Retract, Said the Tick Tock Man

I’m privileged to announce that Andrew Breitbart has added me to his list of everyone in the world who must immediately bow before his might and retract, retract, retract: Retraction Requests: Charles Johnson, Big Journalism.

Breitbart seems to believe I should retract my statement that the 2006 event titled “Race and Conservatism” was a “white nationalist conference,” which I initially made based on the description from One People’s Project.

Let’s sum up what we know so far, not from One People’s Project but from an article published at the American Renaissance hate site:

* Marcus Epstein, who has a long history of writing pieces for white nationalist websites and recently pleaded guilty in an assault on a black woman during which he screamed the ‘N’ word at her, was in charge of inviting speakers.

* The event was organized by VDARE, American Renaissance, and the Robert A. Taft Club, and was promoted on white nationalist websites, including the neo-Nazi Stormfront.

* Jared Taylor, arguably the lead speaker, has such a notorious reputation as a white nationalist and “academic” racist that the event was almost canceled, and other “establishment conservative” speakers who initially agreed to attend backed out when they discovered he was going to speak.

Do they have to be wearing Nazi uniforms before we call it a “white nationalist” event?

After learning more about the event, directly from the websites of the racist groups that organized it, it’s quite clear that the description by One People’s Project was correct.

I hope Retracto the Correction Alpaca is used to working at high altitudes, because he’ll need to hold his breath for a really long time waiting for a retraction from this Little Green Lizard.