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Thread ID: 11245 | Posts: 54 | Started: 2003-11-24
2003-11-24 19:03 | User Profile
I assure you that there are no hidden motives or desire to elicit any kind of sympathy or praise. Among our senior membership, I am interested to gauge the response to the following question:
Is there still any need for the continuance of the OD discussion board?
Has it pretty much run its course?
2003-11-24 19:18 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]I assure you that there are no hidden motives or desire to elicit any kind of sympathy or praise. Among our senior membership, I am interested to gauge the response to the following question:
Is there still any need for the continuance of the OD discussion board?
Has it pretty much run its course?[/QUOTE]
I am going to be perfectly honest with you; I think you banning the 'euro cabal' has really decreased the inherent interest of this board, and consequently the traffic. The 'euro cabal' included some of the finest posters on the board, in fact on the internet, such as FadeTheButcher. I don't think the board will ever again see the same kind of traffic it did two or three months ago, but it still serves a purpose nevertheless.
2003-11-24 19:18 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]I assure you that there are no hidden motives or desire to elicit any kind of sympathy or praise. Among our senior membership, I am interested to gauge the response to the following question:
Is there still any need for the continuance of the OD discussion board?
Has it pretty much run its course?[/QUOTE]
Yes, Definitely!!! We need to do more to promote OD, Tex. OD is one the few boards where people can discuss the jewish issue intelligently. You should contact other boards/sites and tell them about this forum. Maybe try to hook up a link at [url]www.jewishtribalreview.org[/url]
2003-11-24 19:40 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Eendracht Maakt Mag]I am going to be perfectly honest with you; I think you banning the 'euro cabal' has really decreased the inherent interest of this board, and consequently the traffic. The 'euro cabal' included some of the finest posters on the board, in fact on the internet, such as FadeTheButcher. I don't think the board will ever again see the same kind of traffic it did two or three months ago, but it still serves a purpose nevertheless.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, EMM. Of course I have access to the actual numbers, but upon review you would see that our numbers/activity was falling well before I banned the 'euro cabal'. One might even make a good argument that our numbers were falling because of them. Nevertheless, I still stand by that decision and thanks for the input.
2003-11-24 19:41 | User Profile
What prompted the poll?
One option would be sufficient, because if people came here and noticed the thread, then they still read the board.
I agree with Ford above, but then I don't have the same fragile sensibilities as a red-blooded American and "America-bashing" doesn't incense me that much.
2003-11-24 19:58 | User Profile
Please keep it running, Tex. There is no other forum online for real intellectual discourse on nationalist politics.
I wouldn't be surprised if many well-known writers on the authentic right lurk here to get information.
2003-11-24 20:01 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Chaucer]Yes, Definitely!!! We need to do more to promote OD, Tex. OD is one the few boards where people can discuss the jewish issue intelligently. You should contact other boards/sites and tell them about this forum. Maybe try to hook up a link at [url]www.jewishtribalreview.org[/url][/QUOTE] I'd certainly agree. There are very few, if almost none, forums on the internet where paleocons and WN can discuss the really thorny things that limit the growth of their movement, like their relationship with each other, in a public manner
Especially there are very few paleocons who are willing to stand up and handle the thankless job of maintaining an above board dialogue with WN's, in a positive and productive way. To really do a good job requires, as we've found, much more resources, knowledge, and at times wisdom and patience, than we possess.
We've seen the limits of that, in different ways, at Sam Francis and first at Polinco. Possibly before that even at the various freerepublic spinoff forums, freeper reunion, FRU reunion, etc. If somebody really comes along with a significantly better forum, with more resources and better support/links from the various parties who should be, but usually don't, support us/stand by us you might make the aregument that OD has run its course and we should all move there. But I certainly see no sign of that. I personally think there will, by its nature, always be a special need for a forum like this, at least as long as paleoconservatism and ournation in their present form exist.
