Anti-Fascists Prove Bigger Fascists than Fascist

Jared Taylor is a “race realist.� He is, to be clear, not a Nazi, though he certainly has friends who are. Though polite, intellectual, and sophisticated, a cold and brutal outlook on life shines through.

But. He was forcibly removed by masked protesters in Canada the other day in order to cancel his speaking engagement. And because I abhor such measures, I am writing this post. To make it clear that the end does not justify the means, and than if you have to wear a mask to do something, well, it probably shouldn’t be done.

The Halifax Daily News reports,

HALIFAX - A group of protesters took matters into their own hands yesterday evening, preventing a speech from an American journalist on controversial ideas about race.

“Get out of town, you’re a racist and a Nazi,” were the shouts coming from between 20 and 30 young protesters, some with bandanas over their faces, toward Jared Taylor as he prepared to speak on the topic Racial Diversity: North America’s Strength or Weakness at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax yesterday[…]

Eventually, members of the gathering decided to forcibly remove Taylor from the small conference room.

They tore up copies of Taylor’s magazine, American Renaissance, which he had brought for distribution, and several protesters formed a human fence, pushing him out of the room while others stacked the chairs.

Once he had been pushed out, the crowd cheered.

But what bothers me most is the Jew in the story, because he’s more of a reflection on me than the dudes wearing masks and kefiyas.

“One man at the protest, who would not give his name but said he was the director of an Atlantic Canada Jewish organization, said the best way to deal with someone such as Taylor was not to listen.

“This guy is a hate monger,” he said. “Ignore him.”

Now, he was clearly not comfortable with the measures used to remove Mr. Taylor from his hotel. But he declined to say, “This is wrong.� And that’s…disappointing.

For those of you wondering am I really defending a man who is a racist and friends with neo-Nazis, the answer is yes, I am. I do not believe any victory will occur because of the actions of these hoodlums. Today they silence Jared Taylor. Tomorrow that same guy in the red kefiyah or someone like him will silence a “Zionist,” because he’s –that’s right — a “racist” and a “Nazi.”

Because of the way Mr. Taylor was treated and silenced, and because Jews did not speak up sufficiently, I feel obligated to give him the last word.

When asked what he thought about the crowd’s reaction, Taylor said he hadn’t anticipated such a reception.

“If what I have to say is either wrong or loathsome, it should be very easy to refute.”

Update: According to this report, Jon Goldberg of the Atlantic Jewish Congress did try to intervene, and this is corroborated on Jared Taylor’s own site, Amren, though readers appear divided about Goldberg because of his “unfortunately” quote. Of course, Amren readers are usually divided in their understanding of The Jews, so this is to be expected.