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Vox Day

2017-03-08T20:11:09Z

MitchellD: Put this in the wrong place.

[[File:Vox Day.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Vox Day]]
Theodore Beale, commonly known by the pen name '''Vox Day''', is an American and politically he aligns himself with the [[alt-right]], [[Nationalism|nationalists]] and traditionalists.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> He is an author, blogger, editor, political commentator and computer game designer. Day is the lead editor of the Finland-based company Castilia House which publishes [[science fiction]], books on military strategy and other works.<ref>[http://www.castaliahouse.com/authors/vox-day/ Castilia House - Bio of Vox Day]</ref> He is also the lead designer of [[Infogalactic]], an alternative to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/10/10/anti-thought-police-infogalactic-launches-as-wikipedia-alternative/ |title=Infogalactic Launches as Alternative to Biased Wikipedia |last=Nolan |first=Lucas |date=2016-10-10 |work=Breitbart |accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref>

Day is an advocate of "tribes" and says he supports "the right of tribes of every kind to exist..." (ethnic groups, political groups, social groups, etc.)<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> Day believes the United States should and will dissolve into tribes (and ideally peacefully).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/03/pirates-and-post-timorous.html Pirates, preferences, and the post-timorous]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of English-Irish, Mexican, and Native American descent (Day indicates his brother was genetically tested and that he shared the results with him).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/did-not-see-that-coming.html Did not see that coming]</ref> Day indicates he has considerable Mexican heritage and is related to Mexican revolutionaries.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/04/mailvox-refuting-rhetorical.html Mailvox: refuting the rhetorical] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of the opinion that the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] was bad legislation and believes "American culture is white culture."<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-end-of-mass-migration.html The abolition of America]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/ Whom the gods would destroy]</ref> He states that the United States will dissolve as a nation and predicts will will happen by 2033.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref> According to Day, "American freedom has been yielded", but one day it will be free again because "Rebellion is in our blood. Independence is our birthright. Our fathers were the original revolutionaries."<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/11-years-of-failure/ 11 years of failure] by Vox Day, WND</ref>

He rejects the label of [[conservative]] because he maintains that modern-day "conservatives are nothing more than [[Progressivism|progressives]] in slow motion."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref> He also rejects the United States Constitution.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/who-killed-conservatism.html] "We aren't conservatives. We aren't philosophers. And we don't care about the Constitution, the Rights of Man, the Enlightenment, the Holocaust, or anything else with capital letters that is likely to get in the way."</ref>

== Science fiction writer ==

Vox Day has authored a number of science fiction works.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=theodore+beale&sprefix=Theodore+bea%2Caps%2C275 Amazon - Books by Theodore Beale]</ref>

== Vox Day's ideological battle related to the Hugo Awards ==

In 2015, Vox Day and others battled leftists in relation to the Hugo awards which are annual awards given to [[science fiction]] writers.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/05/the-hugo-wars-how-sci-fis-most-prestigious-awards-became-a-political-battleground/ The Hugo Wars: How Sci-fi’s Most Prestigious Awards Became a Political Battleground]</ref> On April 4, 2015, ''[[Breitbart.com|Breitbart News]]'' reported that "''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors''" (SJW is an acronym for the derisive term [[social justice warrior]]).<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/04/hugo-awards-nominations-swept-by-anti-sjw-anti-authoritarian-authors/ ''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors'']</ref>

== Vox Day's opposition to atheism and evolution ==

Vox Day wrote the book ''[http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Irrational atheist]'' and he often criticizes [[atheism]] on his blog.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/search/label/atheism Vox Day's articles on atheism]</ref>

Day is a [[creationism|creationist]] who believes in interpreting the Bible as literally as possible.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/04/agnostic-review-of-tia.html An agnostic review of TIA]</ref> As as the [[age of the earth]] from a scientific perspective, Day quotes Dr. Sheldon Cooper who said "geology isn't a real science".<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/04/mailvox-evolution-and-slippery-slope.html Mailvox: evolution and the slippery slope]</ref>

=== PZ Myers' refusal to debate Vox Day ===
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologetic]] website [[True Free Thinker]] declares concerning the intellectual [[Sloth (sin)|slothfulness]] of [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]]:
{{cquote|PZ Myers dismisses Vox Day’s book ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens'' while admitting to only having read a few chapters.

