07/22/2020
From: Jim Smith
It is rare for me to have a complaint about VDARE.com, but I must express my annoyance at the gratuitous swipe at the Confederacy made by Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton in a tweet which VDARE.com retweeted earlier today. Not only was it gratuitous, but plain offensive for him to compare the antifa rioters in Portland to the Confederacy:
.@realDonaldTrump can and should invoke the Insurrection Act and take other steps, as the Constitution authorizes, to restore a republican form government to the citizens of Portland. These new confederates must be stopped. https://t.co/dqCGxDo8Lz
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 19, 2020
For some reason, Conservatism, Inc. has made it a pet project to go after Confederate anything, from Robert E. Lee on through the ranks. They've always been a craven lot, doing whatever they can to gain support, especially during a time when Confederate has once again become a dirty word. Please assure me that this was a mistake. Or maybe even that I've made a mistake in my interpretation.
Otherwise, keep up the great work, and best of luck against the deplatformers (and as you well know, I don’t think Conservatism, Inc. is shedding any tears over your troubles).
VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow writes: I’m sure our tweetmeister (who is a loyal Southerner) was just attracted by the Insurrection Act idea — probably too numbed even to notice the Confederate reference.
The idea that what the mayors are doing is similar what Jefferson Davis did in the Late Unpleasantness seems very popular:
Under no circumstances will I allow federal authorities to resupply Fort Sumter! https://t.co/B7iZ9wwvfw
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) July 21, 2020
They don’t mean that the Mayor of Portland is a Christian gentleman, or that the other mayors are "a band of brothers and native to the soil" as the song says — it just means they're trying to start a second Civil War.
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