You do a much better job than anyone I've seen Tex. Hang in there. And if you're starting to entertain the same doubts weaknesses that some of the other forums have encountered, do us a favor. Give us a heads up so we can evaluate alternatives, and make provisions for a transition. I'm pretty sure there are others around that will turn up, like Polinco did with SFF, that will step up and make some provision for archiving the files and continuing the tradition.
2003-11-24 20:12 | User Profile
Tex,
Is running the board becoming discouraging for you? Interest is down from its peak because the War for Israel II is over which generated a lot of discussion for us. I'd hate for OD to be discontinued at this time. There just is not that many venues for paleocons and nationalists on the internet.
I supported banning the "Euro-Cabal" mainly because any further discussion with them would not have been productive. Couple that fact with their generally hostile demeanor and, at least to my mind, banning them was an easy call.
2003-11-24 20:33 | User Profile
[QUOTE=madrussian]What prompted the poll?
Oh, I don't know. I didn't really put a lot of thought into it. I guess the subject is always in the back of my mind and I thought I would get the opinion of the senior membership.
I agree with Ford above, but then I don't have the same fragile sensibilities as a red-blooded American and "America-bashing" doesn't incense me that much.[/QUOTE]
Again, nobody was banned for "American Bashing." Believe me, I think there's plenty worth bashing in America right now.
2003-11-24 20:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Centinel]I wouldn't be surprised if many well-known writers on the authentic right lurk here to get information.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, Centinel. I must admit I've read an op-ed piece here and there and was left wondering when I was sure I read that comment or something similar a week before on OD.
2003-11-24 20:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Okiereddust]Give us a heads up so we can evaluate alternatives, and make provisions for a transition. I'm pretty sure there are others around that will turn up, like Polinco did with SFF, that will step up and make some provision for archiving the files and continuing the tradition.[/QUOTE]
You can be sure that I'll give a long notice before I pull the plug, if and when I ever do. Good comments.
Once again, I'm not trying to fish for praise about the job I'm doing. I'm really interested if the dynamic that the board has enjoyed throughout its existence has ultimately played itself out.
2003-11-24 20:50 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Oklahomaman]Is running the board becoming discouraging for you?
Uhhh...it's a love/hate kind of thing, OKman. That's the only way I can describe it.
Interest is down from its peak because the War for Israel II is over which generated a lot of discussion for us.
Very true. We peaked on every level at the onset of Iraq part 2. I anticipated a similar peak as the presidential elections geared up for next year. But again, numbers aren't my only concern as I understand that kind of thing comes and goes in cycles. IOW, more qualitative data than quantitative was my concern here.
2003-11-24 21:04 | User Profile
Well, I might have a different take on this.
I do not see OD as "mere entertainment," per se. I see OD as "aiding the spreading of good information to Whites." That is the most important thing of all. As our West sinks into the toilet, isn't it nice to know that someone is telling the people why it is sinking, and, what might be done about it if it is not too late??
Soon, so-called "hate speech" on the Net will be banned in all of the West [not just most of the West like today]. That ban will fall under the label of "ethnic intimidation," an illegal, non-Constitutionally-protected act even now. When that happens, you might wonder why you ever thought of pulling the plug on OD.
2003-11-24 21:10 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]Uhhh...it's a love/hate kind of thing, OKman. That's the only way I can describe it.
Very true. [COLOR=Red][I]We peaked on every level at the onset of Iraq part 2[/I].[/COLOR] I anticipated a similar peak as the presidential elections geared up for next year. But again, numbers aren't my only concern as I understand that kind of thing comes and goes in cycles. IOW, more qualitative data than quantitative was my concern here.[/QUOTE]A great problem may be the apparent futility of trying to change things. We have a populace and news media far more concerned with Michael Jackson and friends than with the fact there is a war going on. With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming I expect some people will perk up.
Myself? I just had cataract surgery. Even though a success, I feel tired by trying to see with what was once my good "cataract" eye and the eye that now sees almost 20-20. There is a definete place for this board.
