attempting to return it to the invaders and
overlords is another. No grounds for
such a move.
Worse, now that many of the remaining indigenous people in
this hemisphere are attempting to migrate to the US it is the very like-minded group
that attempted to exterminate them in the first place that is blocking their
return. If the “patriots” truly propose
a return of control to the settlers of this nation they should be promoting our
native Americans and the Hispanic migrants.
But, that is not the case.
Meanwhile, it was the same white Europeans who imported
black people from Africa. This was not a
migration from one continent to another.
This was kidnapping based on the obscene notion that anything that
promotes profit is good; human rights can be denied if they conflict with
profit. Do you think the Patriots get
that? I don’t.
Funny if one thinks about it in context. Black people here had no choice in the
matter. White people here had no choice in
the matter. It is not as though white supremacists
did a better job of picking their parents than anyone else. It is just luck that genetically made them
white folks. The same is true for every person
and every shade of pigment on the planet.
There is nothing special about white supremacists. They did nothing to earn their “whiteness.” It was luck of the draw. To claim another human being is inferior because
of the degree and shade of pigment in their skin is ludicrous. That makes as much sense to me as believing
white horses are superior to brown horses.
They are both horses!
One of the themes I continue to see in conservative conversations
is the theme of blame. When things are
not going their way there is always someone else at fault. One wonders if any of these folks will ever
stand up and say we have been wrong and now we will attempt to make it
right. Another theme is the consistent
proposals for simple solutions to highly complex problems. Immigration problems? Build a wall.
Growing population diversity?
Deport non-Anglos. Democrats
winning elections? Make voting harder
for Democrats and accuse them of fraud even if there is none. But, for other
problems do not dare ask the government to help solve the problem. Ha.
One might argue that anyone who judges people or fears
people or hates people based on skin color is likely less bright than
others. The same would be true about
judging people based on their sexual preference and sexual identity. Or on their religious belief. But people who practice those kinds of
decisions may possess a “stupid gene” we have yet to identify. And only in that way are the supremacists
different than the rest of us.
Someone may want to point out to these folks that Jesus was
not a white person and, therefore, is subject to the same discrimination they advocate. And while we’re at it, someone should point
out that Jesus was also a Jew since the Patriot Front is antisemitic as well. Someone
may want to point out that real patriots adhere to the notions embedded by our
founding fathers including the notion that all men are created equal. For this group to claim patriotism is like
those guys in the bar who want to convince someone they were a Navy Seal when
they most certainly were not.
Pathetic. Misinformed. Bigots.
Perhaps dangerous. But surely not
“supreme” in any way they have earned. They
are neither patriots nor at the front. They
are more like the Fascist Butt than the Patriot Front.