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The Charles Manson Debate
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The Charles Manson
Debate
In Defense Of Charles
Manson: Ecce Homo.
"Whatever you do is up to you
and it's the same thing with anyone in my family, and my family
is a white human being, because my family is of the white
family... We have to find ourselves first, God second, and kind,
k-i-n-d, come next. And that is all I was doing. I was working on
cleaning up my house, something Nixon should have been doing. He
should have been on the side of the road picking up his children.
But he wasn't. He was in the White House sending them off to
war." (Shreck). Sound somewhat Third Position? That excerpt
from Manson's trial testimony should be enough to convince anyone
to take another look at the underlying philosophy behind the
"family"; this message of putting the house in order is
precisely the goal of much of the Racialist movement today, and
Manson was living in the late Sixties.
It was because he was doing
exactly this that the left-wingers, excepting a revolutio,nary
cast in their own mold, abandoned him, and Manson was left behind
to be the "mean man in can"; a part he plays adeptly.
It's a role everyone learns as a child when taught the limits of
acceptable behavior. A role Manson understands well, and plays
knowingly. It's a part pounded home early by twelve years in
reform school, followed by another seven "for a thirty-seven
dollar check." (Schreck) Having been brought up in prisons,
Manson is the consummate outsider. He saw the contradictions
between what the system practiced and what was being preached,
and he connected with a generation in which kids were thrown away
on an unprecedented scale.
Thus, the Manson family embarked
on an exploration of White tribal existenc, albeit one tainted by
the time period. Manson needn't be cast as Fuhrer, whetever the
appellation denotes hero and villain, but he must be looked to as
a visionary. His words are important, and there is much to be
learned from his exemple; abandoned by the Left, he was ignored
by those in whom he should have found natural allies, until James
Manson discovered that he was much more than media would have the
public believe.
The Manson case is reflective of
the larger ongoing debates over races and guns. The system tried
to set Manson up as an example not to follow, but now more and
more people are following his course - perhaps without realizeing
just Manson was doing out in the desert. People are waking up to
the truths he understood and questioning the fundamental
assumptions around which this society is based, particularly in
light of the course taken in the years since Manson's sentencing.
Currently, the same tactics are being used to discredit
racialists, especially in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing.
However, moving beyond the scare
tactics of the ideological war, it is becoming more and more
evident that the system is in exactly the fix Manson predicted
would come to pass: "Faces off- in 21 years I never met no
one in the press who wanted to know the truth beyond words. our
vocabulary starts in prison. new words begin in the underworld -
your world out there is dying and it's smaller than my world in
here." A fundemental lesson in Political Science deals with
the legitimacy of a particular form of government, and excessive
reliance on coercive measures to keep the regime in power
indicates a lack of legitimacy: "California has the
third-largest penal system in the world, following China and the
United States as a whole: 125,842 prisoners at the last official
count." (Davis) The example of California may well be a
reflection of the future trends in U.S. as a whole. How much
longer could such a system last in which so many are being
educated in the same truths evident to Manson? Many are waking up
to them in the schools: a less extreme institution of social
coersion, certainly, but one which is becoming increasingly
alienating.
The ratio of the disenfranchised
to those who believe in the system is growing daily; the proof is
in the headlines rather than in advertisements, and the truth
gets uglier daily. Acknowledgement of system failures is no
longer confined to the so-called "extremes". Manson's
vision is being vindicated : living in yesterday's prisons gave
him a clear-sighted vision of the destiny coming down presently.
He wanted out of that society, and a few will blame him now: the
writing on the prison walls is visible to much of America. Most
"truths" being sold in the media are no longer proving
satisfactory.
Consistently it is said that racists or murderers or soldiers
dehumanize their "victims", but how are these people
dealt with? they are dehumanized in the press. Enemies are
portrayed as insane, as stupid, and ridiculed. It camouflages
their message behind a wall of "correctness" as well as
serving to dehumanize. whether this is hypocrisy or human nature
matters little: It is successful tactic.
In Siege, James Manson recounts the fact that the
Manson folk and he expected the worst from each other, only to
find that they were in much the same position. This is the result
of the success of the capitalist system in co-opting dissent and
keeping the outsiders atomized and distrustful of one another.
