These are certainly tumultuous times we have found ourselves in. I don’t have a lengthy statement planned, but I feel the need to say a few words about the attempt on President Trump’s life and how it relates to the Southern Identity “movement”.
Note: I put the word “movement” in quotation marks because there is no definitive Southern Identity movement currently. There are, however, many cultural and historical heritage organizations that do good work in preserving various elements of the Southern Tradition. We count ourselves among these institutions.
I have heard it said from some that I am associated with that those who believe some form of National Divorce is the most likely future or most functional outcome for the USA, should pray for The USA and President Trump, but not fall for American Patriotism.
There are some things I want to address in that statement. Firstly, seeing National Divorce as the most likely outcome of the trajectory that the United States is currently on is not the same as wanting it to dissolve. The majority of the people I know want to see America restored to what it was before it was subverted in the middle of the 20th century.
For those who are excited about National Divorce, especially the traditional Southern Nationalists, what makes you think that the breaking up of the country would look anything like it did in the 1860s?
What happens if the Sunbelt states west of the Mississippi River form a coalition against Georgia and the Carolinas? Or, The various regions of Appalachia band together instead of joining a coastal collection of states? In addition to this, what makes you think that the separated region that you find yourself in won’t ally itself with the remnants of the Washington D.C. Regime? What happens to the power grids, the logistics of food and potable water transport, and much-needed medications moving across the borders?
Even if it were to look like the separation of the 1860s, what is to be done with the rapidly changing demographics of a place like Texas? Deportations are great, but do you break apart the families of every White Heritage Southerner who married a Latino partner? These are the realities that you will be facing.
How do we even know that “our guys” will be the ones to inherit power?
I don’t believe that the separation of the future will look much like the past at all. Ideally, we could go back to the past with modern technologies, but everyone who can think clearly should realize that this is impossible.
So, where does that leave us? Am I saying we throw off the Southern Identity for some vague barely definable American Identity?
Hell no.
Anyone who knows me or this publication should know better than that.
However, I also believe that we need to manage our expectations and do the most with what we have. There will be absolutely zero chance of a Southern Nationalist movement without the reentry of our ideals into young Southern minds. This is the importance of Southern Cultural projects and institutions that will cultivate the Southern Tradition in the next generation.
While I may dream of a New Confederate States, what is more believable, the Old South recoalescing, or enclaves of Southern Identity becoming fortresses of the culture in the face of an uncertain future, Influencing the next generation of young Southerners.
Secondly, I think we are all rushing too fast to see the United States collapse, whether you like it or not, if you are an American Southerner this is your country. Statistically speaking, you probably have served in the military or had close family or friends who have served the United States, and for the first time in forever, we have a man… an imperfect man, who is truly standing up for heritage Americans like you, who have bled for this land, who may have even died for it… That’s more than could be said for almost all Southern politicians since at least the 1980s (Buchanan excluded).
I don’t mean to target anyone in specific with this rant, I just want us to think about where we are and where we are going.
As a proud Southerner, I can say that President Trump isn’t our ideal man, but he is head and shoulders above the next guy who claims to be on our side. The last politician we truly had on our side was Pat Buchanan. I have hope that we will live to see another Buchanan, hopefully, one who is more prepared to challenge the powers that be. Until then, I will continue to support President Trump and support the real United States. I know one day neither of those things will exist, and the work we are doing to maintain and cultivate the Southern Tradition will outlast this regime or the Trump administration. But, countersigning the man who just took a bullet defending you is déclassé, and worse than that, yellow.
These thoughts are mine and mine alone in the aftermath of this historical event. Have a good Sunday, and God bless you. Pray for President Trump and Pray for the United States. Deo Vindice… God Vindicates…