Irving Rift Over Tactics
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Adam Lynch, who claims to have an inter-racial child, says that his
announcement in the "Jackson Free Press," that Nationalists had
invited British-historian David Irving to Mississippi, caused a "rift"
between the guest and his hosts. The "Broward County Times" chimed in
that the "rift" was caused by Irving "finding out" who the
Nationalists were. Paul Gallo of "Super-Talk Radio" pressed for
details on the Irving-Nationalist connection, suggesting that there
was something sinister about it. The Nationalists disclosed, however,
that there had been a fundamental disagreement about social-activist
tactics and have used the occasion to ply their version of high-
profile but lawful public-relations.
According to the Nationalists, the bloodshed at Irving's gig at a West
Palm Beach hotel, following an on-again-off-again appearance in
Mississippi, pointed out the folly of Irving's "underground" approach
to meeting supporters and entreating the media. Nationalists say that
two Irving-supporters being stabbed, at Irving's secretive get-away,
lays bare the disagreement which led to Irving being a no-show at
Jackson City Hall, which Nationalists had reserved for his lecture.
Irving had stood up newsmen, spectators and supporters, as strong
police-security ringed the venue in anticipation of the appearance.
Irving had been jailed in Austria for making strong anti-Communist
comments, which prompted the Nationalist invitation.
As Irving was preparing an American book-signing tour, Nationalists
contacted him and extended an invitation to Mississippi. Irving
accepted and, in fact, cancelled a prior commitment in Baton Rouge, in
order to come to Jackson. The Nationalists arranged for
accommodations for Irving and his assistant, Jaenelle Antas, who
reportedly had been a Libertarian-functionary in Ohio. The
Nationalists had written the law-of-the-land in the United States
Supreme Court providing for their use of public-buildings, as well as
the providing of police-protection for their events. Irving,
apparently, was either unaware or unconcerned about that
happenstance. Irving had been attacked and harassed, during
appearances in other places, which doubtlessly colored his thinking.
Irving, apparently, had decided to try to thwart his detractors, many
of whom were prone to violence, by keeping his locale a secret. The
device tended to work in England, where various venues are engaged, in
secret, and attendees shifted from place to place, at the last minute,
to avoid protests or disruptions. Irving said that he had gone to
great lengths to "vet" those wishing to attend, by receiving a $15.00
credit-card fee in advance and excluding those who he suspected of
hostility. No sooner had the Irving visit been announced than Jews,
homosexuals, atheists and Negroes declared their opposition, shifting
Irving into panic-mode. But, Nationalists backed Negro-Mayor Harvey
Johnson down, who announced that the venue could not be cancelled.
The Nationalists advised Irving that all of the functions had to be
under their aegis, insofar as they were a chartered organization, able
to provide legal-protections and litigate their rights, if need be.
Irving, however, was distrustful of lawyers and had once served as his
own lawyer, losing in court. The Nationalists, also, told Irving that
it would be best to not charge admission at City Hall, which Irving
balked at. Irving asked the Nationalists to refer attendees to his on-
line registration form, where his fees would be collected, in
advance. The Nationalists declined, on the grounds that, as a non-
profit organization, they could not be a conduit to Irving's
commercial "Focal Point Productions."
Irving was skeptical that the public-venue could actually be secured
and held by the Nationalists. He feared that the Negro-Mayor would
summarily cancel, at the last minute, leaving him in the lurch. Such
ignorance turned out not to be bliss. On the other hand, the
Nationalists had secured call-out of the National Guard, on occasion,
to protect their ceremonies and sported a matchless string of court-
victories against officials, who had tried to ban them, the latest
being at Jena, Louisiana. Irving's experiences, however, were in
Britain, where there is no free speech, so Irving repaired to his more
familiar "underground" tactics, securing a hotel-room, outside
Jackson, but undisclosed to his hosts, prompting the wave of
speculation about a "rift."
Irving had been sponsored by various groups, prior to coming to
Mississippi, but they rubber-stamped Irving's "secretive" tactics.
The head of one host, National Alliance, had been jailed for "hate,"
another, Liberty Lobby, had been bankrupted for fraud and shut down,
and another, National Vanguard, had been jailed for child-molestation
and shut down. Notwithstanding, Irving announced that he was "parting
ways" with the Nationalists, because he declined to be "associated"
with "any groups." To the contrary, the Nationalists declined to be
"associated" with anything which might rope them into a "conspiracy"
or hold them liable for any stabbings, if Irving were sued for
negligence.
By undertaking to "screen" attendees, Irving seemingly was assuming a
"duty" to keep his venues "safe." When his "screening" turned out to
be deficient, insofar as one of the stabbers at his Florida-event
turned out to have a criminal-record for assault, Irving exposed not
only himself, but anyone indirectly associated with him, to litigation
for "negligence." Irving, apparently, never recognized that the
auspices of the Nationalists would be a boon, rather than a bane.
Nonetheless, the Nationalists maintained their City-Hall venue, in
order to thwart those who had tried to ban them, using the occasion to
predict that the setback to their critics boded well for their
eventual victory.
Irving's desire to be commercially profitable was understandable.
Irving maintains expansive digs in Key West and London, gingerly trots
the globe, conducts exhaustive research and produces copious
manuscripts. However, the desire of the Nationalists to further their
anti-Communist ideology was, also, understandable. They wanted no
part of Irving's "take," but they had to distance themselves from any
profit-making venture. Irving had appeared on various college-
campuses, under academic auspices, but he, apparently, did not
acquaint Nationalists to the "professionalism" which governs
educational institutions. In fact, Irving accused his hosts of being
"very unprofessional" for trying to woo him away from his
"underground" tendencies.
Irving never fully grasped that the Nationalists had litigated for the
right to keep their events free from opponents and disrupters. At
Nationalist functions, opponents are routinely escorted away or
arrested. Irving had, apparently, never witnessed such a spectacle.
Had a ruckus erupted at a Nationalist event, the Nationalists would
take responsibility, unlike Irving, who has been trying to distance
himself from the blood-bath at his "underground" retreat and, even,
watering down his once virulent anti-Communist stance, in an ill-fated
move to placate his critics. The Nationalists summed up that
prospects of a well-planned, public and lawful event had,
unfortunately, spooked Irving.
The "rift," postulated by Lynch, turned out to be less a Nationalist-
Irving split than a Lynch-Irving split, over the issue of
miscegenation. According to Lynch, whose newspaper is an apologist
for Negroes, homosexuals, hippies and Communists, "I asked Irving to
address accusations of his opposition to race-mixing." Lynch, then,
cites what he terms his "verbatim exchange" in interviewing Irving by
telephone.
Adam Lynch: Do you really care if blacks and whites have children
together?
David Irving: Do you have any children yourself?
Lynch: Yes.
Irving: Do you have any daughters? I've got five daughters. What would
you say to that question?
Lynch: Well, it's probably an unfair question to put to me. My kid's
inter-racial.
Irving: I'm sorry. Your kid's what?
Lynch: Interracial. He's half-black. So I'm probably not the best
person to pose the question to.
Irving: That makes you a rather unobjective reporter on this matter
then. Let's move on to another question. Suffice to say I've got five
daughters. And that's that.
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