Nationalists On-line?

One of my New Years resolutions will be to refrain from writing on and reading the various political forums that exist. (Forums or fora? Apparently Google lists 3,720,000 entries for fora and 119,000,000 for forums, so forums it is then!) I have found them useful in the past reading them for information and using them to make controversial postings and provoke debate. This has its benefits but these are few and I consider my time better spent in positive and constructive activities.

Over the years I have been a member of and have posted on Stormfront (Britain), the old BNP forum which existed for a couple of years around 2007/2008, Nationalists Online and of late the Democracy Forum. The latter differs from the others in that it is a general political forum rather than a specifically Nationalist forum, although sections within it are.

Both the BNP forum and Nationalists Online forum were relatively short-lived and are no longer available. A few years ago Stormfront was once seen as the most popular forum to post and keep up to date but that, of late, has seemingly become used much less being replaced by the VNN forum. For some strange reason I was unable to register with that thankfully, so have until now utilised the Democracy Forum which seems quite active.

As said, all of these forums exist, with the exception of the Democracy Forum, to further the aims and objectives of Nationalists but in reality the sad thing about all of them, including the Nationalists sections of the Democracy Forum, is that the majority of those posting either wish to undermine such activities or belittle others. In doing so they create tensions amongst Nationalist groups and consequently do the exact opposite of what I thought they were supposed to be doing. So much for working together towards the future we all seek – our opponents must be falling about laughing!

Admittedly, getting involved in debate on some threads is addictive and often results in heated arguments and reactionary postings that, in retrospect, may have been better left unsaid or unpublished. However when you analyse the actual impact of anything published on these forums it is obvious that only a tiny fraction of people see what is going on, so it is not a case that, by posting good Nationalist items, the cause will be furthered by the generally inquisitive internet user searching for his true political home. It just doesn’t happen. I know that there are good Nationalists who post regularly but they are vastly out-numbered by those who are on-line simply to criticise or belittle and generally do their utmost to undermine any good that might be gained from the existence of such forums. Consequently the time spent posting and reading posts is wholly disproportionate to any good that may come from doing so.

The Democracy Forum is a prime example of where these negative, so-called Nationalists, can be destructive and divisory with pretty much all threads containing examples of posts of a negative nature, but although it may appear to be the place to be, it serves only itself and not the cause.

My understanding of political activity is that it is the inter-action between those who are prepared to stand up and make a difference and those who need help and guidance in making the right decisions for a better future for themselves and their community. It is not about bickering on forums by, those who think a difference can be achieved by involving themselves in low-brow discussions and debates from the comfort of their own homes, such debates only being seen by those Nationalists who know of the existence of such for and certainly not by the public that need to be won over.

To make a difference we need to get out on the streets and meet the people, write letters to newspapers, and leaflet the streets and hold meetings. Keyboard warriors need to get out more, literally. Only by getting out and about will we make the difference that is necessary to change things for the future we all seek.