Let me start off by saying that I grew up listening to NO F X. Not only that, I was in a
hardcore punk band for years called Illithed that played a show with the band Bouncing Souls, who recently had a member attend
Fat Mike's backyard COVID concert. I enjoyed the recent concert and I still like much of their music and don't think Fat Mike is a raging racist. I think he holds some racist views about whites in general, but is probably a great guy person to person. I also think he has the good intentions that pave the way to hell and is misinformed. That said, let's jump in.
The Daily Stormer, a site with a reputation of being racist, states that the punk rock band no f x are the ones that a bigoted.
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"The band NO F X is a bunch of Jew punks from the Los Angeles area, making big bucks by sliming us White people."
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It's easy to say, wow, a racist calling someone else a racist, but this is simple-minded. Let's instead ask a simple question and explore. So, could the actions of no f x over the years played a role in people becoming racists themselves, or at least ethno-nationalists, which is no more inherently racist than the
Chinese de facto ethno-state, akin to that of
North Korea and Japan for instance, as well as the explicit ethno-state of Israel. Some deny, for example, that Israel is an ethno-state, while others opposed to ethno-nationalism acknowledge it.
Take for example an article on current affairs dor org that stated the best way to counter this type of argument from white nationalist Richard Spencer would be to say the following.
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It’s very easy, if you are a consistent opponent of ethno-nationalism, to counter Spencer’s challenge. When he says “What about Israel? That’s an ethno-state,” one obvious response is “Exactly, the unjust hierarchies in Israel show exactly why ethno-states are contrary to the principles of universal human dignity and equal participation in power.”
For the record, I am a civic nationalist not an ethno-nationalist, but I recognize that non-racist people may simply believe that more harmonious outcomes come from their ideology. But I digress.
An article at punk news dot org has a headline that reads, "Group accuses no F X of calling for “white genocide”.
Ironically, the dismissive article begins with a meme image that reads, "Won't somebody please think of the white people." This itself is racist against whites. As if whites who are 11.5% of the global population face no oppression or anti-white racism. The
seemingly perpetual slaughter and government
sanctioned land acquisition of white farmers is South Africa and the plethora of evidence found at anti white racism exposed dot blog spot dot com beg to differ. Whites indeed experience racism directed toward them globally and in America. Let's look at one quick example from the the odyssey online dot com and then we'll get back to the alleged racism in the article about no f x.
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(Noun) - the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Basically, stating that white people have white privilege literally falls under the exact definition of racism.
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In full the punk news dot org piece reads, quote:
A Canadian immigration group, the Canadian Immigration Report has is criticizing NO F X who are performing as part of Riot Fest. The issue was initiated by the band's satirical 1992 song, "Kill All the White Men," from The Longest Line. The group characterized the sarcastic song as calling for "white genocide."
This, sadly, isn't the first time that some oversensitive Canadians took umbrage to that particular song. In 2005, the song received criticism after being played on a Canadian radio station. The song violated a rule states that a radio station cannot air material that "[contains] gratuitous violence in any form, or otherwise sanction, promote or glamorize violence. The station was banned from broadcasting the song.
Common sense knowledge abounds that people hide behind satire. So, let's check out a bit of the lyrics of this song, that has sparked claims of anti-white racism and promoting violence, by two different organizations, as noted in the article...
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The white man call himself civilized
Cause he know how to take over
The white man come to pillage my village
Now he tell me I have to bend over
Wo yeah, moah yeah, kill all the white man
Wo yeah yeah yeah, wo yeah
Wo yeah, moah yeah, kill all the white man
No I do not like the white man up in me
He rape my people as he rape my country
Everything I love and cherish
He try to take away
We will be rid of him
Soon come the day
Wo yeah, moah yeah, kill all the white man
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Saying these words in a funny voice doesn't make them OK. A reddit post analyzing the meaning of another no f x song inadvertently demonstrates why both of these songs are racist...
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It's a rejection of the white stereotype, and also racism. "Don't call me white" means "don't apply the white stereotype to me, because it doesn't fit." People of color don't like being stereotyped for the color of their skin, and neither do white people.
Lyrics:
The connotations wearing my nerves thin
Could it be semantics generating the mess we're in?
End lyrics.
I hate the implications that come with being labeled "white."
It's left unsaid, but I always assumed it was many things, but in particular assuming that if you're white, you're racist, and if you're white, you're "the man." Part of The Establishment.
Lyrics.
I understand that language breeds stereotype
But what's the explanation for the malice, for the spite?
End Lyrics.
I get where stereotypes come from, but why do you hate me just because of the color of my skin?
Lyrics.
I wasn't brought here, I was born
End Lyrics.
We don't choose the circumstances we're born into.
Lyrics.
Circumsized, categorized, allegiance sworn,
End Lyrics.
And we're indoctrinated into those circumstances.
Lyrics.
Does this mean I have to take such shit
For being fairskinned? No!
End Lyrics.
Should I be punished for things beyond my control? Of course not.
Lyrics.
I ain't a part of no conspiracy,
I'm just you're average Joe.
End Lyrics.
Being white doesn't make me "the man."
Lyrics.
Represents everything I hate,
The soap shoved in your mouth to cleanse the mind
The vast majority of sheep
A buttoned collar, starched and bleached
Constricting veins, the blood flow to the brain slows
They're so fuckin' ordinary white
End Lyrics.
