Kinism

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Kinism is a relatively new movement backed by a small group of neo-Confederate, Christian Reconstructionist, white nationalist bloggers. Critics claim it is racist and anti-democratic.

Supporters, known as kinists, say the word kinism means "love of one's own kind." Kinists are primarily Reformed Christian apologists for Southern slavery and the antebellum South. They believe that God segregated the races after having dispersed mankind, following the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.

Some opponents refer to them as skinists [1].

[edit] Kinism and southern traditionalism

Kinists combine their white separatism with many non-racial ideas proposed by other right-wing religious groups. This includes secession, agrarianism, homeschooling, patriarchy, sabbatarianism, paleoconservatism, Van Tillianism, and theonomy. They consider themselves followers of Presbyterian theologian R. L. Dabney, who was a Confederate army chaplain and author of A Defence of Virginia[1]. Supporters also reject capitalism, industrialism and modernity, support "covenantal agrarian" economics and call for a ban on interracial marriage. Some kinists are members of the League of the South, although kinism is not representative of the group as a whole.

[edit] Kinism and race

Although Kinism is a new movement, it attempts to reflect the traditional racial views of the rural South before desegregation. Supporters typically express strident opposition to interracial relationships and direct numerous derogatory remarks toward black, Jewish and multiracial people. They also regularly criticize other Christians, especially Presbyterians, who endorse more egalitarian views on race and culture.

The Kinist Institute says it seeks "an end to alien invasion and a restoration of appropriate suffrage."

We will work to end all non-white immigration, We believe that all aliens (to include all Jews and Arabs) should be removed to their own areas and separated in due course from Kinist held territories, without respect to persons. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the worth and value to God of all ethnic division of men and would labor diligently to establish godly, honorable relations with our ethnic neighbors. The borders of a Kinist nation would be secure, and sensible anti-miscegenation laws would be enacted, while suffrage would be restricted to landed white males 21 and older, while we work toward a godly, free republic. In a biblical society, the exercise of the public franchise will not be permitted to be used as a means of subjugating America’s founding people, nor will it be permitted to become a tool to transform us through law into a nation of godless, hedonistic automata, in hock to the company store.[2]

Many kinists are charged with holding to anti-semitic conspiratorial views. Interestingly, kinists insist that they oppose racism, on the grounds that kinism simply means "love of one's own kind." They also say they disavow violence and hatred toward anyone based on race alone. Critics, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, argue that this claim is disingenuous, because hate groups commonly use similar façades -- and racism is not limited to threats of violence.

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