Opinion of StatesRights?

[MATTROSE94]

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?action=profile;u=343

I would say HP overall due to his political and social views, but some of his postings were indeed mildly entertaining.

[Ebowed]

A bigot.

[Meursault]

I always felt he exaggerated his Southern identity and neo-Confederate ideology to (over)compensate for his Arabic ethnicity. But perhaps he did this consciously, as a gimmick.

[Mechaman]

Hahahahahahhahahahahahha, no.

His key cause was arguing that the South was right.  Yeah, I'll leave it at that.

[King]

He was fine early on, but Obama drove out some very visible, racist fear in him.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I always felt he exaggerated his Southern identity and neo-Confederate ideology to (over)compensate for his Arabic ethnicity. But perhaps he did this consciously, as a gimmick.

You should see his FB page

[DemPGH]

Don't know the poster, but I'm no fan of the concept because it's usually invoked to justify discriminatory policies or roll back progress in the general name of "it's our right to do so," which is awful.

[angus]

The highest-caliber FF.

I suppose he annoyed a number of people--even me, and I'm about as forgiving as they come.  (I'm sort of like Jesus and Gandhi and the Buddha in this regard, but even I have my limits.)  Still, his willingness to take unpopular positions, and stick tenaciously to them, ranks him very high in my esteem, even though I have to say that I disagree with him about a hundred percent of the time.    

What happened to him anyway?  

[Badger]

The highest-caliber FF.

I suppose he annoyed a number of people--even me, and I'm about as forgiving as they come.  (I'm sort of like Jesus and Gandhi and the Buddha in this regard, but even I have my limits.)  Still, his willingness to take unpopular positions, and stick tenaciously to them, ranks him very high in my esteem, even though I have to say that I disagree with him about a hundred percent of the time.    

What happened to him anyway?  

The willingness to "take unpopular opinions and stick tenaciously to them" isn't commendable when the opinions are also wrong-headed or mean-spirited. Though that's usually the excuse given for excerable views; that somehow unwavering dedication to foolishness somehow makes one less of a fool.

Which sums up my opinion of SR in a nutshell.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

What happened to him anyway?  

He got tired with us and unlike jmfcst, he didn't decide to go out with a bang leading to his banning, so he can still post and I wish he would.  He had some unpopular opinions, but I don't recall him being trollish about it.

[Badger]

What happened to him anyway?  

He got tired with us and unlike jmfcst, he didn't decide to go out with a bang leading to his banning, so he can still post and I wish he would.  He had some unpopular opinions, but I don't recall him being trollish about it.

I thought he left to spend more time 'encouraging' his plantation workers.

[courts]

obvious ff. i wish he'd move past this voluntarist nonsense but he's still obviously matured a lot from where he was 5-10 years ago

[Eraserhead]

His political views were obviously horrible.

He had interesting taste in music though. You certainly wouldn't have expected him to like the things that he did.

[badgate]

A constitutional necessity.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I hope he's a sock.

[angus]

The willingness to "take unpopular opinions and stick tenaciously to them" isn't commendable when the opinions are also wrong-headed or mean-spirited. Though that's usually the excuse given for excerable views; that somehow unwavering dedication to foolishness somehow makes one less of a fool.

Mean spirited?  Creating a poll which invites forum members to assail an individual with impunity is mean spirited.  

Wrong headed?  Assuming that everyone must share your views and summarily dismissing as foolish those who do not agree is wrong headed.

On the other hand, voicing an unpopular position and demonstrating a willingness to fight for it is the essence of the revolutionary.  

A freedom fighter is, by definition, one who is willing to engage in active and potentially armed resistance against those he perceives as oppressors, or against an oppressive system.  Of course, one man's freedom fighter is another's terrorist.  We all know that.  The question did not ask us to defend his views, only whether he fits the mold of the freedom fighter.  In my humble opinion, he does better than any other forum member.

[TDAS04]

HP.

[Marnetmar]

It's in his name for god's sake.

[The Dowager Mod]

A true FF, I still miss him.

[WalterMitty]

He was fine early on, but Obama drove out some very visible, racist fear in him.

yes,

he pretty much went off the deep end on a lot of things.  he lectured a fb friend of mine who had breast cancer about how she shouldnt get chemo.  like, wtf dude.  drive your grocery truck and leave medicine to those with medical knowledge.

[AkSaber]

A true FF, I still miss him.

Same here.

[SPC]

Glad to see he's moved away from neoconservatism.

[MasterJedi]

He's turned himself into a fake libertarian now and gone off the deep end. He's still a nice guy usually but at least he used to be mostly sane.

[Meursault]

Anybody think my theory is plausible? I think also that, on a more conscious level and like the endless parade of Black Republican Presidential Candidates, being an Arab neo-Confederate gives him an attention-getting cachet.

[SPC]

Anybody think my theory is plausible? I think also that, on a more conscious level and like the endless parade of Black Republican Presidential Candidates, being an Arab neo-Confederate gives him an attention-getting cachet.

Or one could discuss the merits of his views (or lack thereof, if you prefer), rather than mindlessly (and racistly) attributing them to tokenism.