AmRen Conference number 15
Montgomery Bell Inn & Conference Center
July 29, 2017
I travelled from (north of)
Chicago to (west of) Nashville through a great deal of rain.
The temperature was in the 80s
so I didn’t mind…until I found that my saddlebag had fallen off.
The joke goes that parts are always falling off
Harleys, but all stereotypes are true.
I backtracked 60 miles in norther Indiana –
which added 120 miles to my trip – fruitlessly.
The other saddlebag had the
more valuable contents; all I lost was clothes.
But in addition to the lengthened trip through
the difficult weather, I had to satisfy a dress code.
In Terre Haute I purchased a suit and a number
of other articles without trying anything on.
I still didn’t have a
saddlebag, however.
I couldn’t carry my new accoutrements down the
road.
So I walked a briskly as my arthritic hip would allow
to a nearby Sears store and purchased a tool bag and some nylon cord.
Saddlebag or tool bag, a bag is a bag.
This photo was taken on the return trip after the rain
had passed.
There is something satisfying
about overcoming difficulties, but only if there was a significant risk of
failure.
Otherwise, it’s just work.
I walked into Bell full of myself precisely
because I was earlier frustrated and exhausted, facing hundreds of miles of
rain.
Maybe one day, Jared Taylor will enjoy the great satisfaction of ultimate success. For now, he must push through the rain.
There were 216 chairs at tables
and another hundred loose chairs in the rear near the vendor tables.
Registration was ended a month before the
conference, which prevented another 150 people from attending, but the Fire
Marshall established a firm capacity limit.
I found a place fourth row center.
The morning featured three
speakers:
A guy talking about Europe,
the wise and insightful
John “take down your genes” Derbyshire, and then another guy talking about
Europe.
The three for the afternoon
were all of keen interest to me.
The first and third because of the speakers,
Jared Taylor and Peter Brimelow, and the bracketed speaker because of his topic,
“Islam and the Third Invasion of Europe.”
The morning and afternoon
speakers were separated by a two-hour lunch period.
I had a good Bell Inn breakfast and anticipated
the AmRen banquet later, so I skipped lunch.
We had been cautioned about leaving the
building (“Any violence will be blamed on us.”) so I went up to my room, got my
camera and watched out the window.
Earlier, I had tested that
perch.
If I were careful about the reflection, I could
monitor for vandalism to my bike.
Shown below, it is over my shoulder, indicated by the arrow.
I also had a partial view of the upper parking
area beyond my bike, and a good view of the road that passes below and before my bike and
then
past the entrance of the Bell Inn.
In previous years, the
protestors had been limited to the upper area.
This year, resulting from a lawsuit, they would
be allowed to approach the building and even to enter it for restroom use.
Our friends (as Mr. Taylor
calls them) pulled on their masks and moved to the main entrance.
I wonder why they wear masks.
Do they think it intimidates?
Or does it just embolden them?
We wear name tags, they cover their faces.
Go figure.
Photo of John Carico taken at 12:20 when he was still dry.
Half an hour later, Mr. Carico's vest is clearly wet. See:
https://itsgoingdown.org/american-renaissance-disruption-report-back/
Several of their number were
wearing distinctive green hats that read, “National Lawyers Guild Legal
Observer.”
When his five-word self-description cites the
law twice, you know he will make a fine witness.
A legal lawyer.
His shirt further claims that
he too is a biker, a “wrencher” of the Oasis Bike Workshop.
Alas, it is the
bicycle type.
My bike remained unmolested.
I flew a small American flag, but they
displayed a large one.
The cling across my windshield read "Kansas
Patriot Guard" and since they think of themselves as patriots, they may
have mistaken
my bike as one of theirs.
The difference is perspective.
Our sense of historical context goes back to
the Magna Carta; theirs goes back 20 minutes.
A true hero of the Left wearing matching leopard-pattern
bandana, leopard-pattern glasses and leopard-pattern shoes boldly confronts a monster.
Miss Leopard-shoes knows that
blocking the path may result in physical contact and the opportunity for her to
fall to the ground.
I wonder if the fellow on the right is making a
training video on “how to get in their face.”
Mr. Taylor, mic (append an
acoustic transducer to) these guys and
record the comments.
Synch with a remote video and play during the
afternoon break for its entertainment value.
Mr. Taylor, know that you have provided many wonderful
mother-daughter bonding moments.
When Mr. Dickson tried to leave
he was promptly set-upon which drew a phalanx of protectors which drew a team of
Park Police.
These
19 photos were taken from 12:35 through
12:37.
This soft-spoken, manipulative
provocateur, a.k.a. “regular media” asked
Mr. Spencer on-camera if he might
benefit from therapy.
Following a good-natured laugh, he thanked her
for her suggestion that he would benefit from therapy.
Consider
the three guys above.
How does one reconcile their calm and
respectful demeanor with the unfocused anger
on the signs below.
Which patriotic vision is more trustworthy?
I understand the appeal of the rabble below,
but I prefer the three guys.
The Bell Inn main entrance:
I don't think he is a trans-wannabe, I think he
is in drag just because he thinks he is shocking.
You can see the Park Police laughing.
Why doesn’t he see that?
Either way, the Park Police were ready for
gender-appropriate searches.
Most of the activity was on the
south side of the building.
It seemed that no Park Police were needed on
the north side.
The Bell Inn is an interesting
building.
Only two stories above grade on the south side, it is
five stories above grade on the north side.
And from the building there is a steep bank of
another 30 feet to water’s edge.
The following photo was taken at 1:48.
The officer is running and it was too hot to
run for no reason.
I later learned that one of my
fellow conference attendees had ended up in the water.
(I can only imagine that he was trying to
escape when he was forced off the path and found himself outnumbered with his
back to the water.)
The Park Police arrested several people.
(Standard protocol, in the absence of credible
third-party witnesses is to arrest everyone involved and sort it out later.)
Our guy also went to the hospital. (I
understand he was shocked by a taser.
According to Wiki:
“Someone struck by a Taser experiences extreme
pain and over-stimulation of sensory nerves and motor nerves, resulting in
strong involuntary muscle contractions.”
But get this:
Not by the cops, but by his assailant, if the
buzz is true.)
“It will come to blood” as Peter Brimelow wrote
of the reaction to the Trump Inauguration.
Serbia-American Srđa Trifković is from the Chicago area, like me. He was the middle afternoon speaker who was to address Islam. He was MIA and we were not told why. There was speculation that he was the victim of the lunchtime ambush, but perhaps not: https://www.wesearchr.com/bounties/amren-attendee-ambushed-by-antifa-legal-and-medical-fund
This photo was taken at 1:51.
I regret that I was not on my
balcony that had command of the north side of the building.
In the middle of our two-hour lunch break, a
crime was committed.
The words on their signs are frequently
inconsistent with their actions.
Our self-defense is perfectly honorable.
My bike survived.
“Our friends” had written on the sidewalk next
to it, “No Racism” and “Black Lives Matter Here.”
The conference invitation said something
like “enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded people” and it was just so.
I was late to the banquet and so I was thrilled to
find a place at a table with John & Rosie.
In his short talk, Simon Roche
called South Africa “the canary in the cave.”
True, that.
And so also are our public intellectuals.
They must observe carefully, think clearly and
write prolifically.
For their efforts they are paid little and
threatened often.
And their lives are open books.
To John, Jared, Peter, Sam, Richard, and their spouses and
their children, thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
http://fox17.com/news/local/group-with-race-agenda-is-met-by-protesters-at-conference
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/07/27/infinite-dramaquest-20-american-renaissance-edition
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/31/american-renaissance-conference-white-identity