Paul Ray Ramsey (also known as ramzpaul and RamZPaul, born 1963) is an American far-right vlogger, YouTube personality, and public speaker.[1][2][3]
The New York Times has described Ramsey as a "popular alt-right internet personality",[4] and the Swiss newspaper Basellandschaftliche Zeitung identified him as an important representative of the alt-right.[5] Media Matters for America, The Forward, and the Southern Poverty Law Center have called Ramsey a white nationalist.[6][7][8] He spoke at the 2013 conference held by the online magazine American Renaissance.[8] Ramsey replied to a question posed by Matthew Heimbach at the conference about the creation of a whites only state: "We need to Balkanize and create our own homeland. We have a right to exist."[9][better source needed]
According to journalist Philipp Löpfe, Ramsey uses comedy to convey a far-right message.[10]
Activities
Ramsay began pseudonymously posting YouTube videos under the handle RamZPaul starting in 2009. He posted humorous video rants. By 2016, Ramsay had added a larger amount of explicitly alt-right content to his channel, such as the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.[11]
In November 2016, Ramsey was a featured speaker at a conference held by the white supremacist National Policy Institute (NPI). The NPI was founded by Richard B. Spencer, who also is generally credited with coining the term alt-right.[12] After video emerged of several conference attendees giving the Nazi salute during a speech by Spencer, Ramsey disassociated himself from the NPI founder, as well as the term alt-right, saying, "You don't want to tie your brand to something that's ultimate evil."[12][13] Ramsey was listed as a speaker for the 2018 Awakening conference in Helsinki, a self-described "ethno-nationalist" conference.[14][15]
References
- ^ Kirkland, Allegra (May 24, 2016). "Great White Hope: Trump Unites Generations Of White Nationalists". Talking Points Memo.
- ^ Sheffield, Matthew (November 23, 2016). "Man who did Nazi salute with Tila Tequila outside Richard Spencer's alt-right conference is Jewish, and it's causing problems". Salon.
- ^ Drum, Kevin (November 23, 2016). "A Toxic Resentment of Women Helps Power the Alt-Right". Mother Jones.
- ^ Fausset, Richard (November 18, 2016). "As Trump Rises, So Do Some Hands Waving Confederate Battle Flags". The New York Times.
- ^ Daniel Huber (11/24/2016), Nationalismus – Wer steckt hinter Alt Right? Die 9 wichtigsten Vertreter der US-Rechtsradikalen, (i.e. Nationalism – Who is behind the Alt-Right? The 9 most important representatives of the American Radical Right), Basellandschaftliche Zeitung.
- ^ Hananoki, Eric (July 20, 2016). White Nationalists Love Trump’s Convention: “GOP Is Becoming The De Facto White Party”. Media Matters for America.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Sam (November 2, 2017). How White Nationalists Are Dominating YouTube, The Forward.
- ^ a b "Paul Ray Ramsey". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "American Renaissance". Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ Philipp Löpfe (08/31/2016), watson.
- ^ Neiwert, David (2017). Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump. Brooklyn, NY: Verso Books. pp. 251–252. ISBN 9781786634238.
- ^ a b Gais, Hannah (December 11, 2016). "Cucking and Nazi Salutes: A Night Out With the Alt-Right". Newsweek.
- ^ Schreckinger, Ben (January 2017). "The Alt-Right Comes to Washington". Politico. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Awakening conference". Foia Research. March 31, 2019.
- ^ Holt, Jared (2 January 2019). "Far-Right Ukrainian Political Party to Appear Alongside U.S. White Nationalists". Right Wing Watch.