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"The president of Washington State Universitys chapter of the College Republicans says that hes being unfairly maligned after he was photographed participating in the white supremacist demonstrations in Charlottesville, VA over the weekend.
KREM Channel 2s Amanda Roley spoke to James Allsup after his photo was identified in the #GoodNightAltRight Twitter campaign, which circulated photos of the white supremacists including neo-Nazi groups, the Ku Klux Klan and truckloads of skinheads who converged on Charlottesville purportedly to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a municipal park.
The Unite the Right march quickly turned into a melee that ended with the death of a 32-year-old anti-fascist protester and the injury of at least 19 others after a 20-year-old neo-Nazi rammed his car into a group of counter-demonstrators."
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"Allsup says he identifies as a paleoconservative and right-wing libertarian, not as white supremacist or alt-right, a term that he feels is a slur."
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/college-republicans-president-spotted-in-charlottesville-they-have-no-proof-that-im-a-racist/?comments=disqus
He took part in the nazi rally, he is a racist
malaise
(269,277 posts)for visibiliy
These racist fuckers will learn - actions have consequences.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)still_one
(92,497 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Pat Buchanan style.
Post 22 had it wrong.
Not so much Buchanan, though, as Buckley.
alfredo
(60,081 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)lebkr
(39 posts)He thinks he's an intellectual.
moonscape
(4,676 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,352 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)PatSeg
(47,735 posts)That is a new one for me. They'll just keep coming up with new names to identify what they are, racists.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)So I guess he identifies with the Tories and King George III during the Revolutionary War. My take is that he is an Ayn Rander.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)IronLionZion
(45,624 posts)grass fed high protein racism with a side of wild violence?
Dude enjoys the benefits of racism but doesn't like being associated with the terrorists killing and wounding Americans.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)lark
(23,191 posts)He's a Nazi or he wouldn't have been there, this was a Nazi, KKK gathering and he just had to be there with his buddies in hate so flew all the way across the country to be included with the haters. He's a Nazi, regardless of what other name he may choose to try and disguise the hate in his heart.
Repugs are not all Nazis, but bet your bottom dollars all American Nazis vote Repug, if they vote at all.
Best_man23
(4,914 posts)klook
(12,174 posts)Beartracks
(12,835 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)Duh.
Not at you, OP, the idiot James Allsup.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Members of the American Nazi Party demonstrate against desegregating football.
klook
(12,174 posts)Unintentional humor is the only kind these knuckle-draggers have.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)The owner, George Preston Marshall, was determined to present the 'skins into the official team of the South.
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2014/07/01/the-segregated-redskins-were-dixie-s-team.-then-came-the-cowboys.
Black people in D.C. in that era observed that the team colors were "Burgundy, gold and Caucasian".
Marcuse
(7,559 posts)Marshall was angry at Mitchell because he wouldn't sing "Dixie" with the team. Mitchell said he didn't know the lyrics. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/sports/football/50-years-ago-redskins-were-last-nfl-team-to-integrate.html
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Keep the Nazis defeated.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)You don't get to participate in a torch-lit racist rally with Nazis and still claim you're not a Nazi.
Nobody forced you to join up with that Leni Riefenstahl-looking shit. Enjoy your future, wankstain.
Iggo
(47,591 posts)Here's what he didn't say: "I am not a racist."
still_one
(92,497 posts)sheshe2
(84,036 posts)It is Alls Up for Allsup. He outed himself and we didn't need to lift a finger! Boom!
still_one
(92,497 posts)sheshe2
(84,036 posts)Orrex
(63,263 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Phoenix61
(17,025 posts)So sorry he thinks alt-right is a slur. It's an accurate assessment. If you're going to be an asshole, own it. Whining about it just makes you a wimpy asshole.
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)Link to tweet
Dana Brolley? @DanaBrolley 3h3 hours ago
Not surprised to see Cathy McMorris Rogers is connected to the white supremacist James Allsup.
(That's him on her right)
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)...Go Fuck Yourself!!
lastlib
(23,364 posts)Wear it. F*CKER.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Start a fund me site for a good PI. Probably could gather the evidence in an afternoon.
Kids were all connected now, secrets can always be found. Footprints are everywhere.
David__77
(23,623 posts)They're going to go down with the ship, so it seems.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,030 posts)Dan Borden - A resemblance?
