By Ian Jobling • 6/17/08
Over the past week, I, as well as a number of other writers, have been the targets of a great deal of abuse from Charles Johnson, owner of the popular website Little Green Footballs, and his readers. In comment threads like this and this, I have been called a “fascist” by Johnson himself and a “neo-Nazi” by his readers. Johnson even suggested that readers put on a “Hazmat” suit before they came to Inverted World, so toxic does he deem my ideas. As if these unjustified slurs weren’t enough, LGF readers plumbed the depths of infantile triviality by mocking my penis size, an insult so stupid that I christened them the “kindergarten conservatives.” This hostility is particularly disappointing as the missions of LGF and White America are, at bottom, very similar: both websites are dedicated to the defense of Western values, like individualism, pluralism, tolerance, and the rule of law. Like the LGF community, I believe America has been the world’s foremost defender of Western values, and I support our nation’s protection of Israel and campaigns against our enemies abroad. Also like the LGF community, I fear the Islamization of Europe, as Islamic values are contrary to Western ones.
I also share LGF’s bitterness towards the anti-American, anti-Israeli, anti-war left. While I am not a supporter of Pres. Bush because he is a liberal on matters of race and immigration, I recognize that he has been the victim of many unfair attacks from the “Bush lied, people died” crowd. I was always glad that blogs like LGF were around to call the left on its smears.
Finally, I share LGF’s contempt for anti-Semitism on the American right. In fact, I’ve been a vocal critic of anti-Semitism, and I even left my job at American Renaissance magazine because my former employer, Jared Taylor, would not denounce anti-Semitism among his followers. I opposed Ron Paul in the Republican primaries because of his belief that the Israeli and Palestinian sides are morally equivalent and because of the smears of Jews published in his name.
My public statements on these issues should put to rest any fears that I am a “neo-Nazi” or a “fascist.” I am a critic of neo-Nazism and a proponent of Western freedoms, not the totalitarianism that is an essential characteristic of fascist regimes.
The only philosophical difference between the LGF community and myself is that I think some differences in psychology and culture among the races are certainly or probably rooted in biological, genetic differences. This belief is what makes me a “race realist.” There is overwhelming evidence that the black/white IQ gap, whose nature and causes have been studied intensively by psychologists, is rooted in biology. For other differences among the races, the evidence is less clear. Nevertheless, I think the race realist theory is the only plausible explanation of the fact that, despite generations of intense efforts to bring about socioeconomic equality among the races, such substantial gaps still exist between American whites on one hand and blacks and Hispanics on the other across a wide range of socioeconomic indicators, including high-school and college graduation, crime, income, wealth, out-of-wedlock births, and so forth.
I am particularly interested in cultural differences in tolerance, perhaps the fundamental feature of Western society, which undergirds the value we place on freedom of speech. I see little evidence that non-whites share our respect for tolerance. Islam is the clearest example: a 2006 poll of British Muslims found that a full 68 percent do not think free speech for people who insult Islam should be legally protected. The recent campaign against Mark Steyn, which has been noted at LGF, is further evidence of Muslims’ lack of respect for free speech. Other non-white groups seem to feel the same. If anyone makes serious criticisms of blacks and Hispanics, these groups do not accept it in an understanding and broad-minded spirit. No, they tell the critic to shut up and call for punishment.
If I am right that cultural differences among the races are rooted in biology, the impending emergence of non-white majorities in Western nations is a threat to the values that all of us cherish. Our prosperity depends on the maintenance of a law-abiding, educated populace. Our freedoms depend on a broad-minded tolerance of dissent.
While I appreciate LGF’s defense of Western values, I do not think you appreciate the nature of the threat the West faces; consequently, I think your defense will prove ineffective. My position is that the only way to preserve Western values is to ensure that Western nations retain white majorities and commit themselves to the protection of our racial spirit. This is not an opinion I have arrived at lightly, and I hope you will spend some time reading the links above before you dismiss it.
It’s likely that my most mean-spirited detractors at LGF will not be convinced by this, and will continue droning on about fascists, neo-Nazis, and my penis. Nevertheless, I am sure that there are many LGF readers who are smarter and better than that, who are capable of reading and of giving unpopular ideas a fair hearing. If you are one of these people, I welcome you and look forward to your comments and your cooperation in preserving the West.