A 20-Something Attendee’s Thoughts on the NPI Conference

Fash Bandicoot
Daily Stormer
November 9, 2015

Kevin MacDonald speaks at "Become Who We Are"
Kevin MacDonald speaks at “Become Who We Are”

As there have been so many other reviews, summaries and opinion pieces detailing the speeches given at NPI’s “Become Who We Are” conference, I thought it much more pertinent to give my opinion on the conference, specifically regarding the dissonance in how I experienced the conference and what I have read in both our press and the mainstream since.

As Richard Spencer himself had said, these conferences are more or less an excuse to get together and enjoy the company of other like-minded men. For most of the under 30 crowd (nearly half of the 200 attendees), this was an excellent opportunity to peak out from behind the curtains of their anonymous Twitter handles and network with other young right wing dissidents. My best friend and I made the trip together. We’re in our mid-twenties and grew up with a group of guys who all naturally gravitated to the Far Right in our early high school years and never looked back. After speaking with a lot of other attendees, I now truly appreciate how valuable it is to have a group of friends who share my beliefs. Many of the millennials were red-pilled very recently and had never had a face to face conversation about their politics in real life.

In Andrew Anglin’s write-up on the HuffPo coverage of this event, he stated that he doesn’t see how these conferences will lead to anything but more conferences. While I agree that this seems to be what NPI and Richard Spencer do best and that this conference will indeed lead to more conferences, it gave the attendees, and the younger crowd in particular, a chance to network with others from their areas, meet them face to face and make real-life connections with each other. I’ve already made plans to meet up with some excellent guys from the conference who live in my region. Many of the guys I met from other parts of the country are currently doing the same thing.

I have been following this movement for ten years and never have I seen the wave of interest and growth that we are seeing now. Richard Spencer said in his speech that average people “are being red-pilled by life”, and they are coming to our movement for answers. These people will inevitably look for others, and if we form local groups and create a presence in our own localities, we will be in a position to receive them and provide them with a healthy social and political life. I didn’t meet a single guy who wasn’t gainfully employed, well-dressed, fit and confident. These are exactly the kind of men who newbies should meet first.

Reading foul jew-rat Lügenpresse Samantha Lachman’s article, I was quite disappointed with most of the answers provided by Spencer and the other speakers. Attempting to placate these people by saying things like “we just want equality, too” gives moral authority to them and puts us on the defensive. There is absolutely no point in trying to reason with them or use their terminology. They want our complete and total annihilation and will never stop screaming NaziFascistWhiteSupremacist. If one must speak to the press, I would think it would be best to simply state your position and when questioned on it, reaffirm that position. Anything else results in one trying to justify his position, which makes one look unsure of his own convictions. We are right and we do not need to explain ourselves to sniveling merchants.

Apparently, Matt Heimbach was barred from the conference due to his stance on homoism. Jack Donovan, a Homo-American invited to speak at the conference, was supposedly the reason why Matt was barred. Given the way that Donovan presents himself, he doesn’t seem like the type to have requested the barring of another attendee to protect his feelings. While Heimbach is, like most of us, very anti-homo, I also doubt that he would have been anything but civil when interacting with Jack or any other possible crypto-homo floating around the conference. This whole dynamic was quite confusing and, honestly, very disappointing. Why would we ban the most dedicated street activist in our American movement to protect the feelings of someone who definitely didn’t need protecting?

Mathew Heimbach
Mathew Heimbach
Jack Donovan
Jack Donovan

In several articles covering the conference, there was an emphasis on Spencer’s acceptance of Jews, or at least his general avoidance or suppression of the JQ. While this impression may have been given to the media, I can say without a doubt that many attendees, and speakers while away from the podium, were quite openly discussing the JQ. The theme of the conference, “Become Who We Are”, was focused on issues of White Identity and our racial character. The Jewish Question was not a hot topic for the speakers, though references to the issue were made. Guillaume Faye, who has been pretty pro-Jew in the past, said in his speech that “The Jews wanted to destroy our civilization,” which was a welcomed surprise.

Overall, I am quite confused regarding where Spencer stands on these issues and why he handled the press the way he did. Attending this conference and then reading about it was like night and day. One could speculate that these aspects of the conference were amplified by the Jew media in attempt to cause a rift among those in our movement. Regardless, it is important that we never give them ammunition. If Richard Spencer is reading this, I’d like him to know that while I applaud him for everything that he has done for our movement, he should know that it is time for him to take a hard stance on these key issues. There are only two sides in this fight: Fascists and SJWs. Both the leftist and neo-cohen narratives are crumbling as we speak. They are devouring each other while lashing out at us more every day. Our people are more ready for our message than ever. If we fail to present a coherent position on these most basic issues, we will never be viewed as a viable alternative and the power vacuum will be filled by someone else, most definitely an enemy.