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Initech

(100,086 posts)
Mon May 14, 2018, 08:02 PM May 2018

Richard Spencer: U.S. Military Should Have Enslaved Haitians After Hurricane Instead Of Providing R

Richard Spencer, the infamous alt-right figurehead, said on a podcast earlier this year that he believed the United States military should have enslaved Haitians after a hurricane struck the island, rather than provide humanitarian aid.

On his Altright.com podcast in February, Spencer lamented that the United States military never engages in war “for the right reasons,” which he said are when “you want to dominate someone, you want to take their territory, you want to take their women.” And if those reasons don’t suffice, Spencer said, he believes it is acceptable to go to war simply for “vainglory.”

When one of his guests began to complain that the United States Navy sent ships to provide humanitarian aid to Haitians after a hurricane devastated the country last year, Spencer had another idea for what the military should have done.

“Exactly, no. You should go enslave them. That would actually be a proper war aim,” Spencer said, before apologizing for “really going nuts” and then retracting that apology because “you need to go nuts in order to prove a point.”

Spencer said he hoped white people in America get so frustrated with the military’s humanitarian efforts that they “flip over into this domineering type, and I obviously hope that happens.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/richard-spencer-u-s-military-should-have-enslaved-haitians-after-hurricane-instead-of-providing-relief/


Holy shit!!!!!!
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Richard Spencer: U.S. Military Should Have Enslaved Haitians After Hurricane Instead Of Providing R (Original Post) Initech May 2018 OP
I kinda feel like he just wants attention and I don't really care what he has to say Kirk Lover May 2018 #1
Yep, it's about wanting attention. He's out-Coultering Ann Coulter. brush May 2018 #14
Exactly. The alt-right has fractured and is dying as a "movement." Spencer is notorious for his anneboleyn May 2018 #19
Isn't this the guy Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #25
His parents must be so proud..... AJT May 2018 #2
subhuman. spanone May 2018 #3
Slavery is one of three internationally recognized war crimes Gothmog May 2018 #4
They are all about domination treestar May 2018 #5
He did mention "taking their women" too. Wonder if he's one of those incels? brush May 2018 #15
He has a Russian wife. They were apparently separated b/c she hates Trump but now they have anneboleyn May 2018 #20
These types marry women from countries treestar May 2018 #28
Not only a warmonger but one from 1000 B.C. treestar May 2018 #27
This sub-human should be thrown into the Halema'uma'u Crater and Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #6
I like that idea! Initech May 2018 #7
"bowing from the waist" Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #9
Apparently the nazzie is looking for more punches to his nazzie face. MrScorpio May 2018 #8
I don't condone this, and I don't condone you watching this over and over, but here ya go ProudLib72 May 2018 #12
Wow, he got clobbered. Somehow that's very satisfying. brush May 2018 #17
A lot of people think he staged that as he's a notorious attention troll. He manages to get himself anneboleyn May 2018 #21
So this IS the guy. Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #26
Raging against the dying of the white (privilege). John Fante May 2018 #10
Wow. How the fuck does this guy get a platform to spew this crap. Calista241 May 2018 #11
He has a small following on YouTube. He craves attention, and unfortunately news stories give him anneboleyn May 2018 #22
YouTube needs to start policing hate content better. Initech May 2018 #29
Why are we giving him the attention he craves? left-of-center2012 May 2018 #13
+1 dalton99a May 2018 #24
"That would actually be a proper war aim" Takket May 2018 #16
If Richard has weird sex-slave fantasies, he should keep them to himself struggle4progress May 2018 #18
Give him to Haiti dalton99a May 2018 #23
 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
1. I kinda feel like he just wants attention and I don't really care what he has to say
Mon May 14, 2018, 08:03 PM
May 2018

anymore. So it doesn't bother me what he thinks since he's a fucking idiot.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
19. Exactly. The alt-right has fractured and is dying as a "movement." Spencer is notorious for his
Mon May 14, 2018, 09:54 PM
May 2018

need for attention and stuff like this is about shock value and getting attention. He is just a loud-mouthed troll type who hangs out on YouTube and lives off his mother’s money (apparently — she is some type of heiress). Spencer pulls stunts like this all the time to get his face in the news because he makes $$$ from chats and speeches and so on.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
25. Isn't this the guy
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:14 PM
May 2018

who got bitch slapped (or was it sucker punched) on the street in front of a news camera ?

Gothmog

(145,359 posts)
4. Slavery is one of three internationally recognized war crimes
Mon May 14, 2018, 08:09 PM
May 2018

Under the Geneva Conventions, these three things are prohibited by all civilized nations:
1. Torture
2. Slavery
3. Genocide

This idiot made the big three

treestar

(82,383 posts)
5. They are all about domination
Mon May 14, 2018, 08:16 PM
May 2018

you don't even have to be a white male. I will never forget Condi's saying that we have this huge military and we don't use it and we should. Spencer likewise does not want to help anyone, but get the chance to dominate them.

brush

(53,794 posts)
15. He did mention "taking their women" too. Wonder if he's one of those incels?
Mon May 14, 2018, 09:28 PM
May 2018

Last edited Mon May 14, 2018, 11:33 PM - Edit history (1)

We do know he's a racist asshole...awaiting further further info.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
20. He has a Russian wife. They were apparently separated b/c she hates Trump but now they have
Mon May 14, 2018, 09:57 PM
May 2018

“reconciled” (according to the internet anyway) — Spencer is a totally empty attention troll.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
28. These types marry women from countries
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:21 PM
May 2018

like Russia because they think they have power over them and can threaten them with deportation.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
27. Not only a warmonger but one from 1000 B.C.
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:20 PM
May 2018

where that was a thing. Guess he has not heard of any of the International Treaties on War Crimes.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
21. A lot of people think he staged that as he's a notorious attention troll. He manages to get himself
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:00 PM
May 2018

in the news WAY too often —for awhile he was the “victim” of attacks...now he’s back to his ridiculous nazi rhetoric.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
26. So this IS the guy.
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:16 PM
May 2018

Couldn't have happened to a nicer person. What I remembered about this is that afterwards NOBODY could (or would ?) describe the assailant.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
10. Raging against the dying of the white (privilege).
Mon May 14, 2018, 08:35 PM
May 2018

To paraphrase Bane: "When this country is minority-majority and the alt-reich is ashes... Spencer, then you have my permission to die."

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
22. He has a small following on YouTube. He craves attention, and unfortunately news stories give him
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:02 PM
May 2018

just the kind of attention he craves. He doesn’t really have a “platform” (he isn’t even one of the more popular “alt right” types on YouTube)

Initech

(100,086 posts)
29. YouTube needs to start policing hate content better.
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:44 PM
May 2018

They're basically giving Nazis a free platform to spew their garbage. Of course if you cut them off they'll just go somewhere else.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
13. Why are we giving him the attention he craves?
Mon May 14, 2018, 09:00 PM
May 2018

Even negative attention must make him giddy with happiness.

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