Charlottesville – Gimme Shelter?

The story of the events in Charlottesville hardly needs to be re-told. While the “Unite the Right” rally may have been the work of that alt.NS/KKK-lite wing of things that I find particularly alienating (think, Hunter Wallace, et al for example) make no mistake – the violence came from the antifa left, aided and abetted by the action and inaction of the powers-that-be and the “moderate” left. Further, while some of the more objectionable views expressed by certain “Unite the Right” participants played into the hands of our enemies (See Colin Lidell’s Charlottesville: You Know I’m Right) experience shows that even the most tepid sort of alt.lite civic nationalist gathering would have drawn (qualitatively at least) the same sort of violent, thuggish response.

Given the lessons of the past few years, none of this, of course, should be a surprise(1).  But, without a doubt, difficult times are ahead.  Clearly every effort will be made by the system and its flunkies on the left to use the Charlottesville events to intimidate and silence all anti-system voices.  In this regard today’s piece by Greg Johnson (with whom I usually disagree) The Altamont of the Alt Right? is a must-read, especially in its conclusion:

This is a call to arms. In the coming days and weeks, I want every one of my readers to both speak the truth about what happened in Charlottesville and also use this as an opportunity to impeach the credibility of the mainstream media and the political establishment. You need to speak out among your friends and relatives. You need to speak out on social media. You need to raid comment threads. You need to call into radio shows. You need to hone your talking points and share them with our comrades and allies. And you need to steel yourself for a long, hard fight, because the enemy never sleeps, never takes a day off, and never flags in flogging its lies to the masses….

This is only a setback if we allow it to be. We must seize upon it as our chance to expose the lies and hypocrisy of the Left and reassert the righteousness of our cause. This is an Übermensch moment for our movement. An obstacle has been thrown in our path. We need to surmount it. We have been presented with a crisis. We have to turn it into an opportunity.

So what are you waiting for?

Yes, what are we waiting for?

 

(1) I will forgo rehashing my views on the antifa and the role they play, but if you are curious, see my posts The System’s Useful (and Violent) Idiots and On the Left and “Fascism”.

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