Comment by bredren
5 years ago
In the way it might be casted upon supporters of the President, the distinction between white supremacy and white power is largely semantics.
As far as I understand it, "white supremacy" for those that desire it is the idealized end result of "white power." Much of the rhetoric from President Trump is to rally support for white power. [1]
Given the most common disagreement in the US is between those who advocate for or oppose President Trump, it makes sense that his followers would be deemed "white supremacists"
I believe the broad awakening among many white people in the US currently is the ambient benefits of invisible white power.
Just a follow-up, that Trump not only refused to condemn white supremacy during the debate tonight, he told Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by."
To reiterate my original point, Proud Boys claim to not be for white supremacy.
It's of course possible they still are. But it makes this whole discourse pretty weird.
White supremacists often claim not to be for white supremacy, because it's not a good "look" in the mainstream.
But the Proud Boys absolutely are at the very least adjacent. With a decent dash of misogyny thrown in.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/grou...