If we cannot get past your race bugaboo, and into some substantive discussions on politics, ideology, or philosophy, I will lose interest. You have accomplished one thing, however. I now recognize that the obsession with race on the Left is real, and not just a cudgel they use to avoid debating the merits of ideas emanating from the Right.

To answer your basic question, no, I do not think white racism is anywhere near being a negative force to be reckoned with in America. The exceedingly tiny minority of white racists you identify as ‘white supremacists,’ are often more accurately referred to as ‘white separatists.’ As far as I can tell, they have no latent desire to subjugate the Black race.

Quite the opposite, they appear to wish to avoid all contact with it. Nirvana for the most extreme among them, is a redoubt in the mountains of Idaho, where they can live their lives as they choose, beyond the reach of altruistic busybodies, acting out their Robin-Hood fantasies. There, they can raise their families in an atmosphere free of what they consider the pernicious effects, of the debauchery of Progressive and/or ghetto culture.

They just prefer their own traditional American culture, refuse to apologize or feel guilty for being born White, and reject any personal responsibility for the actions of their ancestors. I understand that these are not Politically Correct views, and they don’t fit into the White Guilt paradigm of the Left; but please explain in what way dropping out of mainstream society, would harm those they are quite willing to leave alone, in return for being left alone.

Yes, there are a few reprehensible militant skinheads and neo-Nazis among them; but they are far less influential among rednecks, than the Black Panthers, Louis Farrakhan, or the likes of Jeremiah Wright are among Blacks.

Personally, I have zero respect for any of these hateful groups, White or Black, and rarely encounter anyone who does; especially on the Right among the TEA Party folks, et al. Indeed, any reasonably charismatic Black conservative, expressing an interest in political office, is immediately vaulted into veritable rockstar status among conservatives. E.g. Allen West, Herman Cain, and their latest heartthrob, Dr. Ben Carson.

You may think this is merely tokenism; but I think not. It strikes me as a rather pathetic reaction to the incessant charges of racism from their political opponents, and a desperate attempt to prove to the country that their rejection of Obama’s collectivist ideology, has nothing whatever to do with his race, and everything to do with his agenda.

That said, I will turn to politics. While you are waiting for the rest of my reply, I have some more homework for you. Please read my essay, “Incumbrepublocrats.” It is important for you to understand my disdain for the duopoly and why.

Then, please understand that I am not a Libertarian. When that word is capitalized, it refers to the Libertarian Party, of which I am not a member, and have no interest in joining. I do often refer to myself as a small (el) libertarian, as a shortcut to avoid having to explain objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, which best describes my own, yet so few have ever encountered. More soon… ◄Dave►

Good commentary. One only needs to work for a police department, as I have, to cement what is a belief derived from simple observation of self and other that the law even in this land with the reputation of having the “rule of law”, is very subjectively administered. Does the average police department in any big city use profiling along a racial axis? Of course they do! Not just on occasion or some of the time, but as an integral part of their work. Using one’s prejudices along the racial axis or any other axis is what keeps a police officer alive in a heartbeat moment when there is no time to analyize and prevaricate. A good case in point can be found reading in today’s news about the IRS’ special treatment of the tax exempt status for Tea Partiers and others on the right. This treatment now, I predict, will be short circuited not because it is unfair, which of course it is, but because Tea Partiers and the like have political clout. But in the case of driving while Black, where being Black IS the probable cause for detention, there is no end in sight for this practice, owing partly to misconceptions and hypocracies, which your commentary above clarifies, about “the rule of law”. From here I could go on and indentify just who I think is benefiting from the current “rule of law”, but I suspect this is where we would diverge, so enough said at this time. Again, good, needed commentary, clearly and unabiasly rendered. Ted

Troy

After reading two of your essays and quite a few posts before my original commentary, I did not have a great deal of concern for any White surpremacy you did or did not possess. However, now I think the issue with me is, do you even think White racism is a force and a negative force in the U.S. today? I do. And I do because of our race’s abundantly successful history, man’s territorial instincts and changing U.S. demographics.

