Saturday, August 28, 2004
Books, Bigots and the Single Nazi
Regnery Publishing's diversified group of authors range from slightly to the left of Hitler to the "Clinton was a murderer!" diatribes for the tin-foil hat set. Most of the usual suspects are accounted for; Oliver North, Laura Ingraham, Rich Lowery, David Limbaugh, Dereliction of Duty author Robert "Buzzkill" Patterson, even Charlie Daniels is along for the ride. Regnery is also the publisher of Unfit for Command, the latest in a never ending series of smear campaigns against Democrats and the often mentioned but rarely seen Liberal Menace. However, for my money, the true centerpiece in Regnery's asylum is none other than Santanico Pandemonium herself, Ann Coulter. Throw in a Little Orphaned Sanity Hannity doll and some good old-fashioned pound on your chest machismo from Savage and Regnery would have all their right-wing quacks in a row.
Nearly every name mentioned above has been accused of being a racist or a homophobe at some point in their career, and all have denied it. No matter how blatant their bigotry, these cats attempt to disguise it as merely a passionate devotion to the principles of the American Way. The American Way in this case being if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it surely must be a Cadillac. I don't get it either, I just live here.
With that in mind it seems fitting that while the authors go out of their way to hide their bigotry, those behind Regnery Publishing choose to wear it on their sleeve.
Say hello to William Regnery II, one of the heirs to the Regnery empire. A man described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as, "a prime mover and shaker in white nationalism publishing," and soon to be Aryan dating service entrepreneur.
That's right...an Aryan dating service. If you're a racist and you're looking for love at all the wrong hate rallies, William Regnery II is your man. Working For Change adds that, "Regnery pointed out that in addition to its money-making potential, the Caucasian-only dating service would be an opportunity to ensure "the survival of our race," which "depends upon our people marrying, reproducing and parenting."
So the next time one of these blowhards is confronted with the racism question, perhaps they should modify their response to, "I'm not a racist, I just play one on TV. Oh, and I work for one also. Umm. You know, never mind."
Welcome to America kids.
(Thanks to The Blue Lemur)
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