2003-11-25 00:06 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Eendracht Maakt Mag]I am going to be perfectly honest with you; I think you banning the 'euro cabal' has really decreased the inherent interest of this board, and consequently the traffic. The 'euro cabal' included some of the finest posters on the board, in fact on the internet, such as FadeTheButcher. [/QUOTE]
Well, as the only member of the "Euro Cabal" not to be banned from this forum, I have to agree with this statement. il Rango and definately Edward played a huge role in the whole flame war that happened in the "Remember America's Wars" thread. Frankly I was pleased with how Fade gave Edward a taste of his own medicine.
2003-11-25 00:19 | User Profile
I will bet that Tex also feels as if OD has been overrun by WNs....and so that is why he feels as he does.....correct? Maybe not...
2003-11-25 01:36 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Eendracht Maakt Mag]I am going to be perfectly honest with you; I think you banning the 'euro cabal' has really decreased the inherent interest of this board, and consequently the traffic. The 'euro cabal' included some of the finest posters on the board, in fact on the internet, such as FadeTheButcher. I don't think the board will ever again see the same kind of traffic it did two or three months ago, but it still serves a purpose nevertheless.[/QUOTE] Sputter, gag, gasp !!! Yeah right. All those guys, and those like them, want to do is biscker and squabble, like spoiled kids fighting about nothing.
2003-11-25 01:48 | User Profile
[QUOTE=edward gibbon]A great problem may be the apparent futility of trying to change things. We have a populace and news media far more concerned with Michael Jackson and friends than with the fact there is a war going on. [/QUOTE]Even more depressing is realizing that the Freepers are the best of the sheeple. At least they follow the news and care about what's going on.
Tex, if you decide to pack it in, well, I'm hugely grateful for the work you've done. I have no right to ask any more of you. But I would hate to see this forum go.
Edited by Stanley
2003-11-25 03:28 | User Profile
I definitely hope OD will stay online. It may not be the biggest political board on the Net, but the overall quality of the dialogue here is very high, and the topics of discussion could not be more important.
2003-11-25 04:09 | User Profile
I certainly don't want the OD board to shut down. I have wondered why so many have quit posting. Do people just get tired of it or what? Ive been posting on the internet for years, and probably will continue for years, so I don't exactly understand how one might just [I]stop[/I] doing it. Perhaps Wintermute, or Neo-Nietzsche, or Avalanche might enlighten us as to why they quit posting? OD serves [I]my[/I] purposes, but does it serve Texas Dissident's?
2003-11-25 06:13 | User Profile
As Jimmy Carteeer said, there is a malaise in the land. A depression? How's this one, FEAR? Fear of the minority boot on our necks.. I really think fear is gripping U.S. "THE PATRIOT ACT" Loss of the 4th amendment,and most who need to be speaking out are so busy and worn out they can't post. Allot of whites are going to sleep worried if they will have a home next month, and don't drive new crap car's.. Alex Jone's to Clay Douglas are probably down in rating's too, but I have not checked.. This open border despot govt., has many of U.S. worn out......... Look at Centenial post on expanded Patriot act spying.. On the poll above, there is no right answer. Yes, a open forum for intelligent sharing of infomation, idea's and hope across our nation and the Western world is good. Then again of course one could say it's not needed, perhaps as one does not need shoes, but needs water? The five minute news on the hour on U.S. radio is another example of why we NEED our own media. From the Gore/Twing circus in the last election to 911, folks are mostly worn out perhaps, or drunk? Bottom line yes, O.D. and the other forums have all played an important roll in dissent and freedom.
2003-11-25 08:53 | User Profile
Interesting that there are member's who have never posted. Some have been a member for two years..????
2003-11-25 09:08 | User Profile
Absolutely we need OD.
Man, get those thoughts out of your head.
The check is in the mail, by the way (mailed from abroad, it might take a while).
(and no that's not one of those like "We're from the IRS, and we're here to help!"
Walter
2003-11-25 10:59 | User Profile
This board has certainly provided a useful service to me in increasing my knowledge of American politics a thousandfold. Without OD Euro squatters knowledge of US nationalism would be limited to Free Republic, Stormfront or - shudder - the VNN forum.
