How White Supremacy Gives the Middle Ages a Bad Name

 Frequently, people mock the Middle Ages as the ''Dark Ages.'' Conservative Christians are often condemned as Medieval for holding theological or socially conservative views. There is already much ignorance about the Middle Ages among modern people, and White Supremacist groups don't help enlighten may people's ignorance about the subject.
 First of all, it should be noted that many White Supremacist are actually atheist, not Christian at all. Add further to that, many of them are not even conservative. Richard Spenser is a leading White Nationalist that supports the rights of abortion and universal healthcare. Spenser also believes people's rights are not from God but from communities.  Although the mainstream media condemn these groups as ''Far Right'', that is not the entire story. Some of them even supported President Obama, and many of them are clearly left on a number of issues. For more information on this topic see Death of a Nation by Dinish D' Souza.
 Moving on, my point is not to demonstrate that racist are all left or right, but simply to demonstrate that there are many racist on both sides of the spectrum. The KKK may tend to be more religion and right leaning than Neo-Nazis, yet a racial identity they all hold too. With that as a background, I will now discuss some of the dangers White Supremacy has posed for defending the Middle Ages.

 



  White Supremacist have a long history in America, and some trace the early roots of White Supremacy to the Spanish Conquistadors that came to America centuries ago. While the roots of White Supremacy, would make an interesting post all it's own, for now I just to want to address the given topic.
 White Supremacist quite often use Medieval Symbols on their flags, outfits, and groups. Of course, the anger of White Nationalist groups only enrages the current racial tensions in this country, and not only that, but gives the mainstream media another opportunity to criticize The Crusades and Medieval World all over again. And sadly, many modern people don't think for themselves, nor do their own research. Whatever is popular, whatever is socially acceptable, the culture goes for, and if culture went left or right tomorrow, so would the majority of people.
 There is a significance difference between The Medieval Church's stand against heresy and paganism, and what the rising trend of White Supremacy promotes. Contrary to liberal lies, The Crusades were initiated out of an act of love,   as I have written about elsewhere, White Supremacy is out of hatred for minorities. The Medieval World based it's worldview upon The Scriptures and Tradition, White Supremacist only use these when they are convenient for them. In fact, White Supremacist admire the power of a White controlled Western Medieval Europe and admire it, but all the while not imitating it's religious worldview. White Supremacy is not rigid Orthodoxy that attempts the world of heresy and paganism, but rather to make an all powerful White race akin to the worldview of Adolph Hitler. The Catholic Church has never promoted racism in all of it's history. In reality, racism, which has always existed, has been more promoted by Charles Darwin and Social Darwinism than it has ever been by the Middle Ages.
 In short, I pray and hope that many will stopping blame Medieval Culture for the sins of the present growth of White Supremacy in the West.