tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post9140920509152345948..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: A collection of right wing books...Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-77177406921588372282009-06-03T06:01:57.527+00:002009-06-03T06:01:57.527+00:00Very true Anon but they tend to speak in code, rat...Very true Anon but they tend to speak in code, rather than directly. Douglas Young was wont to gibber about 'English' and 'Negroes' and other 'Species' but you won't get that now - not openly anyway.<br /><br />In the late 60s it was still not uncommon to hear senior nats talk about Catholics as if they were aliens in Scotland. You'll never hear that now - except accidentally.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-88481424433764368352009-06-02T22:19:06.176+00:002009-06-02T22:19:06.176+00:00There are Scots Nats islamists now- equally appall...There are Scots Nats islamists now- equally appalling views. Actually, the fact that someone collects right-wing books doesn't necessarily mean they are right-wing. The most ultra leftist I know keeps his faith by reading- and hating- fascists rather than reading Marx or Trotsky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-41557316469811624742009-06-02T06:31:11.221+00:002009-06-02T06:31:11.221+00:00'More than once in our shop I have even seen colle...'More than once in our shop I have even seen collectors of left wing literature discussing their books with right wing collectors--a temporary comradeship established through book collecting.'<br /><br />Hmmm - I think you can find this sort of bonding fairly commonly on the web, especially in the badlands where anti-zionism meets anti-semitism (see the Guardian's Comment is Free site).<br /><br />Eugenics was certainly also a fairly mainstream belief on the 20s/30s British left - Wells, Webbs, etc. I think it's generally accepted that Britain (unlike some Scandanavian countries) was saved from eugenics legislation by a combination of eccentrics, Catholics and liberals.<br /><br />I have a wee volume of Douglas Young's poems inscribed to Lavinia Derwent. A nice poet, but like many old Scot Nats he had some appalling views on race.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-29268699692146670602009-06-01T22:28:14.724+00:002009-06-01T22:28:14.724+00:00Adrianne -- are you serious?
Nazi breeding progr...Adrianne -- are you serious? <br /><br />Nazi breeding programs and the extermination of inferior races and "defectives" ring any bells? Never seen the Boys from Brazil?<br /><br />The history of eugenics is a little complicated because, while it was started by British conservatives such as Francis Galton, many American "Progressives" (leftish populists) and British "Liberals" came to favor it for the purpose of reducing disease and improving intelligence. Eventually, right-wingers across the world latched onto the idea and linked it with racial superiority mythology.maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-42981437106742960892009-06-01T19:22:02.022+00:002009-06-01T19:22:02.022+00:00Yockey was a pretty fascinating fascist. Historian...Yockey was a pretty fascinating fascist. Historian Kevin Coogan wrote an interesting book on him called Dreamer of the Day which is worth checking out.Seanhttp://thefoxhillreview.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-4967465116145479282009-06-01T18:50:12.035+00:002009-06-01T18:50:12.035+00:00Heh -- didn't know eugenics was right-wing. Alway...Heh -- didn't know eugenics was right-wing. Always thought it was left-wing. All the you-should-abort-if-there's-a-birth-defect and all that seems to come from the left, and the every-life-is-precious-no-matter-how-imperfect from the right, these days at least?Adriannenoreply@blogger.com