2003-11-25 15:01 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Eendracht Maakt Mag]I think you banning the 'euro cabal' has really decreased the inherent interest of this board, and consequently the traffic. The 'euro cabal' included some of the finest posters on the board, in fact on the internet, such as FadeTheButcher.[/QUOTE]
Wow. There was a cabal! Why wasn't I invited to join it?
There is certainly enough misinformation posted here about matters European so it would make sense to allow non-Americans to post here to correct it...
2003-11-25 16:09 | User Profile
*http://forums.originaldissent.com/showthread.php?t=1086
Original Dissent - Traditional conservatism for and from the common-man.
Via the featured articles on the index page, Neo-Con Watch and related forum, Original Dissent was created to be a safe haven for presentation and discussion of populist, traditional (or paleo) conservatism.*
Assuming the above can be considered a mission statement of sorts, this forum does NOT seem to include a place for endless replays of European squabbles over land or nationality. European history and the current European experience is of course highly relevant to traditional conservatism and populism; insults and threats based on national identity surely isn't. Those conflicts not relating to American populism, paleoconservatism and traditional values in the truest sense should be omitted when they are judged to be a distraction or detract from accomplishing the overall mission of the forum.
Further, I would refuse to be associated with any group or forum representing that group that openly advocates violence as a means to settling ideological or even ethnic disputes. This is a matter of both personal conviction and of practical common sense. Keeping in mind, of course, that our situation and reality is always subject to radical change.
OD is valuable as an information clearinghouse and as a means to hone presentation and debate skills. It's an educational tool that should be oiled and sharpened by its users.
2003-11-25 16:17 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jjbrouwer]There is certainly enough misinformation posted here about matters European so it would make sense to allow non-Americans to post here to correct it...[/QUOTE] Or you could cease posting and the misinformation level would plumit :thumbsup:
The 'Euro Cabal' wouldn't have being your cup of tea anyway because, unlike the BNP, they were mostly National Socialists.
2003-11-25 16:42 | User Profile
Uh, yeah, this board is important. New people are still getting introduced to ideas that they are unfamiliar with -- an alternative to the lemming promotion of diversity.
Some months ago, this board was moving too fast to be comfortable. That would have led to some people leaving.
There needs to be some consolidation of catagories. And, those temporary buttens need some text. This will make the board easier to use.
2003-11-25 16:52 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Happy Hacker]And, those temporary buttens need some text. This will make the board easier to use.[/QUOTE]
I can do that, I'll just make them look the same as the buttons along the top. Should have them tomorrow evening as I'm off home now and only have photoshop in work (it's really only a 15 min job).
2003-11-25 20:09 | User Profile
I think it would be very demoralizing to see this forum retired. I appreciate the work you have done so far and don't know of any other forum out there that would be likely to take up the slack. There will be no hard feelings against you if you shut it down, but I strongly urge you not to do so.
2003-11-25 21:43 | User Profile
[QUOTE=na Gaeil is gile] The 'Euro Cabal' wouldn't have being your cup of tea anyway because, unlike the BNP, they were mostly National Socialists.[/QUOTE]
Only Leland and Friederich were actual National Socialists. Fade I believe was somewhat a Spenglerian neo-Confederate. I'm not a National Socialist. So you're assestment is largely wrong.
2003-11-26 02:51 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jjbrouwer]Wow. There was a cabal! Why wasn't I invited to join it?
[/QUOTE]
There was a [B]no wankers [/B] policy.
2003-11-26 03:55 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Bardamu]There was a [B]no wankers [/B] policy.[/QUOTE]
You must have been disappointed about that.
2003-11-26 10:22 | User Profile
[QUOTE=perun1201]Well, as the only member of the "Euro Cabal" not to be banned from this forum,[/QUOTE]
What is the "Euro Cabal" thing?
2003-11-26 10:30 | User Profile
OD should not disappear because it is the only place in internet where you can still exchange opinions with sane Americans not brainwashed by the media or with fringe personalities like in the Stormfront forum.
