Blogs and political parties focus on the spread of Islam. They have made us aware – if terrorism did not – of the danger Islam can pose to western civilization. But, what solutions can be had? Many worry that right – leaning political parties such as the BNP and Vlaams Belang will, for lack of positive options, move towards advocating ethnic cleansing. Such actions would completely undermine our values and cause major civil unrest. This policy could destroy the West. Culturism relies on history. American history provides lots of positive, legal solutions to the fear of Islamic law growing in western nations.
We have long taken culturist action based upon an appreciation for our culture and its fragility. Puritans, the two Great Awakenings, the Freeman's bureau and Beecher's spreading of women's schools, Abolition and Prohibition, our naturalization and immigration laws, progressivism, the FCC and the Americanization movement all illustrate that we have a culturist heritage. Culturist mass movements of concerned citizens provided the impetus for many of these culturist episodes and mechanisms. We must again come to see ourselves as a culturist nation.
Our culturist immigration laws provide an example of solutions from our history. The 1921 and 1924 immigration laws capped thirty years of culturist agitation. These excluded Southern and Eastern Europeans. The quotas were based on the 1890 census. Right or wrong, culturist immigration laws fall within the scope of our traditions. We also have many other immigration court cases to draw upon. The obvious application is having another culturist law aimed at restricting immigration from Islamic nations. This is not racist, it is culturist. If such laws cannot now pass legal muster, you'd get the same effect by outlawing immigration from terrorist nations. Certainly this is within the rights of our nation.
We also have the right to take our naturalization laws seriously. There is a language component. Besides this, there is a loyalty clause; becoming an American citizen means disavowing allegiance to foreign potentates. We have tossed out folks who advocated the overthrow of our government for violating the loyalty clause before. Another legal tool is ending of monetary remittance to the home country. This would stop American funding of Jihad. People who then stayed here would be clearer that they were working towards the betterment of this nation. We can also stand up for our legal system as a component of our culture. That means saying no to Islamic or Sharia law. That means no polygamy, etc. Taking these culturist stances in law would help
Without invoking legal changes we can insist that schools once again recognize their traditional culturist mission. These need to teach our historical western narrative as a progressive one. One also based on values of duty and responsibility. You teach this by teaching the culturist history mentioned above. The schools of all nations are culturist. They transmit the dominant culture. We should enlarge the scope of our national holidays. We should have thematic parades, etc. This does not mean that those who do not want to partake must, but we have a right to celebrate our majority culture. When it is a good culture, like ours, it is good to do so and serves important culturist purposes.
We must welcome foreign investment, but we cannot allow culturist imperialism in the form of Saudi Funded Whabbi Mosques. Obviously, because of the 1st Amendment, citizens may build whatever religious complexes they like. But, just as we have no international right to build churches in Saudi Arabia or China, there is no international right to build mosques in America. And, herein, demographics are important; we live in a democracy. That means, in part, the majority gets to direct the community via votes. That is self-government. If we wish to vote in such restrictions we may.
The ACLU needs to be counterbalanced by recognizing the legal standing of the majority culture. This is also a tradition. Read the first and second Supreme Court cases concerning Jehovah's Witnesses. The need for a community to perpetuate itself has traditionally had standing. And throughout most of our history the law has assumed the existence of culturist rights exist and balance out individual rights. The modern idea that one individual's sensitivities overrule the entire community's right to perpetuate traditions should be questioned. You do not have the right to build a porn shop next to an elementary school. Self-governance is our tradition.
We must also remember that culturist profiling is not racist profiling. And that while racist profiling would be bad, culturist profiling - because diversity is real - is rational and necessary. Splitting the two allows rational dialogue. This allows you to explain to Muslim citizens of America, that only strongly anti-American mosques and their members will be watched. You can get some in the Muslim community to acknowledge that this is necessary. And then we must scrupulously avoid keeping an eye on anyone for whom there is no probable cause. This way you can have legal, rational security, without violating the rights of Americans. If we violate the rights of people with no sensitivity, resentment will be justified. We have no need to, and should not, antagonize any good Muslim citizens.
