A thread by Mark Krikorian

I like @costareports and he's a good reporter, but this piece is shameful: In what sane universe is it newsworthy that Larry Kudlow invited longtime friend @peterbrimelow to his birthday party? Do you entertain only people whose politics you agree with? (washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…) The idea that appearing in the same room as @peterbrimelow disqualifies you from polite society is pernicious & I'll have no part of it. Now, I've been criticizing his commitment to white identity politics (a fairer description than "white supremacy" or "white nationalism") since

I started in this business. One of the first things I ever wrote at CIS was a review of his book Alien Nation . Last line: "But unease with the simple fact of immigrants' 'brownness' or 'yellowness' just isn't convincing—& distracts attention from the rest (cis.org/Report/Flawed-…) of Brimelow's valuable book" I've never written for his @Vdare site because it's oriented toward white identity politics (though not all the writers share in that) & I reject ethnic identity politics of all stripes (including the Armenian variety) as post-American & subversive of national cohesion. In fact, @peterbrimelow mocks me & CIS for "triangulation", as though our commitment to a robust trans-ethnic American nationalism were merely a pose to get invited to @NRO cruises. That said, neither he nor @vdare traffics in violence or illegality or

Stormfront-style Nazi filth, so I refuse to consider him persona non grata. Years ago, before the Left closed itself off from any debate on immigration, CIS published two across-the-spectrum pubs @peterbrimelow contributed to: See & (cis.org/Report/What-Th…) (cis.org/Report/Bluepri…)

We also include relevant articles from @vdare in the weekly CIS roundup of commentary from all sides, and will continue to do so (much to the chagrin of the SPLC's hate-sniffers). But where I disagree with @peterbrimelow it's because he's wrong, not evil. / fin