Yet, he refuses to debate Vox Day on the existence of God, or evolution for that matter (Myers being a professor of biology) based on dismissing a book he barely read (yes, it is merely a lame excuse which he peppered with a barrage of emotive ad hominems) — see [http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/speaking-assiduous-absconders%E2%80%A6yet-again-vox-day-challenges-pz-myers-debate Speaking of Assiduous Absconders…Yet Again, Vox Day Challenges PZ Myers to Debate].<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-emotively-vociferous-intellectually-mute</ref>}}

== Vox Day and Peter Grant launch a boycott of Tor Books ==

On June 19, 2015 Vox Day and the science faction author Peter Grant launched a boycott due to actions of senior employees of Tor Books which they deem inappropriate. Until the employees are dismissed by their parent company MacMillan Books, they are encouraging the public not to purchase Tor Books.<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/tor-boycott-announced.html Tor Boycott announced] by Vox Day</ref>

Grant indicates that he wants to help grow the boycott until it has a "seven-figure annual impact".<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref> Grant further declares: "What's more, in a SF/F market that's increasingly dominated by independent authors, with cratering sales among mainstream publishers and tight financial margins, even a small boycott may have an impact out of all proportion to its size."<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref>

According to Vox Day, although [[leftism|leftists]] feign indifference to the boycott, his website experienced a cyber attack.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/so-very-unconcerned.html So very unconcerned]</ref>

Vox Day wrote:
{{cquote|It's rather amusing to see the many attacks by their own side the SJWs resolutely ignore as they go about their daily posturing and strike their latest outrage poses. Tor employees attack Tor's authors and customers alike, Castalia House has undergone six straight months of cracking attempts, Vox Popoli is now into its third straight day of a DDOS attack, hundreds of people emailing Tor Books have been accused of being bots by Tor employees even as as Tor supporters create fake tweets to feign public support for Tor, and yet science fiction's SJWs still preen and posture as if they're the good guys because a few hundred science fiction readers followed the rules and violated an unspoken gentlemen's agreement to which we were not privy and to which we never agreed.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/delusion-and-deterrence.html Delusion and deterrence]</ref>}}

== Personal life ==

Day is an American expatriate who lives in Italy with his wife and children.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cernovich/status/593316714579800064 Mike Ceronvich Tweet (Ceronovich is a fried of Day)]</ref> He left the United States in the late 1990s after being unhappy with its politics/culture (especially its immigration policy).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-country-left-him.html The country left him]</ref>

Day speaks English, Japanese, French, German and Italian.<ref>Johnson, Greg. "[http://www.counter-currents.com/2015/11/greg-johnson-interviews-vox-day-2 Greg Johnson Interviews Vox Day]". Counter-Currents Publishing. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.</ref>

He is a member of [[Mensa (organization)|Mensa]], a club for individuals that scored in the top ninety-eight percentile on intelligence tests.

==Bibliography==

Selected book length works include:
*''SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police'' (2015) ISBN 978-952-7065-68-6
*''The Altar of Hate'' (2014) ISBN 978-952-7065-23-5
*''The Last Witchking'' (2013) ISBN 978-952-7065-04-4
*''The Wardog's Coin'' (2013) ISBN 978-1-935929-97-0
*''A Throne of Bones'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6
*''A Magic Broken'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6
*''The Return of the Great Depression'' (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1
*''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'' (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7
*''The Wrath of Angels'' (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1
*''The World in Shadow'' (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3
*''The War in Heaven'' (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8

Day contributed to:

*''Cuckservative: How "Conservatives" Betrayed America'' (2015), John Red Eagle, ASIN B018ZHHA52
*''Quantum Mortis: A Mind Programmed'' (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. ISBN 978-952-7065-13-6
*''Quantum Mortis: Gravity Kills'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-12-9
*''Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-10-5
*''Rebel Moon'' (1996), Bruce Bethke. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-00236-7
*''The Anthology at the End of the Universe'' (2004), Glen Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-56-3
*''Archangels: The Fall'' (2005) ISBN 978-1-887814-15-7
*''Revisiting [[Narnia]]: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in [[C.S. Lewis]]' Chronicles'' (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-63-1
*''Halo Effect'' (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-11-3
*''You Do Not Talk About Fight Club'' (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-52-6
*''Stupefying Stories October 2011'' (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC
*''Stupefying Stories March 2012'' (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK

=== Books written about atheism ===

* ''On the Existence of Gods'' by Vox Day and Dominic Saltarelli, Castalia House, 2016

* ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, And Hitchens'' by Vox Day, 2014 ([http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Free sample PDF copy])

== Meaning of the pen name Vox Day==
"Vox Day" is presumably a play on the [[Latin]] expression ''vox dei'', meaning "the voice of God". By using this nom de plume, Beale implies that he presumes to speak on God's behalf, while also showing off his knowledge of ancient languages and pun-making ability.