Were the demographics frozen as they are now, were Muslims to get no adverse treatment, were radical mosques to stop spreading, were remittance and western cultural laws used to remove the incentive for radicals to move to America, the remaining Muslim population would likely become fairly content and moderate. Remember that rising populations and intimidation feed terrorism. If we praise our culture in our schools and in our discussions, if we provide fun holidays, most every citizen will more enjoy being an American. This is a positive program. It will reap more rewards than pure negativity and unjust discrimination.
We also need to change our international outlook. We must replace the globalist vision with a culturist vision. We have a side in international disputes. Despite what multiculturalists say, we have a core culture. We are the West. We are not the world. Since other nations do not accept refugees we need not. Other nations are culturist, we be so too. We should support Israel and other western nations because they are western. We should not send aid to Muslim countries. Muslim countries do not help us out. We should not be the only non-culturist civilization.
To initiate any of this, we need a shift in public discourse. Right now we would dismiss many of the above solutions as 'racist.' These culturst policies have nothing to do with race. We must recognize them as culturist. This will allow us to discuss such policies rationally on the basis of cultural diversity being real. And, we must embrace this fact. Multiculturalism needs to be counterbalanced. We will always have diversity. But we must stress our unity. We must avoid the extremes of both those who only wish to blindly celebrate diversity and those who preach hatred of Muslims, but provide no positive solutions. The West must acknowledge cultural diversity and start talking about legal and reasonable culturist solutions.
We can help foster culturist awareness and policies by using the terms culturism and culturist. When we use the word culturism we challenge multiculturalism. In every education school in America, students should demand culturst courses counterbalance the multiculturalist ones. When we use the word culturist we help silence those who abuse the word racism to stop conversations. When invoking the words, we stop being the only globalists on the planet and counterbalance the anti-social use of individual rights in the Courts. Finally, using the terms culturism and culturist help us remember our culturist traditions. Unlike multiculturalism, unlike the hysteria of racists, culturism and culturists point to many positive solutions.
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YES: CULTURE/CIVILIZSTION NOT RACE MUST BE PROTECTED.
BUT UNTIL A MAJOR PARTY AGREES TO FIGHT ISLAMIZATION IN EUROPE, VB AND BNP IS THE ONLY OPTION OTHER THAN ISLAMIZATION.
IN WAR... ONE MUST CHOOSE SIDES; THOSE ARE - RIGHT NOW - THE ONLY TWO SIDES.
I KNOW WHICH I AM ON.
FDR ALLIED HIMSELF TO STALIN.
HE WAS RIGHT TO DO SO DURING THE WAR.
KASPAROV - RIGHT NOW - MARCHES WITH THE RUSSIA CP AGAINST PUTIN.
HI IS RIGHT TO DO SO. NOW.
I STAND AGAINST ISLAMIZATION WITH PRO-CHOICE/LIB-HAWKS. AND REMEMBER: ABORTION HAS KILLED MORE INNOCENT DEFENSELESS HUMAN -- SINCE ROE V WWADE - THAN THE VB AND BNP AND NF COMBINED BY A FACTOR OF 30 MILLION.
FURTHERMORE, THE ONLY THING WHICH WILL WAKE UP A MAJOR EURO PARTY TO THE THREAT OF ISLAMIZATION/DHIMMIFICATION IS A MAJOR VICTORY BY ALLIES OF VB BNP ETC.
If they called themselves culturist, they could dodge the label of racist, and possibly gain power faster.
I stand against Islamization with those who believe that women are by nature "guilty" (opposite of "innocent", hmm?) with no right to control their own bodies, and who thereby label millions of women in this country murderers.
Hell, I stand against Islam with Judeo-Christians who disparage me for not believing in their religion. While the house is burning is not the time to argue with the fire department.
We do not have to approve of everything about our allies but we do have to correctly identify the greatest threat to our most fundamental liberties. It was not a mistake to stand with the Soviets against the Axis so long as the nature of Communism was not forgotten. We were surrounded, outnumbered, and in the crosshairs of the Axis, not the Soviets, at that time.
