Comments on: White Supremacist Richard Barrett Murdered in Mississippi Home

By: Siena Kendall

Siena Kendall — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:02:00 +0000

I believe he had a right to life, speech and action no matter how he chose to express himself.

He embodied the worst side of this country that we really shouldn’t forget is still there and very active in our institutions.

Sounds like he inspired a lot of people to rally for what’s right….

How can you create peace with violence?

By: Timothy McLendon

Timothy McLendon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:05:39 +0000

It takes so much of a person’s energy and time to hate; furthermore at what cost? I don’t believe in murder, but I do believe in defending myself.

I wonder if the public will ever know the facts on barrett’s death. What really happen?

What a sad little man that was full of hate and anguish. Good day all!

By: Alan Aardman

Alan Aardman — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:49:47 +0000

This man was a gross violator of human standards of decency, but murder is not the answer. The solution to extremists such as Barret is to create a society which will condemn their hateful ideas to obscurity.

By: Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:14:30 +0000

SkinnyMinny,
I won’t dispute what you said. Whether the man actually believed in his work or not. But he will always be judged based on his character, his works and the life he lived. And I think its fair to say that he wasn’t well liked by pretty much everyone except for the few of his own.

By: Aristarchus

Aristarchus — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:01:18 +0000

I am so glad that we are all in agreement that evil must be punished.

By: skinnyminny

skinnyminny — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:04:48 +0000

Shadow Wolf,

I read that too! I guess you can say that I am more concerned with the victims of hate crimes. If Mr. Barrett had told his followers not to go out and attack people due to their race-maybe I would have sympathy for him! Believe me, there’s no hard feelings with you, I’m just saying for me, I can’t accept this as an excuse. Example, Charles Manson had the Manson girls go out commit crimes. I guess what I’m saying is, whether he did it for fame, power, money, there are innocent victims left behind. I personally don’t like to glorify people that cause so much pain and losses to others. I believe his work will used in the future – and I believe his followers will continue his work and goals.

By: Difluoroethane

Difluoroethane — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:29:56 +0000

Apparently, John Lee Clary (a former white nationalist who is now an anti-racist activist) has a photo of Barrett with his arm around Edgar Ray Killen, a convicted murderer. There is some other interesting information about Barrett here: http://www.johnnyleeclary.com/racists.htm

By: Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:16:00 +0000

According to Charles Evers, the brother of slain NAACP leader of Jackson(Medger Evers) who had known Barrett a long time, believed that Barrett didn’t believed in the stuff he said. Like Hal Turner, he was probably doing this for a living:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/.....-dead.html

So in other words, he didn’t had his heart put into the WN causes he put forth. Whether WNs believed him or not, his “movement” can best be described as a sham.

By: skinnyminny

skinnyminny — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:30:00 +0000

IValueAmerica,

I’m not sure if you understand what this man represented! Not many people are sad he is gone, nor the way his life ended. This man had a problem with Brown v. Board of Education, he had rallies in Black neighborhoods, represented the cops in the Rodney King beating, he was working on trying to deny certain voters the ability to vote, and the way I see it-he was working on a new genocide, he was alleged to be the leader of the skinheads – not sure if his site is still up at nationalist.org

By: Difluoroethane

Difluoroethane — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:33:18 +0000

Looks like race was _not_ a factor in the the murder. There is, however, some disagreement as to what the actual motive is; here is a link with more: http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12367018

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:10:29 +0000

Why would anyone care if such an abhorrent creature dies. Any such extreme hater, be he/she black, white, yellow or pink, is no loss to anyone worthwhile. These types are a scourge on all that is decent.

By: Difluoroethane

Difluoroethane — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:04:14 +0000

Looks like you’re right, Yama: James Edwards recently posted an essay attempting to use the Barrett murder to stir up more racial hatred. These white supremacists are so predictable.

By: IValueAmerica

IValueAmerica — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:20:13 +0000

A fitting end to a troubled man.

However, I do NOT think Stephen Childs is correct.

Murder is wrong and it does not matter if it was a monster like this or Dr. Tiller.

There is no excuse to take a life but in direct self defense. Rejoicing over his death is one thing, I do not shed a tear for this montster, but condoning violence is a failure to America, no matter if you are left or right, black or white.

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:17:53 +0000

Unlikely. Barret made many enemies in the movement. He had a definition of “white” which was very different than those of most WNs.

By: daemonesslisa

daemonesslisa — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:02:52 +0000

One People’s Project reports that they found a suspect. But like Terreblache’s murder, the suspect apparently had no connection.

http://www.onepeoplesproject.com

By: Yama

Yama — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:04:35 +0000

They already have.

By: Difluoroethane

Difluoroethane — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:43:23 +0000

One wonders if his followers are going to try and paint him as a “martyr”, as Eugene Terreblanche’s followers did a few weeks ago.

By: Mike Batey

Mike Batey — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:34:25 +0000

Is this justfied you ask?

By: Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:04:18 +0000

Bad karma got to him. I am willing to wager it that his murder was a result of a dispute between him and another White hatemonger. History has shown us that White Supremacist leaders are almost 95% of the time, more likely to be murdered by their fellow Whites. We saw this same fate happened to George Lincoln Rockwell. Being a White Supremacist leader, you have a greater chance of being killed. We saw this happened to the racist leader of South Africa. Being an abhorrent White Supremacist is wrong. The Americans will not stand with these racist White beast of the far Right.

By: Difluoroethane

Difluoroethane — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:15:00 +0000

The high school principal mentioned in the second-to-last paragraph was Hulond Humphries. Read more about him here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulond_Humphries

By: Steven L Childs

Steven L Childs — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:34:36 +0000

Was this indeed a murder? Perhaps there is a higher law called Karma? Is anyone surprised?