Why The Fine People Hoax Survives

I listened to the excellent Joe Rogan - Mark Andreesen conversation recently and heard Joe lament that President Obama had severely disappointed him by trying to perpetuate the Fine People Hoax.

If you're not familiar with it, the phrase refers to an out-of-context quote from President Trump about the Charlottesville protests over Confederate statues. Trump said there were fine people on both sides of the debate and the press clipped out that part and ran with it, asserting that President Trump was referring to the neo-Nazi opportunists who joined the protests as "fine people." If you listen to a couple of minutes of Trump's speech on either side of the "fine people" snippet, you can tell that he was talking about the statue supporters being fine people and clearly said that the Nazis were horrible.

As someone who would like to see all of the Confederate statues remain standing and the ones that were removed replaced, I would like to think that, despite my many flaws, I'm still a fine person. I don't support the statues and the rebel flag because I'm racist, but because I think they represent the distinct and beautiful cultural heritage of the South.

Going back to Rogan, he talked about how it was utterly dishonest for Obama to repeat the hoax over and over again in campaign speeches stumping for Kamala. He was disillusioned with Obama because Barack knew he was lying, but did it anyway. Joe Rogan was missing the point.

The Fine People Hoax is not about lying, it is an oath of allegiance to DEI and the racial groups the Democrats believe are the core of their constituency. All of the progs in the media, the academy, entertainment and politics thoroughly understand that it's a hoax. When they keep propping it up, they aren't lying to you so much as they are reciting a portion of their version of the Nicene Creed.

"I believe that everyone who supports Confederate symbols in any form is a white supremacist. I believe that blacks are held down by white supremacy. I believe that strident and united political action is the only solution to the scourge of white supremacy. I believe that white supremacy is everywhere, permeates our institutions and must be fought at all times without any reservations."

For the progs, even the slightest hesitation to recite this or missing an opportunity to refer to things like the Fine People Hoax is an unforgiveable act of apostasy and heresy. The progs have excommunicated former members of their tribe for such things. You cannot even hint that you are willing to give the slightest benefit of the doubt to those of us who like the Confederate monuments and symbols.

Obama and the rest of them aren't lying, they're signaling to their comrades that they are still walking on the razor's edge of proggy acceptance. To deviate even slightly is to be cast out of the group. That's why the Fine People Hoax will continue for the foreseeable future.

Hopefully, this statue was dropped into the fires of Mt. Doom.