As his visit to the University of Cincinnati approaches, most have already heard about Richard Spencer’s various disgusting beliefs. His rhetoric is a key reason many are appalled that university administration is allowing him to speak on campus at all.
It is hard to keep track of all the ridiculous things the self-proclaimed “alt-right” leader has said, so I have laid out five of the white nationalist’s most offensive quotes.
He called Martin Luther King Jr. a fraud
In an article written on altright.com, Spencer attempted to call out conservatives for celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
“Martin Luther King Jr., a fraud and degenerate in his life, has become the symbol and cynosure of White Dispossession and the deconstruction of European civilization,” Spencer wrote. “We shall overcome!”
He said he wants to ban SEC football
Listen, I don’t like SEC football either, but it’s because I feel they always seem to be favored by large media outlets and the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. The reason Spencer dislikes them is based in narrow-minded racial discrimination.
“SEC football is sick,” Spencer said in a speech given at Auburn — an SEC football powerhouse. “Black athletes not part of white identity. I would ban football.”
Richard Spencer speaking at Auburn University: 'SEC football is sick. Black athletes not part of white identity. I would ban football.'
— Mark Bullock (@markb_wsfa) April 19, 2017
He said a white ethno-state is an ideal
I don’t know why Spencer thinks it’s OK to tear down anyone who isn’t white, but here is yet another comment about race:
“The ideal of a white ethno-state — and it is an ideal — is something that I think we should think about in the sense of what could come after America,” Spencer told public radio program “Reveal.” “It's kind of like a grand goal … It's a way of thinking about [how] we want a new type of society that would actually be a homeland for all white people.”
He called Islam a black flag
Many Americans have wrongly discriminated against Muslims ever since the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Spencer is one of them.
“Islam — at its full flourishing … isn’t some peaceful denomination like Methodism or religion like Buddhism; Islam is a black flag,” Spencer said in an interview with Europa Maxima. “It is an expansive, domineering ideology, and one that is directed against Europe. In this way, Islam give non-Europeans a fighting spirit and integrates them into something much greater than themselves.”
He attacked immigration
Our country was founded by immigrants — just ask our opinion editor who wrote an extensive column about it. I have personally known many great people who immigrated to this country. Spencer, on the other hand, thinks immigration is a proxy war for white Americans.
“Immigration is a kind of proxy war — and maybe a last stand — for White Americans who are undergoing a painful recognition that, unless dramatic action is taken, their grandchildren will live in a country that is alien and hostile,” Spencer wrote in a National Policy Institute column.
Spencer has shared a plethora of other offensive beliefs. When his visit to UC arrives in March, he’s bound to share far more.
