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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Defensible Racism Michael J. Polignano is a writer living in California. Mike's writings focus primarily on the science and politics of race. Currently, he is writing a book on the political suppression of scientific knowledge about race in America today. THERE HAS BEEN a lot of discussion in White Nationalist circles about how to respond to being called a "racist." Does one admit the charge? Deny it? Admit it with qualifications? When our enemies get to define the term to suit their needs, none of the options are very appealing. "Racist" is an indictment, trial, conviction, and sentence-all in one word. Edgar Steele's Defensive Racism deserve praise for offering a new and more palatable definition of racism that may very well gain currency among White Nationalists. According to Steele, "defensive racism" is racism practiced for the love of one's people, in order to assure their safety, survival, and self-determination. Examples of defensive racism include opposing Affirmative Action, practicing self-segregation, and opposing illegal immigration. Defensive racism is contrasted with "offensive racism," which is practiced due to feelings of hatred or superiority towards other races. Politically-correct Leftists see no difference between "defensive" and "offensive" racism, but thinking Americans do, and aversion to the label of "racist" keeps many quality individuals from joining the White Nationalist movement. Defensive Racism is a consolidated list of symptoms, a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a prescription for White America. As such, it covers a tremendous amount of ground, and a comprehensive review would be impossible in a single article. I will thus focus on the book's strongest and weakest points. Steele's concise first-person writing style and his lavish use of wry humor and rhetorical questions give the book a very personal feel. Steele doesn't talk down to or over the head of the reader, but instead engages him in a one-on-one fashion. This style is easy to digest, making the book a quick read, and there is sufficient redundancy to ensure the reader doesn't miss any important points. That said, the book could have been better organized (the issue of Jewish Supremacism, for instance, is dealt with in Chapters 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 17, but not in 7, 8, 9, and only very briefly in 11, 13, and 15.) The book also would have been better had it been indexed and annotated (references are included, but lack full bibliographic information and only appear in the body of the text). The book's primary audience is the uninitiated independent thinker: the person who has "racist" thoughts from time-to-time but isn't entirely comfortable with those thoughts or with radical politics. It's for those who know they've been betrayed by the Republican Party, but who aren't quite ready for David Duke's My Awakening. As someone who was "awakened" back in 1999, I was very familiar with the content matter of most of the book. I was therefore most interested in Steele's unique personal experiences as a lawyer, a father, and a racial activist. In Chapter 11, Steele shares an excellent letter he wrote to a liberal friend who had rebuked him after he represented the Aryan Nations in a lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center. In Chapter 12, Steele recounts the experiences of Lonny Rae, a client of his who faced five years in a state penitentiary under Idaho's felony "malicious harassment" statute, merely for calling a Black man a "nigger" after he injured his wife. Incredibly, Rae was convicted of assault after a jury trial (isn't this the sort of insanity jury trials are supposed to protect against?), and the DA never even filed charges against the Black man. And in Chapter 17, Steele uses his background as a financial analyst to examine the causes of the next major Depression, which Steele believes is unavoidable and imminent (I'm inclined to agree), and to make a case for acquiring gold and silver as an economic "escape pod." Even though it is no news to me, racial disparities in crime and immigration statistics never cease to amaze me. According to Jared Taylor's Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America, as quoted by Steele, 60% of all Blacks are armed with a weapon at all times. Paraphrasing Australian journalist Paul Sheehan, Steele also writes that, "Blacks are raping or attempting to rape one-half million White American women each year." If these statistics shock me, I can imagine their effect on a newcomer to our ideas. I congratulate Steele for his vigorous and uncompromising stance on the Jewish question. He relates some of his personal experiences that hardened him on the issue: "trigger events," as he calls them. One was having the law firm he started from scratch nearly stolen from him by a Jew he hired. The Jew acted "so naturally, so matter of course, without a shred of remorse-just like he was entitled to the fruits of my life's hard work." The second was having his kids' lives threatened by a Jewish telephone caller, and having his daughter tell him, between sobs, about the woman who was going to kill her. The newcomer to the movement will likely immediately view Steele's later statements about the Jews with suspicion, as any intelligent person would question the objectivity of someone whose personal life has been so deeply affected. But Steele does not confound facts with personal animosities. Notwithstanding remarks such as "seems like every time I turn over a rock in America these days, there is a Jew beneath it," Steele does a good job of telling it as it is, though as noted above, footnotes or endnotes would be a nice addition and would help alleviate the reader's potential suspicions. Steele unflinchingly states that being anti-Zionist isn't enough. The neoconservative Zionist hawks who hurl the charge of "anti-Semitism" at anyone who questions America's unconditional support of Israel are just part of the problem. The bigger problem is the Jewish community that nurtures the accusers, protects them, and fails to denounce their behavior (usually because they see nothing wrong with their behavior). Just as one is called "racist" for opposing Affirmative Action, one is now called "anti-Semitic" for opposing Israel. (The term "Defensive Anti-Semitism" comes to mind, though it's not used in the book. Jews, however, seem to be the chief practitioners of "offensive racism" as Steele defines it.) Steele concludes the book with a chapter that depicts one possible scenario for the balkanization of America after an economic and social collapse. His vision includes a period of anarchy and tumultuous racial strife, followed by the formation of several new self-determined nation-states: "New America," "Aztlan," "New Africa," and, amazingly, "New Israel." I found his speculations interesting and occasionally amusing, though they have some flaws. For one, I don't foresee a "New Israel" forming anywhere on the North American continent after America's downfall. Another problem is that Steele fails to address the fate of America's vast military arsenal. I think he is naive if he believes "New America," "Aztlan," and "New Africa" could remain at peace with one another for any length of time. He then goes on to propose a form of government for "New America." New America will be a constitutional parliamentary republic with three branches of government. The parliament would be comprised of a Senate, consisting solely of men, two from each state; and a House of Representatives, comprised solely of women, having the same number as the Senate and its membership elected by districts consisting of equal population. The chief executive's powers would be strictly administrative and procedural, with no ability to negotiate with foreign entities or to originate or suggest legislation. The judicial system would be essentially the same as today's, with the exception that juries would be able to rule on matters of law as well as fact. In staffing the system, however, Steele would start over from scratch: all current lawyers and judges would be disbarred, and all existing case law would be rescinded. I do not have the space for an extended commentary on Steele's proposals, but I do appreciate his thinking ahead and proposing something. He correctly states that we should consider ourselves dual citizens of "New America" and contemporary America. The day will come when we will need to form a new government, and it's good to think a bit about its structure. Overall, Defensive Racism is an excellent introduction for the newcomer to the realities of race, immigration, and Jewish supremacism in America. It is compulsively readable, incisive in its analysis, and deft in its marshalling of factual evidence. But Defensive Racism communicates more than just facts. It also communicates a sense of urgency and the necessity to do something to prepare for America's now-inescapable fate. Defensive Racism is so good, I would recommend it to my own mother. To borrow some of Steele's own words, "Defensive Racism-a book whose time has come."
