09/13/2017
In the Hill, Neil Baron is convinced that Trump is evil, and Republicans, even anti-Trump, disloyal Republicans, arenât going far enough to attack that evil. Particularly, his âcomments after Charlottesvilleâ about the Alt Right and the Alt Left, and his later condemnation of racists:
Republicans claimed Trump was clear in his denouncements of the white supremacists, the KKK and neo-Nazis. But, his belated condemnations would not prevent those groups from basking in his support because his pivot was made under pressure from Republicans, business leaders and demonstrators.
White supremacist Richard Spencer, who attended the Charlottesville rally, said of Trumpâs belated condemnation, âI donât take him seriously ⌠It sounded so hollow.â Peter Brimelow, founder of VDARE.com, dismissed Trumpâs condemnations as âboring boilerplate.â
Republican 'criticism' of Trump doesnât go far enough, By Neil Baron, The Hill, September 10, 2017
The link on Peter Brimelowâs name in the text above goes to some $PLC nonsense, and the link on "dismissed" goes to an Australian version of a WSJ story by Scott Calvert and Alexa Corse, one of whom interviewed Peter Brimelow by phone. See the relevant parts quoted here. (His link on VDARE, above, actually goes to VDARE.comâs front page, something that people like him try to avoid â we've seen very little traffic from it, so perhaps the Hillâs readers lack intellectual curiosity. )
The subhead of that story is, by the way, is "Richard Spencer calls presidentâs words âso hollowâ; Peter Brimelow dismisses comments as âboring boilerplateâ," so you can see how much original research Mr. Baron has done.
The main point I'd like to raise is Baronâs lumping us in with "white supremacists, the KKK and neo-Nazis", which doesnât describe any of Jared Taylorâs American Renaissance, Richard Spencerâs NPI, or the VDARE Foundation. Hereâs what Peter told the WSJ:
Peter Brimelow, editor and founder of VDARE.com, a website that publishes pieces critical of US immigration policy, dismissed Mr Trumpâs comments as âboring boilerplate from some corporate PR hackâ.
The US President yesterday condemned white-nationalist groups by name after failing to do so two days earlier ⌠.
Asked if he thought Mr. Trumpâs comments would weaken his support among white nationalists, Mr. Brimelow, who founded VDARE.com in 1999, said the âhard coreâ has been impatient with the president for some time, but that he knows he can âalways get them backâ by embracing tough immigration policies.
âThe real question is whether it will weaken the peculiar implicit appeal he made to the white working class, which is not ideological,â he said. âI think in the long run it might, especially in the South.â
Alt-Right Leaders Arenât Alienated by Donald Trumpâs Criticism
Richard Spencer calls presidentâs words âso hollowâ; Peter Brimelow dismisses comments as âboring boilerplateâ
By Scott Calvert and Alexa Corse, WSJ, August 14, 2017
The piece by Baron represents a combination of the "point and sputter" and "guilt by association when thereâs no association" techniques â and is thus typical of Main Stream Media commentary on white advocacy.