Getting to a state where the BNP calling for a "white Britain" is all that's left standing in the way of Sharia law will be the failure of those who knew better to stand up first. We may be left with a choice between two evils in Europe, but that does not have to dictate our choices here.
If they are really culturists.
If we can get the followers to be culturist; the leaders will be culurists. And the leaders will be able to get more followers if they are culturist.
I am sure the average American voter would fear and reject any intimation of race war or simply racist policies. It seems likely that other western nations would, outside of young men, share the same apprehension.
This is where culturism is useful. It could give these parties agendas that average voters might approve of. Understanding of this agenda could spread as quickly as the words culturist and culturism. Once heard, people somewhat intuit the meanings.
If we don't develop such a line of thought, the dialogue will be limited to those in favor of Sharia and racists. That will leave us with only nasty choices.
Reliapundit,
If it actually gets to the point where its either white nationalism or Islamic theocracy for Europe, that will be a tragedy. Because when there is no third option for Europe, no matter which said wins, we would lose, and so would the people of Europe. The only question would be, which would be worse. I desperately don't want that to happen. We have too much to loose.
One of the few positive things I can say about the white nationalists is that they would be westerners and view themselves as westerns. If they gained power, and stopped the Islamization of Europe, it might stop the fall of the west, but at a terrible price. Sharia and Islamic theocracy maybe bad, but so is a potential Fourth Reich. The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend.
Plus if people see that the only thing that stands between Europe and a Taliban style theocracy, is a bunch of fascists, it will discourage people who support liberty and individual rights, as well as freedom and democracy. The fall of democracy in Europe to either Islam-o-fascism or neo fascism, could lead to the fall of democracy in America and Canada as well, just because it might convince large numbers of people living here, that non dictatorial forms of government are doomed to failure. If America becomes a dictatorship, what's left of the free world probably won't be far behind.
What is the purpose or objective of Islam?
Culturist John,
I do not share your confidence that the leaders of the BNP will follow their constituents.
It doesn't happen in other political parties, so why would it happen in the BNP?
Voice of Reason,
To spread Islam by any means necessary. Have you read the Koran?
Voice of Reason,
Islam has many purposes and goals. One of them is to bring people calm and unity in their lives. If we aggressively fight those who see the main goal as world conquest, the vast majority of Muslims just want to be left in peace. But if we allow hostile recruitment stations to sprout, a small percentage of the meek, normal muslims will get radicalized.
Pastorius,
If the BNP came out tomorrow and said they wanted to cleanse Britain of non-whites, they would not win a single seat. I don't know what the breakdown is, but a percentage of Britain is black and Hindu. They will not vote for such an agenda.
I admit I don't have my fingers on the pulse of Britain. But, if an American party came out and said we want to make America a whites-only party, that party would get no seats. So I'm extrapolating. Why do you not think it would be the same there? Are the demographics so different? Are the attitudes so racist?
Furthermore, if the BNP claimed it was going to forcibly relocate all minorities, it would be a fight and a disaster for Britain. And, I think they'd lose the next election. Do you notice that they've had to moderate their positions to get into power? Do you deny this? If you think they're strong enough to overthrow democracy, halt elections and set up a dictatorship, I think you overestimate Nick Griffins. He doesn't seem all that bright.
Is Islam the same as Muslim?
Culturist John,
Do you know the history of Nick Griffin and the BNP?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/a-right-menace-nick-griffin-1689784.html
... the transformation of Britain's biggest far-right party from a past of street thuggery to the brink of electoral breakthrough.
The real question is whether it has done that by shrugging off its neo-fascist antecedents and entering the extreme right of mainstream politics – or is it being done by the perpetration of long-running confidence trick upon the electorate? The answer to that lies in the one man whose personal writ runs authoritatively throughout the party. So has Nick Griffin really changed?
There can be no doubting the unsavoury background from which Griffin emerges. It is deep rooted in his family history.
Nicholas John Griffin, who was born a decade later, was as a boy reputedly given by his grandfather some of the more anti-Semitic literature of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. While at private school in Suffolk aged 13, he was reading Hitler's Mein Kampf and making notes in the margins. "Adolf went a bit too far," Griffin conceded in 2006.
