White Nationalism is not inherently racist

My argument from the beginning has been that White Nationalism has been, at it's core, mis-represented, mis-understood, and mis-labeled. The Dictionary's only further propagate that mis-labeling, so using one mis-labeling to justify the mis-labeling is nothing more than circular reasoning. A far more accurate understanding of White Nationalists and White Nationalism would be obtained from researching in the bowels of Stormfront [1], the largest white nationalist community. In there, you can see the wide arrays of white nationalists, from the overtly racist white supremecists, to simple white seperatists, to more moderate white nationalists. My opponent states, "Nationalism can indeed refer to mere patriotism and love of one's country, but as OreEle acknowledges, "there is no "White" region in the world", no white nation to be patriotic about, so the general definition of national pride is clearly not valid here." This is exactly why there is white nationalism, because there is no "white" nation is why white nationalists are often white seperatists (they want to create a new nation, rather than morph an existing nation). Saying that they cannot really be nationalistic about that, because there currently isn't one, is like saying there is no such thing as Irish Nationalists, because Ireland is not an independent nation, so they can't be nationalists. Or that the colonists couldn't be nationalists, because they weren't independent at the time. It should be clear from history, that nationalism stems from not being independent and fighting (either physically or metaphorically) for independence. My opponent also states, "We've established that white nationalists don't live in all white nations, rather, they want to create all white nations and on the whole they want the nations they already live in to become purely white nations." However, the second portion has not been established, and even has already been argued against. It was already argued, that just like other forms of Nationalism, the focus is around culture, not race. But that will be addressed momentarily. My opponent states, in regards to white culture, "While this seems to makes total sense from a rational and non racist perspective, we can't ignore the clear fact that white nationalists have an irrational and unscientific racial perspective of whiteness..." My opponent then goes on to talk about the Jewish people, and how they are not treated as "white" by some white nationalists. It is true that some white nationalists don't treat Jewish fairly, but if we are going to label Jewish people as "white" than any Jewish Nationalism would, by default, be a part of "White Nationalism," and so, also by default, not all white nationalists would feel that way towards jews. So either we say that the Jewish are not "white" and so the argument fails due to faulty assumptions, or we say that the Jewish are "white" and the argument fails because it is only looking at a portion of white nationalists and broad brushing them across other white nationalists. My opponent also states, "It is clear that white nationalists define their own whiteness in racial rather than in cultural terms." This is highly inaccurate because many European nations and America are no longer "white culture" nations, but highly emphasing multiculturalism, which is solidly against the preservation of a culture, such as a white culture. This is part of the reason the many white nationalists (in the US) move to Idaho and the non-coastal north west, where multi-culturalism is minimal. As stated earlier, with the Irish and Colonists, there were no real foriegn overloads. Since they are not independent nations, their rulers are not foriegn. Of course, in the nationalists' minds, they are foriegn, and so the resistance is justified. The reason that White Nationalists strongly oppose the illegal immigration, apart from being illegal, is that the american culture (as the white nationalist believe it ought be, and if we accept the Irish Nationalist for acting based on what they think things ought be rather than really are, we have to apply an equal standard to the white nationalist) is not being adapted to. Many white nationalists have no problem with immigrants, so long as they adapt to the new culture that they are moving into, and part of that is to learn the language. Just as if I were to move to China, I would be expected to learn chinese, and learn and adhere to their culture (including holidays and customs), but I would not go to China, not learn the language, request that the government place English (or whatever language I happen to be coming from) everywhere for my convience. My opponent claims, "The analogy of wanting one's own house is only comparable to white nationalism if we imagine a large shared house where everyone has a tenancy agreement but the white majority of tenants conspire with the white landlords to have the non-white minority of residents evicted on account of their race." This is highly inaccurate for many white nationalists, as many wish to take only their dwellings and form a seperate shared house, that doesn't involved the eviction of anyone. Many other also wish, not for the eviction of anyone, but the assertion of certain rules to establish a particular cultural habitat that anyone may choose to participate in. And if there are those that do not like the culture of the community living, they are free to leave and go somewhere else. To say that White Nationalists, as a common trait, want to evict all non-whites is a seriously false statement (again, you can look around Stormfront to see why). I would like to remind voters that this debate is about White Nationalism at its core, not just the traits of some of its members. We can see that many cats are a solid color, and many cats are calico. Because of this, we cannot say, "Cats are a solid." And if that statement is made, pointing out some cats that are a solid color does not make the argument true, while pointing out some cats that are calico, does, effectively refute it. The same is true for claiming that White Nationalism is racist. Pointing out some white nationalists that are racist does not make the case true, while pointing out some that are not, does effectively refute it. And to see those, a quick trip through Stormfront will show many that are racist, and many that are not. Thank you, [1] http://www.stormfront.org...