== See also ==

*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

== External links ==

*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/ Vox Popoli blog]

*[http://www.voxday.net/ Voxday.net] (website)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Authors]]

Vox Day

2017-03-08T20:04:56Z

MitchellD: He also rejects the United States Constitution.

[[File:Vox Day.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Vox Day]]
Theodore Beale, commonly known by the pen name '''Vox Day''', is an American and politically he aligns himself with the [[alt-right]], [[Nationalism|nationalists]] and traditionalists.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> He is an author, blogger, editor, political commentator and computer game designer. Day is the lead editor of the Finland-based company Castilia House which publishes [[science fiction]], books on military strategy and other works.<ref>[http://www.castaliahouse.com/authors/vox-day/ Castilia House - Bio of Vox Day]</ref> He is also the lead designer of [[Infogalactic]], an alternative to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/10/10/anti-thought-police-infogalactic-launches-as-wikipedia-alternative/ |title=Infogalactic Launches as Alternative to Biased Wikipedia |last=Nolan |first=Lucas |date=2016-10-10 |work=Breitbart |accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref>

Day is an advocate of "tribes" and says he supports "the right of tribes of every kind to exist..." (ethnic groups, political groups, social groups, etc.)<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> Day believes the United States should and will dissolve into tribes (and ideally peacefully).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/03/pirates-and-post-timorous.html Pirates, preferences, and the post-timorous]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of English-Irish, Mexican, and Native American descent (Day indicates his brother was genetically tested and that he shared the results with him).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/did-not-see-that-coming.html Did not see that coming]</ref> Day indicates he has considerable Mexican heritage and is related to Mexican revolutionaries.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/04/mailvox-refuting-rhetorical.html Mailvox: refuting the rhetorical] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of the opinion that the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] was bad legislation and believes "American culture is white culture."<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-end-of-mass-migration.html The abolition of America]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/ Whom the gods would destroy]</ref> He states that the United States will dissolve as a nation and predicts will will happen by 2033.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref> According to Day, "American freedom has been yielded", but one day it will be free again because "Rebellion is in our blood. Independence is our birthright. Our fathers were the original revolutionaries."<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/11-years-of-failure/ 11 years of failure] by Vox Day, WND</ref>

He rejects the label of [[conservative]] because he maintains that modern-day "conservatives are nothing more than [[Progressivism|progressives]] in slow motion."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref> <ref>He also rejects the United States Constitution.[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/who-killed-conservatism.html] "We aren't conservatives. We aren't philosophers. And we don't care about the Constitution, the Rights of Man, the Enlightenment, the Holocaust, or anything else with capital letters that is likely to get in the way."</ref>

== Science fiction writer ==

Vox Day has authored a number of science fiction works.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=theodore+beale&sprefix=Theodore+bea%2Caps%2C275 Amazon - Books by Theodore Beale]</ref>

== Vox Day's ideological battle related to the Hugo Awards ==

In 2015, Vox Day and others battled leftists in relation to the Hugo awards which are annual awards given to [[science fiction]] writers.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/05/the-hugo-wars-how-sci-fis-most-prestigious-awards-became-a-political-battleground/ The Hugo Wars: How Sci-fi’s Most Prestigious Awards Became a Political Battleground]</ref> On April 4, 2015, ''[[Breitbart.com|Breitbart News]]'' reported that "''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors''" (SJW is an acronym for the derisive term [[social justice warrior]]).<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/04/hugo-awards-nominations-swept-by-anti-sjw-anti-authoritarian-authors/ ''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors'']</ref>

== Vox Day's opposition to atheism and evolution ==

Vox Day wrote the book ''[http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Irrational atheist]'' and he often criticizes [[atheism]] on his blog.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/search/label/atheism Vox Day's articles on atheism]</ref>

Day is a [[creationism|creationist]] who believes in interpreting the Bible as literally as possible.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/04/agnostic-review-of-tia.html An agnostic review of TIA]</ref> As as the [[age of the earth]] from a scientific perspective, Day quotes Dr. Sheldon Cooper who said "geology isn't a real science".<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/04/mailvox-evolution-and-slippery-slope.html Mailvox: evolution and the slippery slope]</ref>

=== PZ Myers' refusal to debate Vox Day ===
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologetic]] website [[True Free Thinker]] declares concerning the intellectual [[Sloth (sin)|slothfulness]] of [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]]:
{{cquote|PZ Myers dismisses Vox Day’s book ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens'' while admitting to only having read a few chapters.

