Dennis Marks White-Hooded Projection

According to a report from Rawstory, the Klan does not view itself as a racist organization.

"We don't hate people because of their race. I mean, we're a Christian organization", Frank Ancona, an Imperial Wizard of the Traditional American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, told WWBT on Thursday. (Virginia KKK Leader: We're Not Racist, We're Just Misunderstood Christians by Karoli. Crooks and Liars, 4/15/2014).

This is quite similar to how Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) views himself. As I have demonstrated on this blog, Dennis holds tightly to some seriously racially biased beliefs, yet he considers himself not to be racist at all. In fact, he frequently attacks other bloggers for their "racism". This, BTW, always involves the person being attacked standing in opposition to the racism of Dennis!

This is known as psychological projection, which, according to Wikipedia, is "a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others". Anna Freud said that "in projection thoughts, motivations, desires, and feelings that cannot be accepted as one's own are dealt with by being placed in the outside world and attributed to someone else. What the ego repudiates is split off and placed in another".

Dennis engages in this kind of projection VERY frequently. For example, another blogger who went by the ID John Myste mixed it up with Dennis in regards to Affirmative Action. And, because this Myste guy dared to defend it, he was branded the "Grand Wizard of the Myste" by the delusional Dennis!

This exchange took place on the blog of the Libertarian Willis Hart, an individual I used to think wasn't all that racist (although I have since reconsidered). This likely explained why Willis said nothing when Dennis lied about John Myste being "racist". Which is why John Myste left the Hartster's blog. He got fed up with the lying of Dennis and called it quits. I haven't seen him since (and his blog has been inactive since then as well).

So he's gone, and has been since 11/5/2012, yet Dennis continues to refer to Myste on the blog of Willis Hart by accusing him of racism that was never exhibited.

Dennis Marks: One could always buy the John Myste argument on African Americans: that they are less capable, damaged beings that are below the mark, and can't compete on a level playing field. Myste's argument was nasty and demeaning, but isn't too far afield from much of the argument in favor of "affirmative action" quotas/goals/time tables/etc. No, I do not buy into the Myste argument of black inferiority. (5/11/2015 AT 2:07pm).

But John Myste never made any argument at all concerning "black inferiority". This is a complete fabrication by the projecting Dennis. What he said that, as a race, African Americans have been subjected to oppression and not afforded opportunities to advance.

John Myste: Saying that we insult blacks when we say they were unable to compete after the oppression had done its job, is a lie. Honest whites say this and blacks say this. All people who are denied education, segregated into the worst parts of a society, and written off by that society, are unable to compete with those who were given opportunity, education and respect: regardless of skin color. (10/18/2012 AT 7:41am).

Myste never said Blacks are "inferior". He said they were not afforded the same opportunities and that Affirmative Action is necessary to fix that problem. Or was. For the record, Myste also said "I don't support most AF policies. I consider them divisive at best and unduly racist at worst".

So, he was only speaking of the need to do something and not supporting any and all Affirmative Action policies. Which Dennis says he agrees with. Or he says he agrees with "the JFK version", which (according to Willis Hart) contained "no preferences or quotas at all, just a commitment to make certain that those group that had been discriminated in the past would no longer be discriminated against in the future".

OK, but did it work? Perhaps the quotas were added when it was noticed that discrimination was still taking place and that the number of African Americans being afforded opportunities was not increasing that much? I mean, I haven't researched it, but it makes sense. We're talking about the force of law backing up an effort to make sure a certain number of African Americans are afforded opportunities versus a SUGGESTION that an effort be made (with no indication at all regarding what such an effort might look like in terms of numbers).

Suggestions can be ignored and excuses made to justify very little being done, after all. A justification might be that no qualified African Americans presented themselves for consideration. So do we accept the status quo of nothing being accomplished despite a suggestion, or do we FORCE the issue with quotas? I say we go with the quotas because otherwise no progress will be made.

This, I believe, is why people like Willis and Dennis support the "suggestion to be ignored" version of Affirmative Action. Because they don't really agree with the notion that African Americans should be afforded opportunities that were previously denied them. Due to their racial biases. Just suggest it and sit back while the suggestion is ignored and the status quo that favors Whites like them is maintained.

How else do you explain comments like the following?

Dennis Marks: John even implied that Barack Obama isn't qualified for anything by saying that he wouldn't have gotten anywhere without affirmative action quotas... a man would would not have prevailed or succeeded if held to the same standards as anyone else. John is one of the most empassioned liberal racists I've ever met. His reasons for claiming that blacks are inferior is because they are damaged by history. That's different of course than claiming they are genetically inferior. But either "argument" would make a Klansman smile. (5/14/2015 AT 4:37am).

But the above characterization of Myste's comments bear very little resembelance to what he actually said.

John Myste: Obama earned his position. It was not donated via AF. However, if not for policies like AF, neither he, nor any in his race, would likely be able to compete, and it would have nothing to do with anything inherent to his race, and would have everything to do with the oppression (damage) white America did to his race and did not undo when given the change. AF undoes that damage. We robbed blacks of education, opportunity, and the ability to gain skills and knowledge. Replacing what we robbed is not racism. (10/18/2012 AT 7:41am).

Don't actually force anyone to do anything. Just suggest they do it and be satisfied when very little progress is made. And if anyone dares to say that's not good enough or point out it isn't working? Dennis will call you an "empassioned liberal racist" (He means against Whites).

Anyway, notice the dates... Dennis is referring to a comment from Myste that is over 2 and a half years old! So what explains Dennis' fetish with the long-departed John Myste? I'm convinced it's because, subconsciously he knows he's a racist and the ONLY way he can drown out these unpleasant unconscious thoughts is to attack those who stand up to his racism. By accusing them of being what he is... an extremely racially-biased individual.

As Wikipedia points out "according to some research, the projection of one's negative qualities onto others is a common process in everyday life". However, while Dennis may be doing something that is not out of the ordinary, I still say it's creepy and weird. And, due to this behavior involving accusing others of racism, I also think Dennis is a total scumbag who (on some level, at least) knows he's a fu*king liar. That's in addition to being a racist bigot.

Supporting Documents
[1] Myste Arguments, DSD #8. (John Myste argues with Dennis about Affirmative Action. Although Dennis says MANY times that he understands Affirmative Action, it is clear he does not).
[2] Myste Ad Hominem, DSD #9. (John Myste, sick of Dennis' stupidity and monopolizing of the conversation at Willis Hart's blog, departs, but Dennis continues to lie about him anyway).

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