2003-11-26 15:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Bardamu wrote: Avalanche might enlighten us as to why they quit posting? [/QUOTE] Hi all! I still love and read OD when I can, but have been SO swamped by life that I donââ¬â¢t have time for the deep and careful reading needed to keep up (and answer). When things calm down in ââ¬Årealââ¬Â life, I (and I assume NeoNietzsche) will return to spending enough time here to contribute.
I also feel a deep depression about my country and its hated foreign oligarchy and the damage and destruction I foresee. (NeoNietzsche told me, when I first met him, that ââ¬Åthe big war/end of America would occur in my lifetime, and I had trouble believing that. Now, educated over time, I no longer doubt it.) So I RELY on OD being here! I know I can go and find a (mostly) congenial group of intelligent AWAKE people with whom I can discuss the horrors I see occurring around me, that cannot be mentioned in front of the sheeple. Thereââ¬â¢s a thread here somewhere, by one of our brethren who was depressed about the world-situation to the point of wanting to take the red pill again. Having felt just that way, I took the same solace and strength he did from the outpouring of support and hope from our OD group!
I have alienated parts of my family, and certain of my friends, by trying (gently and surreptiously) to awaken them. I feel that alone-in-the-dangerous-wilderness fear and depression. (Remember my avatar picture? Iââ¬â¢m now stressing and worrying, because Iââ¬â¢ve started using it (renamed, and located in a different place) on another forum, but Iââ¬â¢m paranoid that I can be ââ¬Ëtracedââ¬â¢ by it back to my seditious and hostile postings here. (And hell, itââ¬Ës not like Iââ¬â¢m not already on all the jewsââ¬â¢ lists!)
So, Tex? I cannot express to you how important OD is to me ââ¬â even if Iââ¬â¢m not actively posting and helping keep it lively right now! All groups have a cycle of action and quiet; an ingathering of energy and preparation and a time of expression and expending energy. (Itââ¬â¢s all yin and yang, tai chi wisdom, but it IS wisdom!) It can be hard, in the preparation times to remember that the active expressive times return, but they always do. It can be tiring when the expressive times include europeans fighting race wars on the forum, but it only lasts till the next resting period.
2003-11-26 16:27 | User Profile
I like OD. It's cooled a bit these days, but it still performs the valuable service of connecting the politcally conservative to the politically radical. I like OD for the same reason I like the American Conservative: it's a small reminder that most of what we're saying is [I]normal[/I] and connected in an important way to the political philosophy (conservatism) I found so riveting as a college student and beyond. I still think there's an opportunity for us to get racial awarness and Judeo-skepticism injected into mainstream conservatism, however loud the boos and catcalls from the "turn out the lights" folks. I don't want to be a freak-o, I want to be a normal person who advocates for what is good and just. I just happen to think that a move toward racial separatism is part of that call. On OD, nobody thinks that's weird.
2003-11-26 19:02 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Franco]I will bet that Tex also feels as if OD has been overrun by WNs....and so that is why he feels as he does.....correct? [/QUOTE]
No, this board has always had a healthy representation of WNs/racialists, most of which have made great contributions.
2003-11-26 19:04 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Walter Yannis]Absolutely we need OD.
Man, get those thoughts out of your head. [/QUOTE]
OK, thanks Walter.
You're a good man...for a papist. :)
2003-11-26 22:17 | User Profile
Tex, if OD gets any more than 15 unique/new visits per day [if you can tell that via ISP # or whatever], OD must stay put. Too much is riding on the cultural matter, i.e., I still wonder whether the West will survive....
2003-11-30 05:50 | User Profile
Haven't read down the page yet, but I personally don't believe that OD's success should be defined in terms of numbers only.
This place is home to some of the finest writers and thinkers on the Internet.
Of course it serves a purpose!
2003-11-30 05:57 | User Profile
Valley Forge, agreed. Remember indeed the after noon of terror.. [url]www.ussliberty.org[/url]..
2003-11-30 07:29 | User Profile
If OD goes, I'm toast.
