A White Christian Nationalist Speaks at Notre Dame Law School, Sparking No Controversy
Remember last November when white supremacist Nick Fuentes and increasingly vocal anti-Semite Kanye West paid a visit to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort?
Of course you do — because it sparked a huge controversy and media frenzy to have a former president and potential presidential candidate in the next election meet openly and shamelessly with those espousing hateful views. Meeting with such haters who overtly and aggressively seek to institutionalize their hate obviously problematizes that person’s humanity and ability to serve as chief democratic representative of those Americans deemed to be inferior and toward whom the hate is directed.
Will a president protect and uphold the civil and equal rights of those he deems to be less worthy, unequal? That would be doubtful at best.
Fuentes and West, of course, have fairly powerful microphones in U.S. politics and culture, and the media certainly amplified this meeting, bringing to the fore the frightening extent to which authoritarian white supremacist forces and beliefs have not just crept into mainstream U.S. politics but have thoroughly infiltrated our political system and government, occupying a front and center position.
