Jeffrey Tucker: Has Donald Trump Unleashed the Neo-Nazis?

[erowe1]

Donald Trump went from clown to contender in a mere 30 days. He is now polling in at 30% among Republicans, a 12-point spread from Ben Carson who is #2. Trump still loses next to Hillary by 2 points, but her nomination is not secure.

A race of Sanders vs. Trump would be quite the sight, straight out of the 1930s. It’s the Reds vs. the Browns all over again. My own sense is that the Browns could win this. Then we have a serious problem. As much as we loathe the establishment, it could be worse.

It’s time libertarians get serious about realizing that there exists such a thing as Brown-shirted socialism. It masquerades as patriotism. It seeks national greatness. It celebrates the majority race and dehumanizes the other. It is violently protectionist. On cultural matters, it is anti-leftist (“politically incorrect”). It is unapologetically authoritarian.

Even given all this, we are mostly mystified by it. It doesn’t strike us as a coherent ideology. It seems like a string of bad policy ideas (and some not terrible ones too) rather than a real political tradition. This is because we, as libertarians, are well-schooled to fear the socialist left but have little preparation to understand the threat from the other side.

Events of the last weeks should heighten our consciousness. There really is a brown-shirt movement in the U.S. It’s been building for many years. They have their organizations, books, websites, and splits within splits. The neo-Nazis are the most extreme variant. But fascism has many other types of expression, each reflecting a special interest, but each of them leading to a special kind of authoritarianism.

That the neo-Nazis support Trump is an established fact. Notorious racist, anti-semite, and unapologetic former KKK grand dragon David Duke has endorsed Donald Trump for president. So has the mega-popular website Stormfront.org, with its overtly neo-Nazi editorial outlook.

The American Nazi Party (yes, there is such a thing, as founded by George Lincoln Rockwell) is also all-in with support: “He tells it as the majority of the population FEELS, and he’s far ahead in the polls because of it.”

When Trump was asked about all of this, his response was that he didn’t know about it, but that this is not surprising since “everyone likes me.” He said he would be happy to repudiate their support “if that would make you feel better.”

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Read the rest here:
https://tucker.liberty.me/did-donald-trump-unleash-the-neo-nazis/

 

[klamath]

yep.

 

[LibertyEagle]

yep.

Wait. Didn't Duke support Ron Paul when he ran? And who was that other white nationalist guy?

 

[klamath]

Wait. Didn't Duke support Ron Paul when he ran? And who was that other white nationalist guy?

Ron didn't stir much of anything except in a small subculture. Trump gets 24/7 national media coverage and with his rhetoric and has emboldened a broad racist neofacist spectrum of people.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Really?

Memories...
http://w ww.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/11/the_ron_paul_campaign_and_its.html
http://r onpaulsupporters.com/white-power-groups/

 

[LibertyEagle]

But, one does not have to be a member of those groups to want the invasion of our nation by illegal aliens to stop. You just have to be an American who loves their country.

 

[klamath]

Really?

Memories...
http://w ww.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/11/the_ron_paul_campaign_and_its.html
http://r onpaulsupporters.com/white-power-groups/

Ron's support was so small and so uncovered by the MSM that it didn't unleash anyone. Trump is intentionally trying to tap into latent racism and nationalism.

 

[erowe1]

Wait. Didn't Duke support Ron Paul when he ran? And who was that other white nationalist guy?

Yes. And if you recall, we had a huge problem here with white nationalists trolling this forum, just as we do now with people who think that they can win Ron Paul followers over to Trump.

 

[erowe1]

But, one does not have to be a member of those groups to want the invasion of our nation by illegal aliens to stop

That's true. As Tucker observes in the article, most of these Trump supporters are one degree of separation removed from these groups, rather than actually overtly representing them.

 

[acptulsa]

Wait. Didn't Duke support Ron Paul when he ran? And who was that other white nationalist guy?

What of it?

I don't recall ever letting any of the stormfront trolls who showed up here off the leash. I also remember Ron Paul repudiating them sharply and quickly, not saying he would '...if it will make you feel better.'

And I don't recall any of the white nationalists hanging around long after we made it clear that we in no way supported denying certain American citizens the right to travel and settle where they will.

You trying to say you remember it differently? By all means, revise history. You've done it before.

 

[klamath]

What of it?

