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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   3606 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 30, 2022

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Idk if everybody does as most people don't even know how to access the website, thanks to a number of internet services blacklisting them.

It certainly is an informative website for those that care about subjects that are censored in most other media.

I don't know if DS is strictly white supremacist, but maybe according to your own definition it is?

One would think they would not praise Kanye if they were supremacists.

I only say what I believe, I'm not sure what you think I should be saying that I am not saying.

Idk if everybody does as most people don't even know how to access the website, thanks to a number of internet services blacklisting them.

It's a safe bet everyone here on the Motte is familiar with them.

I only say what I believe, I'm not sure what you think I should be saying that I am not saying.

You are pretending to believe that the Daily Stormer is just another independent news outlet that happens to use shocking language sometimes and that you "don't know if they are strictly white supremacist."

I do not believe you.

I don't believe they are white supremacists, they themselves always deny being white supremacists.

white supremacist

noun

1.One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society.

2.An advocate of white supremacy, a person who believes that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races.

3.a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme

I don't see them belonging to 2. and 3.. I don't see what is wrong with 1, wanting to 'dominate society', if by that you mean 'having control of [their] society' which most people in their own country have.

I would definitely call them 'white nationalists' or 'American nationalists' but again, what is wrong with that? Why should people not want to see people like them succeed?

I definitely understand the plight of African-Americans who don't see themselves in the board rooms of major corporations or rewarded with scientific achievements awards.

Despite making up 13% of the American population, you hardly ever see them succeed at anything besides working for jewish owners in entertainment and sports.

By your definition of supremacism, I would classify all major American media as jewish supremacists. One can see that they always side with the jews over even the blacks, that they spent 2 years pretending were the most important people on Earth.

So it's good to have a little bit of diversity. Among the ardently zionist media, get a different perspective.

Having a different perspective does not make a media less respectable than any other.

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