E. Michael Jones

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'''E. Michael Jones''' {{lived|1948}} is an [[American]] self-styled [[Traditionalist Catholic]] [[theologian]] who holds a litany of [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] and [[misogyny|misogynistic]] views. His primary schtick is blaming [[Jews]] and [[feminists]] for the world's ills, both current and historic. He's a darling of the online far-right, particularly [[groyper]]s, and is frequently cited by the likes of [[Nick Fuentes]] and [[Owen Benjamin]]; [[Roosh V]] has also become one of his acolytes. He usually characterizes his views through what he calls "Logos" (a Greek term sometimes used to refer to [[Jesus Christ]]) and Jews' supposed opposition to it, with "Logos Rising" being a kind of unofficial slogan for himself and his beliefs.

==Biography==
Jones was a one-time [[hippy]] who was fired from his teaching position at Saint Mary's College, a private [[Catholic]] women's school in [[Indiana]], apparently for expressing [[anti-abortion]] views too extreme even for the Catholics.<ref name=AWM>[https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/09/29/logos-rising-an-antisemitic-self-styled-theologian-is-influencing-a-new-generation-of-reactionaries/ Logos Rising: An Antisemitic Self-Styled Theologian Is Influencing A New Generation Of Reactionaries] (September 29, 2019) ''Angry White Men''.</ref> He started a Traditionalist Catholic magazine called ''Fidelity'' in 1981, which was devoted to exposing wrongdoing in the church with a special emphasis on [[sex]] and feminism. He later changed the magazine's name to ''Culture Wars'' and shifted priorities to attacking Jews for all the world's perceived ills.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2007/12-anti-semitic-radical-traditionalist-catholic-groups 12 ANTI-SEMITIC RADICAL TRADITIONALIST CATHOLIC GROUPS]</ref>

For many years, Jones was a largely unknown entity, familiar mostly in traditionalist Catholic circles or for his proximity to the [[VDARE]] crowd. That is until online conspiracy theorists and groypers found him. He's guested on the likes of [[Red Ice TV]], [[InfoWars]], [[Roosh V]]'s podcast, and Nick Fuentes' program ''America First''. Fuentes in particular, who holds similar Trad Cath views, frequently cites and praises Jones on his shows, praise that Jones has returned in kind.<ref name=AWM/>

==Views==
Jones is a radical traditionalist Catholic and [[Sedevacantism|sedevacantist]] who rejects the authority of the [[Vatican]] and all recent [[Pope]]s and believes [[theocracy|his interpretation of Catholicism should be the basis for society and government]]. Like many Radical Traditionalists, Jones' ideology is largely built around [[antisemitism]], which is so virulent that it even freaked out [[VDARE]].<ref name=AWM/>

Jones' beliefs revolve around what he calls "Logos". Logos is a Greek word meaning logic, but in Christian circles, it's often used to refer to Jesus Christ. Jones claims that Jewish people were responsible for the [[crucifixion]] of Jesus and are therefore diametrically opposed to [[logic]] itself and are therefore imbued with a "revolutionary spirit" that causes them to be the source of all of society's ills. He claims that the historical persecution of Jews (up to and including the [[Holocaust]]) has been justified.<ref name=AWM/>

Jones blames Jewish people for the [[civil rights movement]] of the 1950s and 1960s, feminism, [[homosexuality]], [[pornography]], [[abortion]], and literally everything he does not like. Jones despises [[MLK]] but appreciates [[Malcolm X]]. He's particularly adamant that feminism and sexual liberation are just political tools by Jews to further control society<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdCbzy0goxw]</ref>, so much so that he wrote an entire book on the subject, the pretentiously-titled ''Libido dominandi''.<ref name=AWM/> He called the Civil Rights movement a "Jewish War on the South" and cites the [[cultural Marxism]] conspiracy theory.<ref>[https://angrywhitemen.org/2018/12/25/e-michael-jones-calls-the-civil-rights-movement-a-jewish-war-on-the-south/ E. Michael Jones Calls The Civil Rights Movement A ‘Jewish War On The South’]</ref> He also dabbles in economic Anti-Semitism, writing an entire book (Barren Metal) rambling about how Jews destroy the economy through usury and free trade.

He refers to non-[[cisgender]], non-straight people as "deviants" and credits himself with making [[Poland]] less supportive of [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name=AWM/> He's also an [[AIDS denialist]].

Jones has described his political philosophy as “America first", on the basis that the noninterventionist "America First" movement of the 1940s was synonymous with antisemites like [[Henry Ford]], [[Charles Lindbergh]], and [[Father Coughlin]].

Incidentally, Jones also denies [[evolution]], the [[Germ theory denialism|germ theory of disease]], [[IQ]], and [[heliocentrism]], and claims [[COVID-19]] was a biological weapon created by the American government to attack [[China]] and [[Iran]].<ref>[https://angrywhitemen.org/2020/04/05/e-michael-jones-spreads-conspiracy-theories-about-the-coronavirus-and-aids/ E. Michael Jones Spreads Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus And AIDS]</ref> Jones is an admirer of [[Aleksandr Dugin]] and has appeared on Iranian state television.

Jones' whole belief system seems like an elaborate ruse to bait Jews and homosexuals into no longer pursuing their own goals and aspirations, as conveniently, the only way to disprove Jones' theory that Jews and homosexuals are conspiring to control everything would be to give into his demands and force all Jewish politicians to step down from office and all gay characters to stop being represented in media. It's an admittedly ingenious use of reverse psychology, almost on par with a middle school bully's “Give me your lunch money, or if you don’t, that proves you have no balls!” He has specifically stated that Jews are an evil satanic force adding:

{{quotebox|"...we must deny Jews the rights of citizenship, something which no country in Europe granted them before Napoleon emancipated the Jews at the beginning of the 19th century. The Biden Administration has shown clearly what happens when Jews take over our government...Jonathan Pollard stated plainly after Donald Trump pardoned him that the Jew has a duty to betray any country which grants him citizenship...we can say that we have met the enemy and he is not us, because we are Americans and they are rootless supporters of the Jewish Revolutionary Spirit."<ref>E. Michael Jones, [https://www.unz.com/ejones/cherchez-le-juif-satanism-as-the-hidden-grammar-of-america/ Cherchez le Juif: Satanism as the Hidden Grammar of America]. ''The Unz Review'', 25 March 2024.</ref>}}

Jones is not without his detractors on the far right, most of whom accuse him (and Catholicism in general) of not being white supremacist enough. [[Mark Collett]] has denounced him strongly, calling Jones “so far off the mark, it's unbelievable….No matter how much Catholicism you give to an African, he is still an African."<ref>[https://archive.ph/H8p2J HB2014], archived from Twitter, 25 August 2021.</ref>

Jones is also a Geocentrist, saying he has a Ptolemaic view.

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Traditionalist Catholicism]]
* [[Sedevacantism]]

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