Posted on 07/11/2023 4:19:23 PM PDT by Coronal
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday said, simply and for the first time, that "white nationalists are racists."
That remark to reporters marked a reversal from days of controversial comments to the contrary, which had drawn criticism from Democratic leaders and head-scratching from some of Tuberville's Republican colleagues.
Earlier on Tuesday, the senator told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn't all be labeled as "racist" while also insisting he opposes racism.
Tuberville, a former college football coach first elected in 2020, had been pressed on his stance by ABC's Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott, who asked him, "Can you explain why you continue to insist that white nationalists are American?"
Scott was referring to commets Tuberville made first in May and then again earlier this week, after he was initially asked about military readiness and whether white nationalists should be able to serve.
"Listen, I'm totally against racism. And if Democrats want to say that white nationalists are racist, I'm totally against that, too," he told Scott on Tuesday, hours before changing his view.
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The most dangerous identity we can claim, appearances irrelevant, as we are all of “one blood”, is “Christ’s Servant”.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation
Revelation 19
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
The most dangerous identity we can claim, appearances irrelevant, as we are all of “one blood”, is “Christ’s Servant”.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation
Revelation 19
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
As I said, there is evil racism. Probably working at the liquor store he encountered the evil racism blacks. There are many degrees of separation between the evil kind, and the rest of us who are wary - should that be called racism?
I'm very wary of my surroundings in order to avoid being a target. That comes from multiple encounters where I've been jumped and beaten, threatened with knives and guns, and had family and friends robbed and assaulted. Having said that, I have had close black friends, neighbors, co-workers, blacks on my team I managed, and even blacks married into extended family (my sister's son married a black woman and I like her). No one should say they don't have a racist bone in their body, if they're wary of another race in order to survive.
WHITE by accident of birth.
NATIONALIST by love of country; America first.
WTH is racist about that?
Defined in post #44.
Nation: a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
A white nationalist (as distinct from a nationalist who happens to be white) is somebody who regards his fellow Americans of European descent as his nation, and is primarily loyal to that nation.
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