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So, Fuentes and his followers have taken issue with this post as not being representative of his remarks. Being specific is important to me. So let's be specific about some of the things Fuentes said last night. These are direct quotes: "Jews are a very narcissistic group. Similar to black people." "We can say Christ is king. And we can say that we would like to live in a Christian country without necessarily always having to be held hostage by these Jews. Like, do you understand how long of a shadow they cast over American life?" "I don't hate Hitler, you know, I mean, I don't. I'm not in favor of genocide or whatever. But I look at Hitler as a statesman. Hitler didn't kill my people or anything like that." "Jews globally are extremely networked, they enjoy immense power and privilege." [Fascinating how much Fuentes sounds like Ibram X Kendi or some other CRT proponent here, except his grievance peddling is on behalf of white people]. "We took prayers out of school, we put the Holocaust in, you don't pray in school, we don't learn about the church in school." "We don't live in a Christian society. That is not the hegemonic religion or the hegemonic philosophy, the organizing principle of the state, it's something else. It's something like liberalism, tinged with, you know, some preference for Jews. And I think that is reflective of the fact that Jews run our society." Now, for those who want to put in the nearly four hours, certainly go listen to these remarks in context. But he offered no concrete support or citations for claiming blacks and Jews are narcissistic or that our country is "held hostage" by Jews or that they "run our society." Do Jewish people tend to be successful relative to other ethnic/religious groups? Sure. So maybe we should consider the fact that according to Pew, they have second highest marriage and second lowest divorce rates (just behind Mormons, who also tend to be pretty successful). They score third-highest in educational attainment, just behind Hindus and Universalists (both MUCH smaller groups). What Fuentes did was mix things many Christians like me agree with (like that we should be very concerned about how Soros is promoting open borders and we should want Christian leaders and policies) in with things that are manifestly anti-biblical, like obsessing on Jewish privilege. Things that are, in fact, sin. He suggested it's a Jewish conspiracy that the Left talks about the Holocaust so much relative to other genocides when the much more obvious explanation is that the Left doesn't want to highlight mass slaughter driven by socialism. I have zero problem with people who want to argue that it is not in America's interest to devote U.S. resources to Israel's war with Hamas. But that's not what this was. This was not, as he complained during the space, his "greatest hits" taken from over the course of many years or jokes taken out of context. It was all said within the space of about an hour. And it was all said in all seriousness. I believe in the First Amendment and support Fuentes' right to say these things I deeply reject BECAUSE I'm a Christian. So, for those claiming I am "concern trolling," I can assure you, my concern that there is a subset of young men on the right who find such remarks anything more than a manifestation of what seems to be deep seated envy that results in the same divisive identity politics in which the left engages is very real.