Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) stumbled when asked whether White nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military and appeared unsure as to what they believe.
I guess it’s kind of technically not referring directly to racism. They are technically white people who are also technically nationalists.
Nationalist - “a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.”
-the google first result definition
White Person - “White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European ancestry, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view.”
-the google first result definition
So you could have people who were nationalistic for other reasons, such as economics, manufacturing, self sustaining infrastructure, military power… who also happen to be a white person.
For the sake of argument, semantically, not wrong.
It should be noted that a nation is not a race.
The fact that there are a significant number of racist white people who call themselves white nationalists just ruins the term for the rest of the white people who are also nationalists without the racism.
I assume Nazis like the term because they support a “white nation” and are not treating white and nationalist as two grammatically distinct terms. Kind of a racist double entendre.
Just another example of Nazi’s adopting something and ruining it for everyone else.
“White Nationalist” is an accepted term that means “someone who believes white people come before all others”. Listen to them speaking and you will quickly find they do view “white” as a nation.
Tuberville’s position makes about as much sense as “I think Nazis in the military is just fine. I believe anyone who can Not See deserves a place in our armed forces”.
I guess it’s kind of technically not referring directly to racism. They are technically white people who are also technically nationalists.
Nationalist - “a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.”
-the google first result definition
White Person - “White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European ancestry, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view.”
-the google first result definition
So you could have people who were nationalistic for other reasons, such as economics, manufacturing, self sustaining infrastructure, military power… who also happen to be a white person.
For the sake of argument, semantically, not wrong.
It should be noted that a nation is not a race.
The fact that there are a significant number of racist white people who call themselves white nationalists just ruins the term for the rest of the white people who are also nationalists without the racism.
I assume Nazis like the term because they support a “white nation” and are not treating white and nationalist as two grammatically distinct terms. Kind of a racist double entendre.
Just another example of Nazi’s adopting something and ruining it for everyone else.
“White Nationalist” is an accepted term that means “someone who believes white people come before all others”. Listen to them speaking and you will quickly find they do view “white” as a nation.
Tuberville’s position makes about as much sense as “I think Nazis in the military is just fine. I believe anyone who can Not See deserves a place in our armed forces”.
All true, but this could also be down to the fact that Tuberville is a very stupid person.