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Johnny2X2X
(19,254 posts)His excuse is pathetic. He knew exactly what he was getting into. This guy chose to March with people wearing Nazi symbols, giving Nazi salutes, and chanting racist and anti semetic songs. He will have to live with the consequences of his poor choices.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)still_one
(92,497 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)sandensea
(21,712 posts)That ain't 'Give Peace a Chance' or 'We Shall Overcome' you're screaming there, bud.
alfredo
(60,081 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)is that Mole Man-boy on the left?
lebkr
(39 posts)Peter Cvjetanovic. I didn't notice it at first, but now, that's all I can see.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Fashy? Something like that...
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)You can get on the wrong plane, end up in the wrong state, and just happen to show up at a KKK rally.
But it's all just coincidence you know, funny how that happens.
Fucker lives in the Seattle area, homecoming isn't going to go well for this idiot, someone will make sure of that, I don't see his job as the leader of the college repubs of the UW being any fun from now on.
They run for cover when the light hits them, just like cockroaches....
Roy Rolling
(6,943 posts)People know a turd when they smell one and never mistake it for roses.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)And everyone knows that's code for hater.
Iggo
(47,591 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)...because I heard the pianist was good!
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)rpannier
(24,350 posts)I heard the finger sandwiches are yummy
But... like Charles Durning in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas... he can only guess
Maybe that can be his excuse.
The Nazis? I don't know 'em. But I've heard the name... Oh yeah
But, of course, I've no close contact. So what they are doing I can only guess
procon
(15,805 posts)out in the open where everyone knows what they are doing in the dark of night. Ruin them, get them fired, kicked out, banned, shunned, ostracised and ridiculed until they slink back under a rock where they belong.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Everything you said!
YCHDT
(962 posts)neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way they can prove anything."
rpannier
(24,350 posts)a rather long and not cheap trip to take part in the rally.
You're a dork Allsup
It embarrasses me that I attended the same University you're going to now (82-85)
Though to be honest, Wazzu had a fairly large and active College Republican group back then
ck4829
(35,096 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)and confirms he will speak at the rally = racist
Paleoconservatism is a neologism created by those following within that movement to distinguish their so-called "traditional" values from the neoconservative ones. Their policies are based on the idea that moar capitalism and xenophobia can solve everything, but they reject globalism and multiculturalism, i.e. the last, lingering progressive goals of the New Right.
The movement is characterized by a strong dose of religious conservatism (including homophobia), nationalism, isolationism, and economic protectionism comprises its ideological content. Most paleoconservatives are against immigration, modern economic theory, and any intervention by the US anywhere, and have little regard for any benefits of an egalitarian society. Their economic views are more likely to tend toward distributism and producerism than modern capitalism, although there is a contingent of ultra-capitalist Austrian schoolers as well. They claim to stress rigid "traditionalism," a sense of self gained from understanding their personal and cultural heritage, and being "deeply rooted" in history and place. However, their definition of that history is a bit off.
The most notable living paleoconservative is Patrick Buchanan, though it is has seen a comeback with Donald Trump. It appears paleoconservative types have increasingly shifted towards, or have overlap with, the increasingly powerful Alt-Right.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I mean, sure, Pullman, Washington looks like it's on the other side of the continent from Charlottesville, Virginia, but hey, anyone can take a wrong turn somewhere, and the next thing you know, Bam! you're in Virginia when you were headed to Washington. I must know at least a dozen guys that's happened to. Now you all want to call poor James Allsup a Nazi just because he got out to ask directions at the wrong place. So unfair!
Skittles
(153,282 posts)THAT IS PROOF
ornotna
(10,808 posts)Kind of like Nathan Bedford Forrest old school.
TeamPooka
(24,290 posts)It's a big word and makes them think they are smart.
hibbing
(10,113 posts)I guess they are about the same. This is the republican party. I just have posted 50 times during the campaign how the corporate media was downplaying or outright ignoring the racist component of his campaign. Of course the other candidates never said much either for fear of alienating their base.
Peace
burrowowl
(17,655 posts)catbyte
(34,524 posts)like a duck, & quack like a duck, then you're a goddamned duck.
Raster
(20,998 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,192 posts)Here's his speech accepting the Republican nomination:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/transcripts/0815/dole.fdch.shtml
"The Republican Party is broad and inclusive. It represents many streams of opinion and many points of view.