This is done in the name of "objective truth", the
formula for which the "legitimate" media enjoys a
supposed monopoly. But there will never be a monopoly on truth,
nor two sides to every story. There are a myriad of ways to
interpret any one or any event, and this is all but ignored by a
media hell-bent on maintaining the status quo. With the sword of
media firepower trained on Manson, how could the lies and
negative images have no effect? Unfortuately, such tactics work
on those in a position to learn from him and, possibly, help him.
A hard look at the facts in the Manson case will reveal the
extent of the power of hearsay when it has the blacking of the
system. The same is true of the treatment of David Lane and any
number of others. If they want you, they'll get you, and they'll
ignore their own laws to do it.
No blood is on Charlie's hands, but he is an icon of evil
trotted out on occasion - he ranks in infamy with the likes of
Bundy, Speck, or any other number of ghouls. It's quite likely
he's more infamous, even, than these men who did have blood on
their hands. How could this have happened when all of the more
damning evidence is hearsay - testimony of those trying to save
their own asses or spurious accusations made by attorneys or
authors out to make money?
Prosecutor Vince Bugliosi mentions thirty-five killing linked
to the Manson family (Solotaroff) , but offers no concrete proof.
Nor did Ed Sanders, who is forced to omit baseless accusations
against the Process Church from the second edition of The Family.
Still, Sanders insists he will be vindicated, that all of the
rumors he printed were true, and that proof of this is
forthcoming. Bugliosi states: "It's become like some
Kennedy-Assassination thing... People with theories about the
murders and Manson." Funny that he is working on a book
about the assassination, as well as a new edition of his
best-seller Helter Skelter. The rumor mill is big business.
However, if all of the lies and hearsay were true, his example
is still one to follow. First, the targets were important, and
the case still makes headlines. Celibrities make better targets
than street black people and other rabble. Few care that such
people are out of the way save the relatives and friends of the
victims. The system can replace any number of drones. There is
still hysteria in Hollywood over the Tate murders. The August
1995 issue of Spy Magazine has a list of quotes from celibrities
who were "supposed to have been there" the night of the
Tate murders.
Second, should all come crashing down tomorrow, on whom can
you depend? Will friends of yours sell you down the river in an
attempt to escape the inevitable crucifixion in public opinion?
Or will all stick to their guns regardless? chances are good that
seemingly loyal comrades will sell you out fro christ, mom, and
apple pie- anything to get right with people whom they can never
be reconciled.
Susan Atkins broke first, and what did she get for it? Two
books and Jesus, but no freedom and no respect - from herself or
others. The public will always hold her in contempt as will those
she sold out. Her situation is worse than that of Manson, who has
self-respect. He hasn't broken, and he has become a symbol of
defiance because of that. A symbol which resonates with outsiders
in unprecedented numbers: outsiders the system would like to
remain atomized and without vision. Many who identify with Manson
may well move on to read Resistance and like publications,
especially now that the Universal Order is receiving the
attention that it deserves.
But the media campaign of cowerdice, stupidity, and lies is
ongoing and largely successful, even among people who profess to
have no faith in the mainstream media or the system. The
anti-Manson sentiment is so strong that people who've never even
met the man, but have simply identified or agreed with statements
he has made are being forced to backpedal and distance themselves
from him. These individuals can no longer suck energy from Manson
and are lost: as lost as the Geraldo's who try to pick fights
with him to make a name for themselves; a lost as the Axl Roses's
and the Genesis P-Orridge's who use his image and then
"explain" or "clarify" their intentions.
Siding with Charley to any extent is equivalent to Holocaust
revisionism in the eyes of the public.
The extend of the persecution is such that the system stooges
won't even let Manson sign his name: "They say that signing
my name is causing too much trouble. It's making too much
money." While Manson will not see any of this money he is
supposedly generating, O.J. Simpson, likely a man with blood on
his hands, is encouraged to sign autographs. He is encouraged to
write books and wear expensive suits to court. the only truth to
be gleaned from comparison of the two trials is that money talks,
regardless of the situation- regardless of blood.
Manson was aware of the fact that his kind had already sold
their souls, and sold them cheap. That he wears no political
badges shouldn't so obscure his position that like-minded folk
deem him unworthy of support or fail to glean from him the wisdom
that is his to impart. Such means victory for the system to which
we are all opposed, and which has declare war on us all alike.
Such a potent ally cannot be discounted, but deserves any help
which can be offered.
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