I am not surprised to hear about your history of close associations in the past with other races and ethnicities. And yes, you are right. You have me beaten. But then, even though my associations are good as well along the same lines, I have the freedom as a visitor here to say that I think it unwise to claim freedom from racism; and so I will not. Your report of your personal associations fits in with your dialogue and writings. This consistency gives me confidence and I hope we can move on from here. Additionally, I hope my confidence is reciprocated in and by you, and I hope that you don’t mind that I take the lead.

You were wondering why I brought up the subject of White supremacy and thought that maybe I was trying to put you on the defensive. If I did put you on the defensive, I am sorry. I will rephrase my concern and respectfully hope that this time it sticks and we now are ready to redirect our focus.

Libertariansim has appealed to me for a long time, but I stayed away because its membership was small and too close to Republicanism, which was by my way of thinking much more respectable, albeit smaller, prior to the 1980s, when they absorbed the racist White southerners who fled the Democratic Party. Some time later, they became the home of an increasingly involved evangelical Christian membership, allowing them for the first time to compete effectively in virtually every political race in the country. In your diagram of the U.S. political spectrum, whose investigation brought me to your website, I saw the grafic justification for my concern.

Especially since Libertarians are not a large party, conceivably they will see the need to form alliances, indeed probably they already have, to achieve their political goals. Should they ally themselves with today’s Republican party (which I believe is 89% White), some of whose members espouse the interests of corporatism, religion, and the military, they would make the three legged union that could in time plunge us to the Fascist bottom of your political sprectum diagram. In the 1930s in Europe, after economic upheavals and depression, our anglosaxon ancestors in four countries chose that Fascist route, which had as part of its intellectual framework racial purity, said route in Germany led to the realization of nightmarish scenarios, as well as global war. After the Civil War, when the White southerners (now Democrats) were in position to have to relate to the Black man as an equal, due to the imposed political regime of the victorious North, they created the murderous and terriorist KKK.

I understand that you believe America’s greatest threat is from the left, so maybe you will judge it not worth your time to respond. Nevertheless I will pose the question: is there any danger that Libertarians could be used by a much more powerful Republican party in this way in the foreseeable future? Your ideas are clearly stated on this website and it seems clear-navigation is possible, but is it really? Or am I making assumptions that do not fit into any realistic scenario, now and/or in the future?

In advance, Thank you. Ted.

Of course, whichever new government gets the most of the military’s tanks and drone will take over the other anyway.

I realize that I violated the “State law” but I did so knowingly hoping to emphasize the generic State as opposed to specific States of the Union.

As for my supposed pyramid, I matters not to the intent of the article whether the hierarchy is top to bottom, bottom to top or side to side since I argue that all of the entities in the mix should retain sufficient power to check abuses by the others.

As for personal pronouns, I choose to submit to PC so as not to detract from the intent of the article.

The United States of America is the proper name for a specific nation state.

These United States refers to the collection of States that constitute that nation.

Troy

That said, the knee-jerk charge of racism that emanates from the Left of late, the moment someone challenges their altruistic dogma, is becoming rather tedious. I generally find it to be a hallmark of a troll, unworthy of my time to engage.

Given the impression the rest of your comment leaves, it seems unlikely that you actually suspect that I might be a white supremacist. Else, you would not have bothered to read more than one of my essays, much less comment on one of them. So, why even bring it up?

If your motive was to put me on the defensive, you have failed. BS charges of racism just won’t stick to me. I don’t do “White Guilt” (see: Shelby Steele, a colleague at Stanford with one of my heroes, Thomas Sowell). Like Professor Steele, I am a staunch individualist, and judge others as individuals on their character, not their affinity groupings.

Had I the slightest interest in group identity politics, focused on what our ancestors might have done to each other, I would probably trot out my grandmother’s bloodline, and join the Cherokee Nation. In a waning culture that exalts victimhood over self-reliance, the perceived victims will be the winners, for as long as it lasts.