But if there's anyone who has mistakenly attached themselves to our party in the belief that we are not open to citizens of every race and religion, then let me remind you, tonight this hall belongs to the Party of Lincoln. And the exits which are clearly marked are for you to walk out of as I stand this ground without compromise."
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While I was searching to make sure that was true, I also came across this story:
http://americablog.com/2017/01/trump-disses-wheelchair-ridden-bob-dole-obama-amazing.html
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)when he won the Republican primary for (I think) governor back in the 1990s
NBachers
(17,184 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He's right; it is a slur. So are the terms "racist," "neo-nazi," and "bigot," but they are all true of the asshole Allsup.
Iggo
(47,591 posts)They don't like "alt right" all of a sudden?
And really, it doesn't matter what they call themselves. Whatever term they choose will immediately become a slur, because just like everything else they've tried, it'll just be another term for Nazi.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)because it IS what they call themselves. They're white supremacists. And racists. And neo-nazies. Also, despicable human beings.
sagesnow
(2,824 posts)Fascists do gather.
Paladin
(28,283 posts)MineralMan
(146,350 posts)you are a racist. People who know you saw you there, being a racist. They know the truth. You appear in public and you take your chances, you stupid, racist Nazi moron. The repercussions will stick with you for a long time to come.
This is why outing people who were photographed in Charlottesville is so important. We need to teach those people the lesson that they own what they do.
Bad cess to you, Mr. Allsup! Bad cess to you!
nocoincidences
(2,236 posts)you get up a bitch.
Stupid is as stupid does.
How's it feel to be outed for what you are?
Pauldg47
(640 posts)calimary
(81,577 posts)My husband and I have started referring to them as "The Stupids." If they saw and heard everything we all saw and heard during the campaign (and even beforehand), and they STILL voted for him, I'm sorry, but that's just freakin' Class-A STUPID.
AND deplorable. We refer to them as Deplorables, also. We all saw them proudly demonstrate this FACT over the weekend.
billh58
(6,635 posts)are racists, bigots, and misogynists due to their support for Donald Trump, or by their refusal to denounce him in no uncertain terms. The "change" his supporters voted for is national recognition of hatred of anyone who is not white, American, male, and "Christian."
jpak
(41,760 posts)Who knew?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Couldn't see that coming.
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Gothmog
(145,839 posts)broadcaster90210
(333 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Because when you march with them, you're one of them. End of argument, a-hole.
hotrod0808
(323 posts)What about when he and his ilk chanted "go home, faggots"? Does he feel that is not a slur? Fuck him, fuck his friends, and fuck his family for allowing him to turn out this way.
Ligyron
(7,645 posts)They're all the same thing.
Any claim otherwise is a smoke screen.
LakeArenal
(28,867 posts)We are going to hear quite a bit of backtracking... It's all about a statue, right? I'm no racist. I want to protect "heritage".
It's not about "white supremacy" it's about "ethnic inferiority"..
Please accept as sarcasm...
IronLionZion
(45,624 posts)while claiming they are not racist. Even the "brave patriotic American" nazi who ran people down with his car killing a white woman and injuring many others - dude's Mom swears that he had a black friend in school and is totally not racist. His teacher and classmates claim otherwise.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)tblue37
(65,527 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)it's obviously a racist and white supremacist march - you marched, are you a racist and a white supremacist.
NYETNYET
(213 posts)You are judged by the company you keep. My Grandma was never wrong once in 101 years.
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)You are judged by the company you keep. This man did not walk out of his home and get caught up in that march. He traveled across the country. Who would do that if they were not supportive?? The dogs he laid down with were infested with fleas.
haele
(12,692 posts)"It doesn't matter what you say, it's what you do that says what you meant to say."
Especially if you go out of your way to purchase tickets to go across the country to do something like march with a bunch of Nazis carrying Tiki torches.
Talk is free. And it won't get you out of the mess you put yourself in.
Haele
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)So not really surprising.
janx
(24,128 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)"Allsup said on Twitter that his resignation had previously been planned but he was expediting the process".
By Craig Sailor, reporter for the Tacoma News Tribune on 8/15/2017
csailor@thenewstribune.com
"Expediting the process"
Run and hide you POS.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Initech
(100,136 posts)DFW
(54,501 posts)He, too, wilts under the harsh, revealing glare of daylight.
"So I had a Nazi haircut, a Nazi flag and carried a torch like at Nürnberg in 1934. How does THAT make me a neo-Nazi?"
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I pretty much expect for them use that as an excuse to be an asshole.