B. U. G. S.

Here are all occurrences in the clip of the terms “race,” “racist,” “racism,” “anti-racist,” “white supremacist,” “hate,” “diversity,” “bias” in the order they occur.

The male announcer:
We’re now learning that the slogan some call “racist” is part of a national white supremacist movement.

Nicole Comstock:
…and experts say it is a symbol of more racism than you may think.

Jimmy:
Three years ago when we started, I wouldn’t have been called a white supremacist. I’d have been called a racist…and we can go ahead and be racist now, because anti-racist is a code word for anti-white. [Freaking brilliant statment, Jimmy! :D]

Mark Potok:
What the slogan is trying to tell the world is that if you position yourself as opposed to racism…

Nicole Comstock:
…part of a strategy by white supremacist groups nationwide

There are three counter-protest signs on the overpass, and the only two I can read say only “hate” and “hate,” out of the words we’re tallying.

Michael Carrigan:
It was certainly discouraging to see that there was a white supremacist group operating here…

Jimmy:
…and we honor diversity, so it’s time people can honor mine.

Nicole Comstock:
Eugene Equity and Human Rights says race is consistently the most common motivating factor for hate and bias activities here in Eugene….how you can identify and report hate and bias activities…

I’m struck most forcibly by the fact that the signs had “hate” and no other word on them. But still, that may be a confirmation of Bob’s view of how great the shift has been, or it may be merely a confirmation of how powerful the Mantra phrase is in any instance that it’s used! (No, I don’t quite agree with that last. One can easily imagine that if the charge of “racist” were still as strong as it could be, one appearance of the Mantra or anything else would not be sufficient to cause signs with “racist” not to be used by counter protesters. I’m thinking Bob may be at least more right than I’ve realized).

(In any case, I’m also forcibly struck by the fact that I too sent this clip to Bob late last night, but it did not even occur to me to examine it from the point of view that Bob did, even though I had been arguing about the issue for three days! Ouch!)

If you include Jimmy’s statements (and you do have to give them some weight in the tally, because those are the words that the news editors chose to broadcast, even though we have to allow that Jimmy may have carefully chosen what he said that would be quotable), then here’s the tally:

racist: 3
racism: 2
white supremacist: 4
hate: 4 (I counted the two signs as 2)
diversity: 1
bias: 2
anti-racist: 1
race: 1

In that tally that includes Jimmy’s statements, “white supremacist,” “hate” and “diversity” lead “racist” and “racism” 9 to 5.

Now, excluding all the statements by Jimmy, here’s the tally:

racist: 1
racism: 2
white supremacist: 3
hate: 4 (I counted the two signs as 2)
diversity: 0
bias: 2
anti-racist: 0
race: 1

In this tally that excludes Jimmy’s statements, “white supremacist,” “hate” and “diversity” (but that word scores zero, it’s worth noting) lead “racist” and “racism” 7 to 3, widening the gap just slightly in a proportional sense.

But if the topic of the banner had been “hate” and/or “white supremacism” (“diversity” didn’t make much of a showing, only being mentioned by Jimmy, once) rather than what it is, it’s reasonable to think the results might be skewed further in the direction Bob is saying. (That will be very interesting to test. It’s quite possible that the opposite is true, that the enemy tends to not respond directly to whatever we attack with such effect in the moment, but to bring up their other weapons to sidestep our attack).

And of course a simple tally doesn’t tell the whole story. Consider the male announcer’s opening statement,

We’re now learning that the slogan some call “racist” is part of a national white supremacist movement.

Something that was put up by “white supremacists” is only called “racist” by “some”? It seems they’re pussyfooting with the “racist,” but not at all with “white supremacist.” After all, they could have said, “A racist banner put up by white supremacists…”

But Ms. Comstock’s statement that follows puts the power back into “racism”:

…and experts say it is a symbol of more racism than you may think.

Experts could have said, “It’s pure hate and nothing else.”

And let’s consider Potok’s statement (he’s effectively part of media since they always go to him):

What the slogan is trying to tell the world is that if you position yourself as opposed to racism…

Potok could have said, “What the slogan is trying to tell the world is that if you are support diversity and multiculturalism…”

Potok apparently thinks “racism” is still his more powerful weapon. Or, contrarily, maybe he’s simply using that word because he’s a poor propagandist and is just responding straightforwardly to the topic of the banner.

But Ms. Comstock’s wrap up puts the power back where Bob says it is:

Eugene Equity and Human Rights says race is consistently the most common motivating factor for hate and bias…

Hate is the topic in that statement more than race is.

Also, the fact that the sign-makers chose “hate” probably shows where the heads of the mass of ordinary anti-whites have been moved to.

Okay, my view is shifting somewhat and I definitely see the need to take on the “hate” issue. I’ll try to pay attention to what you guys do with that and get something into petitions.

As we do this, we need to think of how we can do it in a way that strengthens what we already are doing rather than diverts focus from what we are already doing.

By God, this is exciting!

The “hate” weapon, the “hate” industry, of the anti-whites…I never thought about it. In a way it’s a hydrogen bomb for them compared to the atom bomb of racism, because it covers much more territory and unifies all that territory, and blocks natural White emotional reaction at its root. But let’s not get carried away. We have something already that is working GREAT.

Some here will find the way I go about things to be very tedious, and I apologize for that.