When Griffin was 15, his father Edgar took his son to his first National Front meeting. When he went up to Cambridge in 1977 to read history and law at Downing College, he founded the university's Young National Front Students group and soon rose through the ranks of the neo-fascist party. Within a year he had become national organiser.
But the National Front fell apart a decade later. Griffin was a key figure in the foundation of one of its successor factions, the International Third Position (ITP), advocating a blood-and-soil alternative to communism and capitalism. In it he praised the black separatist Louis Farrakhan, met David Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, travelled to Libya at the expense of Colonel Gaddafi and expressed support for Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini – who also had a strong dislike of Jews, women's rights, homosexuals, liberal democracy, international capitalism, Coca-Cola and McDonald's.
Griffin also spoke darkly about the imminence of civil war ...
It was in 1995 that he joined the BNP, where for two years he edited a magazine called The Rune which, after three years of wild anti-Semitic stories, got him convicted of inciting racial hatred. In the witness box Griffin infamously said: "I am well aware that the orthodox opinion is that six million Jews were gassed and cremated and turned into lampshades. Orthodox opinion also once held that the world is flat." He was found guilty and sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years.
The trial only increased his stature within the fascist Right, and months later he ousted John Tyndall – an old-style jackboots-and-armband neo-Nazi – as leader of the BNP. In 1999, Griffin began the long process of making the party electable in emulation of the successes of Jean-Marie Le Pen in France and Jörg Haider in Austria.
Out went the skinhead leathers and in came the jackets and ties.Out went the outright white supremacist racism and in came the dog-whistle semiotics designed to win the votes of whites disillusioned with Labour and Tories. Hate was replaced by fear as the engine of the movement. "
Griffin has broadened BNP policy to include concerns about unemployment, the environment, farming, crime and sterling as well as its traditional preoccupations with immigration, asylum-seekers and the politics of race.
Yet behind the scenes, Nick Griffin has maintained his links with the hard right in Europe and America, where he has spoken on platforms with white supremacists, anti-Semites, Islamophobes and Holocaust-deniers. His continued obsession with a coming civil war or race war also shows how little his politics have changed in 20 years.
More on Nick Griffin:
http://thebigotbasher.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/the-real-face-of-the-bnp/
Fact The BNP still wants an all-white Britain
* Fact The BNP is opposed to mixed-race relationships
* Fact The BNP believes in the superiority of the white race
* Fact The BNP wants apartheid in Britain
* Fact Nick Griffin believes in the Jewish conspiracy
* Fact The BNP has several Nazi friends across the globe
The fact that Gordon Brown has so played to the BNP card, playing on fear of immigration, Islamaphobia, “British jobs for British Workers” is his disgrace. What ever happens in the European elections – do not let it become our disgrace.
The truth about the BNP.
In their Own Words – Nick Griffin
On Race: “Without the White race nothing matters [other right-wing parties] believe that the answer to the race question is integration and a futile attempt to create “Black Britons”, while we affirm that non-Whites have no place here at all and will not rest until every last one has left our land.”
On Nazi leader Adolf Hitler: ‘Yes, Adolf went a bit too far. His legacy is the biggest problem that the British nationalist movement has to deal with. It just creates a bad image.”
On Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s autobiography: “At 13, I read Mein Kampf, making notes in the margins… I remember thinking, are the Jews really that bad? The chapter I most enjoyed was the one on propaganda and organisation there are some really useful ideas there.”
On democracy: “[BNP voters backed] what they perceived to be a strong, disciplined organisation with the ability to back up its slogan ‘Defend Rights for Whites’ with well-directed boots and fists. When the crunch comes, power is the product of force and will, not of rational debate.”
On the Holocaust:
“I am well aware that the orthodox opinion is that 6 million Jews were gassed and cremated or turned into lamp shades. Orthodox opinion also once held that the earth is flat … I have reached the conclusion that the ‘extermination’ tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie and latter witch-hysteria.”
“The “extermination” tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie and latter witch hysteria.”
It’s well known that the chimneys from the gas chambers at Auschwitz are fake, built after the war ended.
On Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists: “‘There is a strong, direct link from Oswald Mosley to me.”
On the Soho pub bombings: “The TV footage of dozens of ‘gay’ demonstrators flaunting their perversions in front of the world’s journalists showed just why so many ordinary people find these creatures so repulsive.”
On why the two countries that sponsored terrorism should be supported: “Common interest must be turned into practical cooperation. Those involved must work to nail the media lies which are used by our enemies to try to divide us and make us afraid to be seen standing side by side with Third Way nations such as Libya and Iran.”
Nick Griffin defends BNP leaflet that says black and Asian Britons 'do not exist'
23rd April 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172801/Nick-Griffin-defends-BNP-leaflet-says-black-Asian-Britons-exist.html
British National Party chairman Nick Griffin spoke today of a 'bloodless genocide' as he defended a party leaflet which says that black Britons and Asian Britons 'do not exist'.
The BNP leader was referring to the party's Language And Concepts Discipline Manual, which says the term used should be 'racial foreigners'.
Mr Griffin said to call such people British was a sort of 'bloodless genocide' because it denied indigenous people their own identity.
Here's something I wrote back in 2007"
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2007/01/nick-griffin-bnp-and-holocaust-denial.html
Pastorius,
You make some important points.
This Nick Griffin article is disappointing. I once saw him read a schedule on an interview produced for and by the BNP. That someone who does not seem to have much intelligence is running a party baffles me. But here his expressions are clearly racist; and that is too bad.
As a culturist, and as someone whose lived in Brixton, I can tell you that Caribbean roots British people constitute a cool part of the scene. Culturists are subtle. The problem with being Pakistani and British is that the Passions, Islamic and Nationalist or Taliban, make taking on a British point of view difficult. Hindus and Caribbean Britons, in my experience, are more likely to defend Britain in an argument. They are less likely to seek Britain's destruction.
By only wanting to consider whites British he is dividing a population that is and will remain diverse. Britain, like America, is no longer mono or bi - racial. There are Americans of every background. And all Americans could use a lesson in duty and fidelity. But to say only the whites are truly American is a racist statement.
This article saddens me. It makes me have less hope in the BNP. I don't think they'll get many votes with this agenda. They'll not get as many as if they took up a culturist position. But they only know the language of race. The use of the word "genocide" certainly speaks to race. I hope and pray that the BNP learns to tell race from culture. I hope they decide to become culturist.
BTW, Dr. John Sentamu, the black British patriot, sounds like a culturist.
Culturist John,
Yes, I agree, Dr. John Semantu does sound like a culturist.
Frankly, I'm glad to hear you agree with me on the BNP, though I would not require that you do. People who I have been acquainted with, whom I am quite sure are not racists, like our very own Shiva for instance, have all sorts of excuses for Nick Griffin. But, I don't buy them.
Pastorius,
I did not know all that much about Nick Griffin. I saw video of him talking with David Duke on youtube. But it was not recent. I didn't know about his childhood or constant holocaust denial or even his trial.
What I did know is the part where the party had consciously crafted an image make over where the skinheads and overt racism were purged to make a respectable.
Again, I still can separate the BNP from Griffin. They hire Jews now, etc. I still think it instructive that getting elected required modifying their message. People, I think, intuit that racism divides and only leads to ugly scenarios.
Still, the fact that he gets any votes is disturbing. And, not to bore you, I wish there were a third position in the form of culturism. Because Griffin doesn't sound bright enough to even pretend he's transformed and so voting for him or the BNP ends up being a vote for crude racism.
This means I hope the party reforms. I hope they dump him. If they get seats I hope it is on the basis of the organization or a protest vote and not an endorsement of Griffin's racist views. But when the leader is so darn vocal and racist, it is hard for voters to be in denial.
They are made to choose do you vote for the multicultural "Islam is Peace" increase immigration party or the racist party. When other, culturist, alternatives exist, that is a terrible false choice.
Thanks for researching and spreading your information,
John
Culturist John,
As we discussed on the Gathering Storm radio show the other day, it is possible that the BNP could be pushed to real change by the voters. But, I think it is unlikely as long as Griffin and his cronies occupy the important positions within the party.