Guilt free, I can freely admit that I have serious issues with the debauched culture flourishing in modern American ghettos. You may even call it prejudice if you like; but this has nothing whatever to do with race, and everything to do with the unforgivably debilitating culture the Left perpetuates there.

Further, I lived in Africa back in the ’70s, and developed an affinity for the simplicity of native African cultures, when viewed apart from the brutal tragedy of tribalism (see: “Mindpower“). Our ghetto culture bears no resemblance whatever, and I wholeheartedly condemn those perpetuating the lie that it does.

I particularly despise the racist poverty pimps, like Sharpton, Jackson, et al, who profit handsomely from keeping people mired in ignorance and poverty therein. When I see universal vouchers for ghetto children’s education, I’ll consider believing that the Left cares a whit for the welfare and future of these reliable Democrat voters. Until then, it is all BS rhetoric.

Oh, and one more thing. I am probably demonstrably more multiculturalist than you are. I married a Creole from the Seychelles Islands back in the ’60s (See: “Marriage Should Be Reframed – Not Redefined“). I have had Mexican, Japanese, and Korean girlfriends; and my last significant other was a British lady, once married to a very black (albeit Asian) man in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Let’s have no more innuendo that I might be a white supremacist. If you can agree, then we can address your other concerns. Fair enough? ◄Dave►

First, I distinctly recall learning in junior high school that one is to capitalize State, when referring to States within our union. E.g. the State of Texas; States’ rights; southern States, etc. The lower case was to be used when referring to a generic state, as a synonym for country or nation. E.g. sovereign state; territory of the state; nation state, etc. When did this change? I still do this; did Orwell catch me napping?

I also learned in English class that the masculine personal pronoun subsumes the feminine, when used to reference either. I understand that this quirk in the English language gives certain feminazis fits. Personally, I too eschew the tedious PC constructs, of ‘he or she’ and ‘him or her’; but that does not give us license to employ the impersonal ‘its,’ when referring to individuals. I just keep using my pretty female English teacher’s lessons as my guide; Orwell and PC be damned. I really don’t mind irritating them.

Substantially, I would challenge your hierarchy for our levels of government. As I explain in my Sovereign Rights essay, I would invert your pyramid. I put sovereign individuals at the top, county governments next, then the State governments, with the Federal government at the bottom. Actually, I try to again use English carefully, to keep this perspective in mind, by referring to ‘these‘ United States of America, instead of ‘the.’ The federation is a construct of, by, and for these States; not the other way ’round. ◄Dave►

I probably will be an English teacher soon and so first I would like to complement you on the simple, direct, and orderly way in which you lay out your ideas.
Now my concerns: you don’t mention “the White race”, but your ideas have been circulating through White supremacist circles for many years. Is this connection coincidential or purposeful on your part?

I have been tempted to go the Libertarian way, but my concern is that it does not have the political presence in this country to establish a perch alone uncorrupted by dangerous political factions that in some stages are similar to it. For instance, if you have to align yourselves in the “real” world away from ideas with pious conservatives, unrestrained corporations, and a military that can create and protect the S. Koreas of the world, it’s an easy slide to the Fascist bottom of your circular political spectrum, a possible fearful consequence especially considering my first concern above.

I am about your age. Like you, I live in California. I have spent my entire life in the big cities of California. I am also a product of the public school system and have spent many years, because I am not organized, on public university campuses. However, I recoil at the specter of applied Marxism, and I hope that if my life’s trail is apparent in my writing, it will not dissuade you from responding to my post.

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Yet my 85 year old father has to remove clothing and shoes to be scrutinized before he can get on a plane for a trip to Vegas. What a waste and a crying shame.

Which might be the point….

I have wondered what would happen if a bunch of us more conservative types were to join and really give them a taste of the other point of view on these issues. Knowing that the people here are exceptionally talented in such discourse, it may cause them all to run and hide from any meaningful dialogue but even that would be a refreshing change from their current success at chasing away most of the real people who join. Thoughts?

Where to begin …?