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I was reading excerpts from the book the other day: www.defensiveracism.com/online.htm The New America - Chapter 18 www.defensiveracism.com/chap18.htm I found Chapter 15 very interesting considering what has happened recently: "...Many have been calling for revolution. I cannot join in that call for two reasons: First, I would get myself disbarred, then thrown in jail. I would be of no use to anybody, least of all my family, were that to happen. Second, the time is not yet right because the majority of common folk, including large essential elements of organizations like the military, the FBI and local law enforcement, have yet to accumulate enough dissatisfaction to join in, once the lines are drawn. We must be drawn further into the abyss, with the pain of unemployment, poverty and imprisonment inflicted upon a great many more of us, before America will be ready to rise up and throw off the tyrants in control. Instead, we must determine just what it is that we should be doing. Awakening others seems the only logical answer, because there simply is nothing else that can be done at this time, other than preparing for hard economic times. I firmly believe that we needn’t worry about leadership. Events will cause our true leaders to step forward when the time comes, just as events propelled the character played by Mel Gibson in “The Patriot” to assume his mantle of leadership, finally. He paid dearly for that conversion, however, just as did America ’s founding fathers in real life. So shall we. ....." "....Often, adroitly using an opponent’s weight and movements against himself will procure the best results, just as taught in oriental fighting disciplines. Consider the huge Jewish outcry over the alleged anti-Semitism of the movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” Now consider how badly that backfired for Abe Foxman, chairman of the ADL, and his fellow travelers. Mel Gibson’s movie is a marvelous fulcrum for discussion and ax grinding, provided it is not overdone and one concentrates on the Jewish overreaction. Simply asking someone if they have seen “The Passion” and then inquiring about their feelings concerning so many Jews calling it anti-Semitic and seeking its suppression will yield a gold mine of results. As people discuss this topic and express their opinions (which only rarely will be contrary to our own), they actually develop their opinions on the spot. Having voiced their opinions, our prospects become invested in them. They then feel psychologically compelled to defend the opinions they have just voiced to you. From prospect to convert to acolyte, all in one easy step. Can it be this easy? Yes. Remember the simple elegance of graceful movement, at once effective and efficient. This is the conversational equivalent of expert skiing and is within the grasp of all beginners because it simply requires listening. You set aside your own ego and needs while you nudge someone toward a foregone conclusion. And there are several other key topics that can be employed in this form of awakening others, as discussed below. Jump Starting the Process Even so, some form of media which shocks the average American is necessary, in order to jump start the awakening process. In particular, the National Alliance (NA) lately has struck upon a two-pronged strategy that is delivering results: leaflets and billboards. But, there is a difference from past leaflets and billboards in today’s NA strategy. The leaflet simply says, “Love Your Race” and carries a picture of a lovely blond woman. The billboard says, “Who Rules America ?” and gives the NA Internet web address. Initially, people have a strong reaction to these media but, upon honest reflection, are unable to identify anything wrong, thereby highlighting the very thing that really is wrong with race relations in America today: the grotesque double standard whereby White Americans always come up the loser. Average Americans are not yet ready to abandon the guilt they believe they must shoulder if they stand up for their own race the way that every other race in America stands up for itself. We must get them ready to make that transition. What the NA leaflets and billboards do, Mel Gibson’s movie does with a vengeance, albeit with a healthy assist from that predictable Jewish overreaction. We aren’t talking supremacy here, folks. We are talking about how to bring people from a self-defeating mode of thinking to one of true equality. They want to go there, believe me, because they see the unfairness of racial preferences. The alternatives are so simple. We have them ready to hand, just begging to be used to awaken others. Two things that cause even the most liberal American to see red are affirmative action and illegal immigration. Suggest Black slave reparations and watch even the hardened liberal squirm in discomfort. Here is where we can make progress and awaken others. Here is where we must concentrate our efforts. Chosen Gifts Count on the ADL regularly to drop a gift in our laps, too, such as the overreaction to “The Passion.” ......"
that's quite illuminating. he has been so set up. he's being made an example of even moreso because of his being an attorney.
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