I have heard that there are forces within the party that were trying to get rid of him. However, that was about a year ago, and he seems to have solidified his grasp on power in the time since then.
And, you're right, the BNP does now have a small number of Jews, blacks, and people of various races working for the party. In fact, I believe there are a few who occupy council seats.
As long as Griffin is running things, I will believe that is a facade.
By the way, as bad as the Griffin-BNP is, our fellow blogger, BabbaZee believes that Filip DeWinter is even more dangerous. I do not, necessarily, share that opinion. But, BabbaZee has done a lot more research on DeWinter and the VB than I have. She believes that DeWinter has the smarts that you lack Griffin seems to lack (though he did graduate from Cambridge). In short, DeWinter seems to have the ability to really fool people.
As we see evidence of in the right-wing anti-Jihad blogosphere.
DeWinter has, in opinion, fooled an awful lot of very bright people.
Pastorius, et al,
Do you guys know about a breakaway defection group that claims to really represent the BNP? I came across them before, but didn't have the time to research the disputes.
BTW, any comments on my policies in the article?
Culturist John,
I don't know about the BNP breakaway group. I do know that I heard a lot of rumblings about disagreement within the BNP about a year back. But, that seems to have settled down. And, I've seen more press releases from the BNP in the past few months which make anti-racist statements. But, as I said, as long as Griffin and friends are in charge, I don't buy it.
As for your policies, sorry I didn't comment.
I agree absolutely.
For instance, I absolutely believe a culturist immigration policy is a good idea. I think we do not need to ban immigration from Islamic countries. Instead, I think we need to interview prospective immigrants the way we would interview people for an important job. We ought to severely curtail immigration from Islamic countries, and for the most part, we ought to limit it to Christians, Jews, and other refugees of the Jihad. Allowing more Muslims in is only going to increase the number of Jihad advocates. That is not to say all Muslims are Jihad advocates. But, I will say that we know there are a very few Muslims who are willing to stand up against the Jihad advocates in their midst. So, that means we ought not allow many Muslims in our country.
That would be sane, in my opinion.
More thoughts on sane immigration policy. My wife and her family had to jump through hoops to gain citizenship. This is as it should be. They had to take classes in American history and government, they had to pass tests, they had to swear an oath of loyalty to our nation.
Oh, and another thing, I don't think it is a good idea to allow people to live here on endless Green Cards. Either they want to be a part of this country, or they should leave.
As for the ACLU. Your idea that the ACLU ought to recognize the rights of the majority culture is a good one on it's face.
However, really what ought to happen is that the majority culture ought to get up off their asses and fund an ACLU-type organization to advocate for their rights the way the ACLU does for their constituency. The ACLU is a force within our system. They have become what they are because it was a necessary counter-weight to the abuse of the majority which occurred in years past. As is true of Unions, the ACLU seems to have become a bloated activist organization which refuse to recognize reality. But, we will not get them to recognize reality other than by putting the pressure of reality on them with a counter-force effort. That means an organization which represents another side of the issue.
As always, I have to say, your work is great. As I said to Midnight Rider the other day, you see around the corner most of us do not even realize is there. I do hope that others will begin to understand the importance of your work.
Pastorius,
Thanks so much for the email and the follow up comments. Thanks for all the info on the BNP.
I especially like your idea of emphasizing accepting Christian and Jewish refugees from Jihad. That sends a solid culturist message.
I also agree with you on naturalization laws. You and your wife both understand the reasoning behind the tests she had to take. Kudos to her for making those efforts. The women I study, Frances Kellor, organized big receptions for newly naturalized citizens. I hope you guys had a good party!
The Islamic immigration question is difficult. I am not sure that individual interviews are the way to go. Culturist profiling would show Saudi's are more likely to commit terror than Indonesians. Such culturist generalizations would be good supplements to interviews.
The important thing is that we acknowledge we have the culturst right to have zero immigration from any Muslim nations. We can err on the side of safety. That doesn't violate 'human rights.' After that is acknowledged some rational system can be devised.
Thanks again! John
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