Sorry for the drama.
We all need a home, ya know?
Tex, continued thank you's for OD.
2003-11-30 15:20 | User Profile
Removing someone like "Leland Gaunt" wasn't a loss. It was a net gain, in my opinion. All he wanted to do was to insult and blame others living today for events that happen a long time ago. Shoot, he even insults his own countrymen who served Germany well. And to think, this behavior on a board where a number of people would agree with him on a number of things.
In short, he banned himself.
2003-12-01 03:44 | User Profile
Tex, OD is a unique, and intellectually valuable, website. I've been both educated and entertained by the posts here.
On the subject of why many members don't, or rarely, post, it may be that they find that someone else has already written what they would have. That's true in my case (and the post is usually better written than I could).
Concerning the banned "Euro-cabal", I miss FadetheButcher. His arguments were always challenging, and they did have some influence on thinking.
Actually, couldn't any banned member rejoin simply by signing up under a new pseudonym? I really don't know how these things work. OD is the only board I've ever posted at.
2003-12-15 08:33 | User Profile
Speaking just for myself, I don't post or visit this forum as much for a couple of reasons. One is the format is not as easy to use as LibertyForum. The other is that because it has a larger number of posters, there is quicker turnaround of comments, etc.
LibertyForum does have its drawbacks. A lot of its members are pretty average. And discussions often degenerate into name calling or people get way off the topic.
2003-12-17 02:34 | User Profile
Liberty Forum is fine if you enjoy a good fight. In the last six months to a year or so, however, the forum seems to have been highjacked by Jewish interests. I myself abandoned the forum never to return when Skunk's fame went from 40+ down to the deep negatives -- while Daisy and her lackeys went sky high in the meantime. What a joke.
2003-12-17 07:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Valley Forge]Liberty Forum is fine if you enjoy a good fight. In the last six months to a year or so, however, the forum seems to have been highjacked by Jewish interests. I myself abandoned the forum never to return when Skunk's fame went from 40+ down to the deep negatives -- while Daisy and her lackeys went sky high in the meantime. What a joke.[/QUOTE]I agree, LF is basically good only for fighting with those loony libertarians.
However if people just go to forums looking for a fight (and basically that's how a lot of people seem to end up here as well) I'd have to agree. LF generates better fights.
This board was, unlike LF, created with communitarian objectives in mind. The basic problem is most WN type rightists are as anarchic as libertarians.
It would seem, as in the case of Germany that they cannot be united except by totalitarian means and brute force.
2003-12-17 09:54 | User Profile
Perhaps for a common good most of U.S. we will want to come together or have no choice in the future. My experience with W.N.'s has been only good, and they women and men are fine people..
2003-12-18 04:34 | User Profile
OD's numbers began falling with the appearance of the Cabal, but that's neither here nor there. Thing about message boards is that 99% of them begin with a flurry of activity and then level off to moderate traffic from there on out. Where OD differed is that our initial flurry was a sustained one that kept building and building for a long period of time.
The levelling-off, while normal, is disillusioning because very little of what's been discussed here has dented the mainstream. Compared to an FR, we're like a fart in a wind-tunnel, impactwise. Of course, the Foxman Contingent doesn't "monitor" the FRs of this world because they're practically public-relations arms of AIPAC to begin with. I have a private theory that many more people agree with what appears on OD than is reflected in the numbers, but they decline to participate out of caution (oh, hell, let's be honest and call it what it is: [B]fear[/B].) There are certain perceptions out there (the govt is watching sites like this/the govt is running sites like this, etc) that may have little basis in reality but then that's the beauty of psy-ops - manipulating your target through suggestion.
That's not to say we're wasting our time here - far from it. But it's certainly frustrating. We're like mosquitoes buzzing randomly on a battlefield, dwarfed by clashing giants who barely notice us except to swat at us- on one side, the hollow, corrupt Right; on the other, a thoroughly syphilitic Left; and both controlled by Jews. The only mutually-agreed-upon rule of conduct both sides will honor is [I]thou shalt not notice the man behind the curtain.[/I] Very hard to stay upbeat when the prevailing mindset of the masses is a media-engineered madness that supercedes self-interest or even simple survival. Very frustrating.