I don't recall ever letting any of the stormfront trolls who showed up here off the leash. I also remember Ron Paul repudiating them sharply and quickly, not saying he would '...if it will make you feel better.'

And I don't recall any of the white nationalists hanging around long after we made it clear that we in no way supported denying certain American citizens the right to travel and settle where they will.

You trying to say you remember it differently? By all means, revise history. You've done it before.

That right there is a prime example of how Trump makes them feel safe to come out of the woodwork.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Ron's support was so small and so uncovered by the MSM that it didn't unleash anyone. Trump is intentionally trying to tap into latent racism and nationalism.

Are you one of the ones who equate wanting an end to the invasion of our country by illegal aliens with racism? And you know, I never understood this thing against people who put their own country first before another. Isn't this one of the things we hit the neocons up with; that they put Israel before their own country?

 

[LibertyEagle]

That's true. As Tucker observes in the article, most of these Trump supporters are one degree of separation removed from these groups, rather than actually overtly representing them.

The point being that Ron made it clear that he would not change his principles depending upon who supported him or who donated to him.

 

[LibertyEagle]

What of it?

I don't recall ever letting any of the stormfront trolls who showed up here off the leash.

Well, you recall incorrectly.

I also remember Ron Paul repudiating them sharply and quickly, not saying he would '...if it will make you feel better.'

Ron didn't repudiate them until the media asked him about it.

And I don't recall any of the white nationalists hanging around long after we made it clear that we in no way supported denying certain American citizens the right to travel and settle where they will.

You trying to say you remember it differently? By all means, revise history. You've done it before.

Yes, you were wrong about some of what you said. There is a lot you did not see.

And anyone who ran around here today yelling white power, I'm more than sure would be immediately removed too.

 

[nikcers]

But, one does not have to be a member of those groups to want the invasion of our nation by illegal aliens to stop. You just have to be an American who loves their country.

I know its horrible, ever since their invasion we have a 24/7 nacho shop on every corner. I swear they are trying to kill us all with diabetes. They have completely ruined taco bell for me, and I will never forgive them for that. I can't get a single job picking fruit or cleaning peoples toilets, even pick and shovel jobs are all gone. I am sure factory jobs are gone because of them too, even though they don't seem to have factory jobs either. I even turned on the tv the other day and there was someone speaking Spanish on it, it was horrible I didn't understand one word they were saying. Everything is changing and I know it is for the worse because I can't understand it.

 

[nikcers]

Well, you recall incorrectly. Ron didn't repudiate them until the media asked him about it.

Ron Paul: Well everyone likes freedom and less government meddling in their lives

Trump: Of course racists want to deport immigrants, deporting immigrants is popular, that's why I am running on that position.

 

[LibertyEagle]

I know its horrible, ever since their invasion we have a 24/7 nacho shop on every corner. I swear they are trying to kill us all with diabetes. They have completely ruined taco bell for me, and I will never forgive them for that. I can't get a single job picking fruit or cleaning peoples toilets, even pick and shovel jobs are all gone. I am sure factory jobs are gone because of them too, even though they don't seem to have factory jobs either. I even turned on the tv the other day and there was someone speaking Spanish on it, it was horrible I didn't understand one word they were saying. Everything is changing and I know it is for the worse because I can't understand it.

I miss the days when RP supporters were known for their high intellect.

http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp

 

[LibertyEagle]

I know its horrible, ever since their invasion we have a 24/7 nacho shop on every corner. I swear they are trying to kill us all with diabetes. They have completely ruined taco bell for me, and I will never forgive them for that. I can't get a single job picking fruit or cleaning peoples toilets, even pick and shovel jobs are all gone. I am sure factory jobs are gone because of them too, even though they don't seem to have factory jobs either. I even turned on the tv the other day and there was someone speaking Spanish on it, it was horrible I didn't understand one word they were saying. Everything is changing and I know it is for the worse because I can't understand it.

I miss the days when RP supporters were known for their high intellect.

http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp

 

[TaftFan]

He released the dumbasses who had fortunately stayed out of politics previously.

 

[nikcers]

I miss the days when RP supporters were known for their high intellect.

http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp

You're right "terrorists" attacked us on 9/11 so we should have a war on terror, and guns kill more people than anything else so we should ban guns. You can use a knife to stab someone in the heart so we should completely get rid of all knives.