Yet, he refuses to debate Vox Day on the existence of God, or evolution for that matter (Myers being a professor of biology) based on dismissing a book he barely read (yes, it is merely a lame excuse which he peppered with a barrage of emotive ad hominems) — see [http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/speaking-assiduous-absconders%E2%80%A6yet-again-vox-day-challenges-pz-myers-debate Speaking of Assiduous Absconders…Yet Again, Vox Day Challenges PZ Myers to Debate].<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-emotively-vociferous-intellectually-mute</ref>}}

== Vox Day and Peter Grant launch a boycott of Tor Books ==

On June 19, 2015 Vox Day and the science faction author Peter Grant launched a boycott due to actions of senior employees of Tor Books which they deem inappropriate. Until the employees are dismissed by their parent company MacMillan Books, they are encouraging the public not to purchase Tor Books.<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/tor-boycott-announced.html Tor Boycott announced] by Vox Day</ref>

Grant indicates that he wants to help grow the boycott until it has a "seven-figure annual impact".<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref> Grant further declares: "What's more, in a SF/F market that's increasingly dominated by independent authors, with cratering sales among mainstream publishers and tight financial margins, even a small boycott may have an impact out of all proportion to its size."<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref>

According to Vox Day, although [[leftism|leftists]] feign indifference to the boycott, his website experienced a cyber attack.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/so-very-unconcerned.html So very unconcerned]</ref>

Vox Day wrote:
{{cquote|It's rather amusing to see the many attacks by their own side the SJWs resolutely ignore as they go about their daily posturing and strike their latest outrage poses. Tor employees attack Tor's authors and customers alike, Castalia House has undergone six straight months of cracking attempts, Vox Popoli is now into its third straight day of a DDOS attack, hundreds of people emailing Tor Books have been accused of being bots by Tor employees even as as Tor supporters create fake tweets to feign public support for Tor, and yet science fiction's SJWs still preen and posture as if they're the good guys because a few hundred science fiction readers followed the rules and violated an unspoken gentlemen's agreement to which we were not privy and to which we never agreed.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/delusion-and-deterrence.html Delusion and deterrence]</ref>}}

== Personal life ==

Day is an American expatriate who lives in Italy with his wife and children.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cernovich/status/593316714579800064 Mike Ceronvich Tweet (Ceronovich is a fried of Day)]</ref> He left the United States in the late 1990s after being unhappy with its politics/culture (especially its immigration policy).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-country-left-him.html The country left him]</ref>

Day speaks English, Japanese, French, German and Italian.<ref>Johnson, Greg. "[http://www.counter-currents.com/2015/11/greg-johnson-interviews-vox-day-2 Greg Johnson Interviews Vox Day]". Counter-Currents Publishing. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.</ref>

He is a member of [[Mensa (organization)|Mensa]], a club for individuals that scored in the top ninety-eight percentile on intelligence tests.

==Bibliography==

Selected book length works include:
*''SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police'' (2015) ISBN 978-952-7065-68-6
*''The Altar of Hate'' (2014) ISBN 978-952-7065-23-5
*''The Last Witchking'' (2013) ISBN 978-952-7065-04-4
*''The Wardog's Coin'' (2013) ISBN 978-1-935929-97-0
*''A Throne of Bones'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6
*''A Magic Broken'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6
*''The Return of the Great Depression'' (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1
*''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'' (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7
*''The Wrath of Angels'' (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1
*''The World in Shadow'' (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3
*''The War in Heaven'' (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8

Day contributed to:

*''Cuckservative: How "Conservatives" Betrayed America'' (2015), John Red Eagle, ASIN B018ZHHA52
*''Quantum Mortis: A Mind Programmed'' (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. ISBN 978-952-7065-13-6
*''Quantum Mortis: Gravity Kills'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-12-9
*''Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-10-5
*''Rebel Moon'' (1996), Bruce Bethke. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-00236-7
*''The Anthology at the End of the Universe'' (2004), Glen Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-56-3
*''Archangels: The Fall'' (2005) ISBN 978-1-887814-15-7
*''Revisiting [[Narnia]]: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in [[C.S. Lewis]]' Chronicles'' (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-63-1
*''Halo Effect'' (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-11-3
*''You Do Not Talk About Fight Club'' (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-52-6
*''Stupefying Stories October 2011'' (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC
*''Stupefying Stories March 2012'' (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK

=== Books written about atheism ===

* ''On the Existence of Gods'' by Vox Day and Dominic Saltarelli, Castalia House, 2016

* ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, And Hitchens'' by Vox Day, 2014 ([http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Free sample PDF copy])

== Meaning of the pen name Vox Day==
"Vox Day" is presumably a play on the [[Latin]] expression ''vox dei'', meaning "the voice of God". By using this nom de plume, Beale implies that he presumes to speak on God's behalf, while also showing off his knowledge of ancient languages and pun-making ability.

== See also ==

*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

== External links ==

*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/ Vox Popoli blog]

*[http://www.voxday.net/ Voxday.net] (website)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Authors]]

Alt-right

2017-03-08T20:00:19Z

MitchellD: The Constitution

The '''Alt-right''', or '''alternative right''', is an emerging faction of the right-wing that opposes unrestrained multiculturalism, un-"skilled" immigration, and [[globalism|globalization]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/</ref><ref>http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism</ref> The alt-right has emerged as one of the central opponents of the [[Establishment]]. The alt-right movement's central theme is as follows:<ref>[http://angrywhitedude.com/2016/04/51778/ What is the Alt-Right?, AngryWhiteDude.com, April 12, 2016]</ref>
{{cquote|The alt-right is not defined by any particular school of thought, but by the [[neoliberal]] school of thought it rejects. The alt-right, in the simplest terms, is an unapologetic purging of [[liberal]] idiocy.}}

"The origins of the alternative right can be found in thinkers as diverse as Oswald Spengler, Joseph Sobran, H.L Mencken, Julius Evola, Sam Francis, and the [[paleoconservative]] movement that rallied around the presidential campaigns of [[Pat Buchanan]].<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-2015-fueled-the-rise-of-the-freewheeling-white-nationali?utm_term=.gro5QeAlb#.am3VkM4ZB</ref> The French New Right also serve as a source of inspiration for many leaders of the alt-right.".<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right, Breitbart, March 29, 2016]</ref> Contemporary alt-right authors include Jared Taylor, Steve Sailor, Richard Spencer, Paul Kersey, Razib Khan, and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]].<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/05/meet-milo-yiannopoulos-the-appealing-young-face-of-the-racist-alt-right.html</ref>

Leading alt-right websites include Radix Journal, Countercurrents Publishing, The Unz Review, Taki Mag, The Right Stuff, and Red Ice.<ref>http://www.counter-currents.com/</ref><ref>http://www.radixjournal.com/</ref><ref>http://www.unz.com/</ref><ref>http://takimag.com/#axzz4MpkgjNbs</ref><ref>http://therightstuff.biz/</ref><ref>https://redice.tv/</ref> More mainstream "alt-lite" websites include [[Breitbart]] and The Gateway Pundit.

'''Alt-right''' as a term appeared in November 2008 when Paul Gottfried addressed the H. L. Mencken Club about what he called "the alternative right". In 2009, two more posts at Taki's Magazine, by Patrick J. Ford and Jack Hunter, further discussed the 'alternative right.' The term is commonly attributed to Richard B. Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of Alternative Right magazine.<ref>http://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/from-the-old-right-to-the-alt-right-how-the-conservative-ideology-of-fdrs-day-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/</ref>

The alternative right has alternately been called libertarian nationalism, "neo"-paleoconservatism, "evolutionary" conservatism, "scientific" conservatism, and the post-'''religious right'''.<ref>https://twitter.com/douthatnyt/status/704462319074594816</ref>

== Style of Alt-right ==

The style of the alt-right is to reject the approaches of the [[mainstream media]], and use the internet rather than traditional avenues of communication preferred by moderates.<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-American-alternative-right</ref>

