Quote (thesnipa @ Nov 21 2019 12:07pm)
doesn't him citing the book repeatedly do enough to say he's a white nationalist? even if it does nothing to prove he's a racist or has violent tendencies towards minorities and immigrants?
or are you disputing he's a fan of the book?
i'm a bit confused. i get hating SPLC, i dont get hating SPLC in support of Miller when even beyond their biased language reporting there's plenty of source material to look at.
No, thats certainly not enough.
1. Citing a book's name doesn't make someone a white nationalist. Obviously.
if it did, bad news for everyone in this thread then..
2. There is one single email where he mentions camp of the saints.
Miller: Also, you see the Pope saying west must, in effect, get rid of borders. Someone should point out the parallels to Camp of the Saints.
The rest of the section is the SPLC trying to tie the book to white nationalists and neo-nazis to condemn Miller.
3. Does liking a book that some white nationalists like automatically make you a white nationalist? No obviously not.
4. Have you read the book? I haven't. As such i'm not comfortable making a definitive stand on its content or condemning people for knowing it.
I certainly won't be taking the SPLC's word for anything.
Presumably a dystopian anti-mass-immigration book from the 70s is going to have some tropes and language that doesn't stand up to 2019 SJW/PC culture standards.
If a book is inflammatory or controversial or 'racist' does that mean it necessarily has no value and is wrong and evil about everything? it can't represent or touch on valid concerns, points and observations or have parallels to the real world?
From a brief twitter search it has been mentioned numerous times by a variety of prominent figures. Its not a neo-nazi-only fan club as the SPLC insinuates and as you were falsely led to believe.
This was a Breitbart spokesperson's response:
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'No one in our senior management has read the book, “Camp of the Saints,” but we take The New York Times at their word that it is a “cautionary tale,” and the National Review at theirs that “the central issue of the novel is not race but culture and political principles.”'