Richard Poe (again)

Mr. Poe, rather than addressing specific points about his book, Black Spark, White Fire, has decided to go the Arthur Kemp route in addressing me.

For example, he accuses me of ingratitude because I didn't mention Gene Expression in my list of race-related websites below. Perhaps, Mr. Poe hasn't noticed that Gene Expression is in my permanent links at the right (->) and has been there for awhile. Maybe I should put a disclaimer in my messages, that "Dienekes Pontikos does not guarantee the quality, or completeness of this list. Dienekes Pontikos has no responsibility for any injury suffered by clicking on links of this list."

Mr. Poe continues to paint his little picture of me as a shady racialist, by observing that I linked to Legion Europa, and March of the Titans: a History of the White Race. Naturally, I don't believe that linking implies endorsement. Indeed, I take pride in linking both to Arthur Kemp's attacks against me, and to my responses.

Isn't it funny though, that Arthur Kemp paints me as a "white-hating race mixer", and Richard Poe paints me as a white-loving racialist?. Even Legion Europa disagrees with me as much as they do with the "Kempians".

Well, speaking for myself, I take great pride in having managed to tick off both Nordicists/White Supremacists (such as Mr. Kemp), racialist Pan-Europeanists (such as the folks at Legion Europa), and Afrocentrics (such as Mr. Poe).

It only helps confirm a point that I first made years ago, that the meta-historical narratives of the "Great Nordic Race", or the "Great White Race", or the the "Great Black Race" can temporarily put aside their differences when they are consistently confronted with reality: that the Ancient World was not built by any of these pervasive "Great Races", but rather by the specific peoples living around the Central-Eastern Mediterranean basin.

Posted by Dienekes at March 31, 2003 04:25 PM | PermaLink