The alt-right employs a "culture jammming" approach to its opposition with memes on Reddit, 4chan, 9gag, and Facebook.<ref>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming</ref> This involves using modified artifacts of popular culture, specifically characters such as Pepe the frog, Moonman or anime characters to demonstrate the non-falsifiabile attributes of the neoliberal mantra of social change driven by global capitalism.<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo+fascism</ref><ref>http://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/</ref>

Breitbart news editor Stephen Bannon joined the Trump campaign in August 2016.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/us/politics/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-paul-manafort.html?_r=0</ref>

==Rejection of neoliberalism==

The alternative right holds neoliberalism responsible for the decimation of national borders and national identity. It views the rise of left-leaning governments as an effect of multicultural amalgamation caused by large business interests run amok. Libertarian (anarcho-capitalistic) elements of the alt-right oppose Keynesianism as well which, paradoxically, is the national (as opposed to global) predecessor of neoliberalism.

Due to the alt-right's equation of globalized capitalism with Marxism, the movement has been compared to national anarchism (anarcho-fascism) on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_nationalism</ref>

==Distinction from National Socialism (Nazism)==

The alt-right seeks racial "identitarianism" through a largely monocultural state; and cultural cohesion over economic interests.<ref>http://www.amren.com/news/2016/10/what-is-the-alt-right-jared-taylor/</ref> The alt-right does not explicitly seek genocide of non-white races. It views national borders as a proxy for racial segregation, but does not support de facto racial segregation. Mainstream alt-righter members support skilled immigration.

Relationally, neo-nazism is a component of the alt-right (big-tent movement); the alt-right is NOT a component of neo-nazism. The alt-right heavily employs principles from Italian fascism which is the racially-agnostic predecessor of Nazism (German fascism).

Currently, there are growing tensions between the mainstream alt-right and the neo-Nazi wing. In September 2015, mainstream Alex Jones and neo-Nazi David Duke have also exchanged barbs, the former calling the latter a "Democratic plant" and the latter referring to his news organization, ''Infowars'', as being "infiltrated" by Zionists.'In November 2016, a feud broke out between neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer (who, as previously stated, was one of the coiners of the term "alt-right") and Mike Cernovich, one of the most prominent alt-right meme-makers, after Cernovich publicly condemned Spencer and accused him of being controlled opposition for including the use of Nazi salutes at a pro-Trump victory party he held. Meanwhile, Paul Joseph Watson was harassed on Twitter by neo-Nazis after he posted a tweet that claimed that there were ''two'' alt-rights (the mainstream and the neo-Nazis), and that the neo-Nazi alt-right were "right-wing SJWs." [http://davidduke.com/dr-david-duke-official-statement-on-the-duke-jones-great-debate/][http://heatst.com/culture-wars/the-alt-right-movement-is-in-disarray-founder-claims-its-civil-war/] In December 2016, Mike Cernovich again got into a clash with the neo-Nazi wing after he banned neo-Nazi Tim Treadstone from attending a pro-Trump victory party after Treadstone posted multiple anti-Semitic tweets on Twitter.[http://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12] Currently, the two neo-Nazi alt-right wikis, Metapedia and Rightpedia (the latter which was created by neo-Nazis that think Metapedia isn't racist enough) portray Conservapedia in an extremely negative light. Just to be clear how deranged those websites are, at least one of them, and in many cases both of them, do the following:

* Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology
* Proclaim bigotry against evangelicals for their pro-Israel stance
* Reject creationism
* Accuse Conservapedia of being politically correct because it's not blatantly racist
* Reject capitalism as being too materialistic
* Pretend to be anti-Islam but in fact support it when it comes to Israel's enemies Hamas and Hezbollah
* Accuse Freemasonry of being a Jewish plot
* Promote Holocaust denial and a positive view of Adolf Hitler
* Attack Conservapedia for using the Bible, and not Social Darwinism, as the basis for its support for social conservatism
* Promotes eugenics
* Accuse Conservapedia of being a partisan hack website, completely ignoring the constant references to "RINOs" on that site
* Accuse Conservapedia of being pro-Communist for even ''using'' the word "racist" and "Nazi"
* Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [http://en.rightpedia.info/w/Conservapedia][http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia]

In light of such ideological differences, it is important to debate how often the term "alt-right" should be used by those who claim to follow the mainstream version of it. On one hand, the term is an accurate description (the mainstream "alt-right" are an ''alternative'' to RINOs). But on the other hand, since the term is most commonly attributed to neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer, it might not be smart to proclaim to belong to a term associated with him unless you actually agree with his core positions, and doing so could be considered as ideologically dishonest as the left's hijacking of the term "liberal."