The part of the white stereotype that NO F X particularly hates and rejects is the "sheeple" stereotype. That most white people just accept their part in the system as an office drone, never question it, and certainly never rebel against it. That is the opposite of what NO F X stands for.
Lyrics.
We're better off this way
Say what you're gonna say
So go ahead and label me
An asshole cause I can
Accept responsibility, for what I've done
But not for who I am
End lyrics.
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So you see, he's not like those other fair skinned people that are racist colonizers that run the corrupt political system steeped in white supremacy, that represents everything he hates. No, he's just a pale skinned Jew, who is better than those whites.
Think I'm taking that too far?
Then how about another no f x song called the brews, short for Hebrews, that states, quote:
Friday night we'll be drinking Manischewitz
Going out to terrorize Goyim
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Goyim, according to the thefreedictionary.com is a an often offensive Jewish word for A person who is not Jewish. This term is usually used with disparaging intent, implying a mild contempt for the attitudes, traits, and customs of non-Jews. Although it may be used in a neutral, even positive way to refer to a Christian, it almost always connotes a degree of condescension. Usually the context, such as the use of a qualifying adjective, will show the intent of the speaker.
Let's get some more of that at violent hateful context from the lyrics, shall we.
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Stomping shagitz, screwing shiksas
As long as we're home by Saturday morning
Cause hey, we're the Brews
Sporting anti-swastika tattoos
Oi Oi we're the boys
Orthodox, hesidic, O.G. Ois
Orthopedic, Dr. Martens good for
Waffle making, kicking through the shin
Reputation, gained through intimidation
Pacifism no longer tradition
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But there's a white guy in the band you say?! Yeah, the guy mentioned in the album title white trash, two heebs, and a bean. So the two Hebrew guys are heebs, the Mexican is a bean based on their wonderful food, and the white guy is trash. Got it! Not hating all whites doesn't make you generally very racist towards the group. Back in the day many more than now differentiated prejudice
from racism based on violence, but no f x seemingly fails that test too based on rhetoric.
Here's another example...
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Stone Brewing Co. cut ties with NO F X after they joke about Las Vegas shooting
Fat Mike: “We played a song about Muslims and we didn’t get shot. Alright.”
Eric Melvin: “I guess you only get shot in Vegas if you are in a country band.”
Fat Mike: “You know that sucked, but at least they were country fans and not punk rock fans.”
Dave and Mahoney stated in response:
NO F X thought it would be “hilarious” to joke about the October 1 shootings while on stage in Las Vegas. They said “at least they were country fans and not punk rock fans”. This is disgusting and callous. We will never support anything involving this band ever again.
Lareesa
@blackflaghag stated what the fuck is wrong with NO F X and Fat Mike’s racist Islamophobic rants? What an absolute fucking asshole. Ruined our night, dick
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Finally, let's let some black conservative's address this supposed system of white supremacy that no f x and many far leftists drone on about.
Conservative Black Leaders: ‘White Supremacy’ Now Has Same Impact as ‘N-Word’
Members of a national network of black leaders applauded President Donald Trump’s executive order to defund “critical race theory” training at the federal level.
In a press release Wednesday, members of Project 21, an endeavor of the National Center for Public Policy Research, said critical race theory is a “radical philosophy promoting a false notion of systemic American racism and pitting races against each other.”
“The truth is that critical race theory is just rebranded identity politics designed to keep the liberal hierarchy in place,” said Donna Jackson, one of Project 21’s leaders, in a statement. “But it is much more damaging because it perpetuates the bias they claim to end.”
Jackson added:
Dwelling on whiteness and white supremacy now has the same physiological impact that the n-word did during slavery and segregation. It creates a superiority-inferiority relationship that implies that white people have to give minorities permission to succeed – which is not true. As a black American, I’ve always believed that what I think about myself is more important than what others think of me and that my success depends on me.
In a memorandum dated September 4, Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), said Trump directed him to “ensure that Federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions.”
The memorandum continued:
[A]ll agencies are directed to begin to identify all contracts or other agency spending related to any training on “critical race theory,” “white privilege,” or any other training or propaganda effort that teaches or suggests either (1) that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country or (2) that any race or ethnicity is inherently racist or evil. In addition, all agencies should begin to identify all available avenues within the law to cancel any such contracts and/or to divert Federal dollars away from these un-American propaganda training sessions.
“Critical race theory is bigotry, pure and simple,” said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper. “Its advocates should apologize to Jim Crow and South African apartheid supporters for ever offering a critical word. Claiming that people have characteristics and behaviors due solely to their race is a tired, old and evil idea that has no business being supported by taxpayer dollars.”
End quote. It should probably be noted that fat Mike doesn't like Donald Trump, but holds him to higher moral standard that bill Clinton. Policy is really what matters, but fat mike has a fat head and obviously doesn't get any of it anyway, so who cares.
PS
"Finally, let's let some black conservative's black address this supposed system of white supremacy" was a funny perhaps racist sounding typo and one not worth the time to fix. There is something to be said for striving for perfection and attention to detail. There is also something to be said for not being obsessive and using your precious time towards as many good causes as possible. It's good enough as they say, just like Fat Mike's mistake filled COVID concert where he showcased his amazing lack of knowledge of NOFX lyrics. ;)
