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May 11, 2016 - Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin
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Identitarian Politics and Guilt by Association
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So this week something very interesting happened.
I received a ringing endorsement from the English Defence League.
Also got on YouTube, this guy has got 4 million followers!
Sargon McCann!
An ultra-liberal, a free-thinking man who is in favour of democracy.
He understands that liberalism has got to defeat the fascism of the left and the right.
Now, until these people can find a political organisation, they are screaming in the wound vipers.
But read and watch what these guys have got to say, and I swear to you, if you agree with them, you agree with me.
Now, this comes as a complete shock to me because I'm diametrically opposed to identitarian movements.
It's why I would never call myself a men's rights activist or a feminist, among many other reasons, or part of the British National Party or the UK Independence Party or the Scottish National Party if I was Scottish.
I would never adopt an identitarian movement as the vehicle for my ideas because I'm interested in the ideas and not the identity.
So needless to say, I've never thought very much about the English Defence League.
I mean, I've seen the mainstream media narrative that there are a bunch of far-right fascists, but then I know that the mainstream media is full of liars.
Constant, unremittent liars.
I have been smeared by them myself.
I am unbelievably cynical about the mainstream media's coverage of any kind of online group or political group.
I frankly think they're probably lying to me.
And so I can't help but approach it with a great deal of skepticism and at least listen to what the other side is saying and see if they seem to be genuine.
So when at an EDL rally someone is yelling how I am standing for liberal principles and I understand that the fascism of the left and right must be defeated, that is an accurate representation of my values.
And if his values are, as he says, the same as mine, I have no reason to think that this man is a racist because I know I am not a racist.
And so I find it all the more amusing when the usual progressive bottom feeders jumped on this.
They loved this so much.
Because in their minds, the EDL, again, I don't know that they're not like this, but in their minds, the EDL are basically cross-burning KKK members.
And so if they like something I have said, that must mean there's something wrong with what I've said instead of what I'm saying being right.
And so naturally, they expect me to virtue signal.
Yeah.
So that was Sargon being endorsed by the EDL.
Now, before anyone jumps up and says, oh, well, you can't, you know, you can't do this guilt by association, blah, blah, blah.
Look, I'm not saying that an endorsement by the EDL is an endorsement by Sargon of the EDL.
Okay, clearly that's not correct.
And also, if he comes out and says, I disavow the EDL, I don't support them, blah, you know, he rejects the EDL, then fine.
I'm happy to accept that.
That would be good, right?
But the point I'm trying to make in this video is that if fascists are endorsing you, you have to ask yourself some very strong questions as to why they are.
What is it about the content that you're creating that is attracting that kind of person?
I'm not going to labour the points about a load of far-right wingers agreeing with Sargon on a number of issues.
In the end, if Sargon rebuffs their advances, there's little more to be said.
However, once in a while, it is worthwhile to take a look around to see who is actually lending you their support.
Now, I think this is wonderful, because I have no intention of virtue signaling at all.
I know what I stand for, my audience knows what I stand for, and I don't care what their opinion is.
I do find it very amusing, though, that they're complaining that fascists are standing for liberal values.
It strikes me as pretty fucking rich, considering that the people you are supporting, not that they're supporting you, that you are supporting are like this.
I truly am my white ancestors.
My life is filled with decisions I make to maintain a privileged life based on the oppressions of others past and present.
I keep silent when I hear comments among my white friends that are subtly racist.
I live off money I inherited from my grandparents and parents.
I don't have many friends who are not white.
I let fear stop me from reaching out to people of colour.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
Prioritizing powerful white men.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
Survivor doubts.
It's a shame that you're using tactics to silence.
We will not be silenced in the face of your entire violence.
You cannot get to set the discourse and the frankness of violence.
You swear to me.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
Survivor doubt.
We will not be silenced in the face of your violence.
So, no.
I'm not going to disavow the EDL because I have no affiliation with the EDL.
There's nothing for me to disavow.
Someone happens to like my videos.
He wants to promote them.
Maybe they might have a good influence on the EDL and they can be reformed.
I mean, I don't know what you think should be done with people from the EDL, but maybe it's in line with this very tolerant social justice warrior who just happens to be losing the argument.
And you are happy with what was happening in the U.S.S.R. between 1917.
No, we're not happy.
We make a critique of it.
That's why we're Maoists.
We make a critique of it in order to improve socialism the next time it comes around and throws people like your ass into a labour can.