On the other hand, uphill battles are usually the only battles [I]worth [/I] fighting. And if I can't hope to be anything more than a mosquito, then by God I wanna bite the living [I]shit [/I] out of ZOG and leave them furiously scratching the welt. One more vote here for OD to continue.
2003-12-18 06:04 | User Profile
All he wanted to do was to insult and blame others.....
...a number of people would agree with him on a number of things.
Well, it's all Okie-dokey now.
In short, he banned himself.
:wallbash:
I think the cabal did it. :lol:
2004-01-04 20:11 | User Profile
As far as the three individuals you've mentioned, I think their sudden loss of interest has something to do with the religion [vs. WN/NS] debate on this forum.
2004-01-04 20:18 | User Profile
Tex, you have a fine board here. In all honesty, lots of us have been real busy writing letters, composing e-mails, faxing, initiating contact with elected officials and confronting political issues that affect us, our children and their future, and generally working our butts off trying to stem the tide that well funded anti-white orgaizations and their highly paid lobbyists have initiated upon our race.
This of course takes time away from participating in every forum I enjoy visiting and posting on. Right now, we are still pretty busy, along with many other concerned Whites, focusing our efforts on getting the elected officials to reflect our interests and concerns.
This is one of the finest, intelligent forums where conservatives and White activists can discuss issues and shared concerns during the lulls in activity. Unfortunately, here in Arkansas, Whites are still facing a stubborn state senate trying to impose another form of integration upon us and our children by forced school consolidation. This forced school consolidation seeks to get more White children to fall into the net and be paired up with lower intelligence non-white children in order to bring up the school in distress so it can pass the new "No child left behind" standards.
In all actuality, consolidation would be the worst thing to happen to the state of Arkansas and would only serve to dumb down White children even more because they would have to drag their non-white charges along as ball and chains. This is easily compared to you being paired up with a monkey in order that the monkey would appear to be doing better because you and the monkey are a team. You are graded individually, but by your effort as a team.
Isn't that something?
Anyway, this is just one of the local issues that I am involved with as I am not at liberty to go real deep in discussion as for what we are doing.
However, you know we stand for White and Christian issues that affect us, you, and our White children. I am glad that O D is here, but, I understand you have to make choices as well. Something to consider,..... Lots of other forums have low attendance too, not just yours. This is because we and like minded others are having to make efforts to challenge the subversion of our country and don't have a lot of spare time till we get over this hump.
Stormfront still has lots of visitors, but it is high profile. {It is also attracting a lot of non-white/race traitor traffic lately that are posing as whites in various forums}
I like O.D. It has a wealth of intelligence and I would hate to see it go, but I understand how quick priorities can change, and how fast a livable lifestyle can be threatened by jewish and non-white interests in their continuing onslaught against White culture, heritage, tradition, and civilization.
Your call Tex! :)
2004-01-05 08:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=golfball]Your call Tex! :)[/QUOTE]
Thanks golfball and everyone else who put their two cents in on this one. I appreciate the kind words and support. I posted this in a moment of doubt and reflection as to what all this is about and I don't mind admitting I have moments like those from time to time. We're all just folks, right?
Nevertheless, the board and our community is what it is and I'm not ready to make any apologies for it. We've had some high and low times and that's always to be expected. The criticism we've suffered through from all sides at one time or another really only serves to harden my resolve to keep this thing going. Maybe that's just the onery Texan in me or maybe I just want to cling to my vision of how it all should be, what's right and what's wrong. I don't know. Probably the best approach is to just take it day by day.
But in the end, no worries. I'm not planning on going anywhere any time soon, and as long as I have the means to do it I'll keep OD up and running for two overriding purposes: 1) to maintain lines of communication between folks who think like we do while we still have the medium of the internet, and 2) to irritate all the right people who need irritating.