==Libertarian Nationalism==

The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated Independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings.

The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement.

==View of Christianity==

The alt-right emphasizes the crypto-polytheistic aspects of Christianity and links it to Greco-Roman and pan-European polytheistic history and "Western" accomplishments. The alt-right views Christianity as a religion distinct from Islam and Judaism in its polytheistic elements and "special" relationship to European history. The alt-right accepts the study of evolution and global warming as a product of Western polytheistic science. It rejects modern evangelical Christianity for its pro-immigration stance (for proselytization purposes) although it views Europe's history of colonization and Christian proselytization as having a positive effect on those respective colonial countries.

Due to its pro-"Western science" views the alternative right has on occasion called itself "evolutionary" conservatism or "scientific" conservatism.

==Alt-right's approach to Israel==

The alt-right views Israel as a model for white nationalism and/or Christianism. While opposing Jewish 'hypocrisy' on white identity issues, the alt-right admires the Jewish unity and tribalism manifested in a Zionist state <ref>http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2012/05/jewish-hypocrisy-on-ethnonationalism-in-israel-versus-the-diaspora-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/</ref> In keeping with its isolationist approach, the alt-right opposes an EXCLUSIVE alliance between America and Israel.

==Alt-right's approach to the Constitution==

A large chorous of authors and activist in the alt-right view the Constitution as subordinate to nationalism, and some view the [[Constitution]] as completely outmoded, including mainstream alt-right publications such as Radix Journal, Counter-Currents, and The Right Stuff.[http://www.counter-currents.com/2012/12/the-solution-is-state-power/][http://www.radixjournal.com/blog/2014/9/26/power-is-power][http://www.radixjournal.com/blog/2016/2/29/paper-worship][http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/03/27/the-constitution-cargo-cult/][http://therightstuff.biz/2016/02/04/constitutional-logic-and-the-sanhedrin/] When [[Vox Day]] wrote a journal entry saying that he believes that "the constitution has failed us"[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/who-killed-conservatism.html], one single author on Red Ice came to the defense of the Constitution.[https://redice.tv/news/an-alt-right-defense-of-the-u-s-constitution]

==Opposition==

The movement is smeared by elitists of society that thinks it knows better. However, the usual liberal scare tactics and other social engineering schemes are rejected. The alt-right moves to its own beat. The alt-right opposes [[Feminism]], and masculinity is promoted. Anything liberal and the views held by [[RINO]]s: immigration, [[political correctness]], [[cultural appropriation]], [[misogyny]], "[[homophobia]]", etc. are fiercely rejected.

Where the [[Establishment]] or modern conservatives shy away from a fight for fear of being called "racist", "bigoted" or "ignorant" by liberals projecting their own attitudes and beliefs onto them, the alt-right unapologetically fights against this notion.

Extremist leftwing progressives at the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] have taken notice, recently commenting about [[Breitbart]] and their inclusion to the SPLC hate-list<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/29/southern-poverty-law-center-slaps-breitbart-news-with-racist-charge/#ixzz47FmwBQ4z southern-poverty-law-center-slaps-breitbart-news-with-racist-charge, DailyCaller, April 29, 2016]</ref>

{{cquote|The outlet has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenants making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.'}}

While the term has been used in specialized writing about politics and ideology for years, the term gain mainstream usage following a speech by [[Hillary Clinton]] attacking [[Donald Trump]]'s connections to the Alt-Right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/28/the-alt-rights-take-on-clintons-speech-botched-but-legitimizing/|work=Washington Post|date=August 28, 2016|first=David |last=Weigel|title=The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}</ref>

== Unofficial "Creed" ==

We've hijacked your -isms.

We've hijacked your -phobias.

We've hijacked your divisive rhetoric.

We've Pepe'd/meme'd/gif'd/video edited it all into oblivion.

You can censor/flag/ban us, we'll come back stronger. We always do.

We won't be silenced.

We won't go away.

We're just getting started.

== See also ==

*[[Decline of the secular left]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/ A Guide To The Alt-Right] by ALLUM BOKHARI & MILO YIANNOPOULOS, ''Breitbart News''

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