This is what you cabbages are defending.
You are just absolutely insane and then you go, oh, the EDL has endorsed Sargon.
You must disabled.
No, I'm not doing anything.
I don't care what the EDL does.
As far as I'm aware, the EDL isn't a cult that has access to children to indoctrinate.
However, I am interested to see how the breakdown of my audience is.
I've got all the demographic details that YouTube gives me, but obviously I don't know your political alignments.
So I'd be really interested in hearing about it if you'd like to tell me.
In the description, I've left a survey, so you can tell me with one click exactly whereabouts on the political spectrum you fall.
The survey will only allow you to input your response once and you won't be able to change it afterwards.
And I would really appreciate it if everyone watching would just take the time to just press one button for me because that way I can actually collect some data on the political leanings of my audience.
So when idiots like these are screaming right wing, right wing, I will actually have data to point to and say yes, this percentage are right wing, this percentage are left wing.
I have actually done something like this before with SurveyMonkey and I got almost 10,000 responses.
But SurveyMonkey only gives you 100 answers, the first 100 answers, for free.
So I've changed to a different survey site that does them all for free.
So yeah, please do take the time to just let me know because I'm genuinely curious.
But I'm going to stress that it's not going to affect my positions on any issues in any way, shape or form.
So since we're talking about the EDL, it happens honestly purely by coincidence that tonight at 9 o'clock p.m. GMT in about an hour from when I'm recording this, I'll be having a discussion with Tommy Robinson, the founder of the EDL.
And like I said, I don't know anything about the EDL except for the fact that it was founded in Luton by Tommy Robinson and another chap whose name escapes me.
And in, I think it was 2013, Tommy left because of white nationalist infiltration into the EDL, turning it into a racist organization.
Now, personally, that makes me question the mainstream media narrative of whether it has always been a racist, white nationalist, whatever kind of organisation they're trying to portray as.
And so I'm going to be interviewing him and just trying to get him to explain it, because as I understand it, they're just, I mean, they would be described by the mainstream media usually, and probably most accurately, as Islamophobic.
Not that I necessarily agree with that term or anything like that.
And given from what we've seen come out from like Birmingham with the Trojan horse scandal, or Rotherham with the rape gangs, or just the extremism going on in mosques in Britain, being taught radical Islam, there clearly is a problem with very insular Muslim communities in Britain.
And this has been facilitated by the establishment, by the media and the government, and the middle-class bourgeoisie who take it upon themselves to virtue signal to each other at every given opportunity when people object by calling them racists and Islamophobes.
Whether it is warranted or not.
And so I would definitely invite you to come and join me for the conversation because, like I said, I'm never going to join or endorse the EDL because of its identitarian nature.
But I'm not saying they don't have a legitimate grievance about what is happening in working class communities caused by mass Muslim immigration and the Islamization of their cities.
Obviously, links will be in the description.
Please take the time to fill up the survey and please do join me in about an hour.
This area here, I used to come down this area with my mum when I was younger.
Used to go shopping.
This area now is literally just a complete Muslim area.
It's got 19 mosques all within a stone's throw.
And plans for another six.
So driving through this area, are you unwelcome here?
Oh yeah, I'm completely unwelcome here.
What would happen if you were to walk through the streets here?
Well I was walking the streets.
I get bad.
Well I tried to walk from one end to the other.
I won't gout.
Because they get on their phones so quickly.
They're safe for Islam.
That one there.
Yeah, he's the leader.
Yeah.
What?
What have I got to talk to you about?
What's got to say about Islam and that, innit?
Yeah, I've noticed.
Yeah?
So why don't you say it now?
What do you want me to say?
Yeah.
F ⁇ ideology.
It's got no place.
Yeah, it's got no place, bruv.
So what I law has got no place in it.
What do you got?
What do you mean, what have I got?
Von, tell me again.
What do you stand for?
What do I stand for?
Yeah, what do you stand for?
Stand for immigration, bruv.
I don't stand for pedophilic f ⁇ racism.
Yeah.
What do you stand for?
Vaughn, tell me.
What do you mean what do I stand for?
What do you stand for?
How's it racism?
How's it racism?
How's it racist to oppose a fascist ideology?
Fascist ideology.
You're racist.
How am I racist?
What race is what race is this?
What race are Muslims?
I heard.
Come on, Carl.
What are you running away from?
Oh because I know I know what you like brother.
You have that 100 you're here in a minute.
You f ⁇ ing look chief.
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