THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

REPLY TO HS ABOUT SAM FRANCIS | 2005-02-20

HS asks:

Bob, do YOU believe what Sam Francis supposedly may have said as quoted by a WN leader?

"Sam fearlessly grasped the racial issue from which so many, who knew better, shied away. He knew that we have less than 50 years to save North America from a successful Third World invasion which will engineer our minority status and our eventual replacement."

Prophecy is a dangerous game to be sure for any of us. When you're human, there are countless factors and intervening acts that affect any predictions, things no man has any control over at all.

I do not believe this. We may be deep into a bloody war within 50 years, but I don't know of very many bi-racial couples, and ones I do know, or know of, have few, if any, children. Some have zero because they don't want them to have to "exist in this hostile, racist world." Which still equals not that many mixed-race people out of 6 or 7 billion people worldwide.

Musings to be sure.

My Reply:

Sam may have said that in a column. Those of us who write a lot have said almost everything. But Sam and I thought alike in almost everything, and we both despised the Panic Deadline.

I remember a lady who said in 1960 that no political planning mattered beyond the 1960 election. She said that if John Kennedy, a Catholic, won that election there would never be another election in America.

Every four years we heard, "This is the critical election in history. Nothing else matters."

A lot of people make their living screaming about some Panic Deadline. It is a great fund-raising tool.

It is also immoral and just plain evil.

Sam and I were political STRATEGISTS. That meant that people who set Panic Deadlines rejected every bit of real, long-term planning we tried to do.

Fifty years from today, no matter what happens,the world will still be here. Fifty years from today, no matter what happens, our children will have to live in that world. Anybody who gives up on the world fifty years from now abandons them.

I am not about to do that. Sam was not about to do that.

Sam did not believe in a Panic Deadline four years from now or fifty years from now.

In fact, Sam would tell you that only an weakling and an idiot believes in ANY Panic Deadline.

COMMENTS (3)

#1 Mike | 2005-02-21 19:24

I agree that "panic deadlines" are an evil thing. Much of my life has been consumed by panic deadlines. I finally got over it though.

The biggie is apocalyptic Christianity. 'The world is going to hell in a handbasket, all is lost, Jesus is coming to get us soon so don't bother trying to change anything.'

Didn't someone say to let your light shine in the darkness?

#2 Don | 2005-03-01 02:26

RE: "Jesus is coming to get us soon"

I believe responsible Christians should get "Rapture Insurance" to cover any accidents which may occur if they suddenly dissappear from the driver's seat of a moving vehicle. They may have a passenger who is not a believer or the oncoming car may contain unsaved souls.

#3 Don | 2005-03-01 02:36

RE: "Musings to be sure"

Very good musings, and an excellent reply from Bob. Those mini- Nostradamuses who believe they know the future 50 years from now need to get off their rotund posteriors and create the future.