Inside 'Return to the Land': The group making a Whites-only community in Arkansas

Sky News / YouTube ^ | July 25 | Tom Cheshire

[RandFan]

Warning: This report contains themes of racism and homophobia which viewers may find upsetting.

Sky's Tom Cheshire meets the people behind a self-declared whites-only town in rural Arkansas.

The group says it’s about freedom and community - but critics say it’s a dangerous step toward organised hate.

[SaveFerris]

Excellent question

Tribalism is okay in any other circumstance

[TalBlack]

That this “hate” only seems to work in one direction disqualifies these critics.

[Kudsman]

Who are we kidding here? The left is fine is fine with rascism. It makes them money and gives power to condemn. It is the homophobia thingy that has them sqwaking.

As an aside, did the original draft of the Constitution say free speech except for white people?

[bort]

I bet you can walk around this community and not smell marijuana.

[gundog]

Think of it as a mini-Israel.

Yabbut...Israel bad. Think of it as a sharia no-go zone. All the rage....

[TalBlack]

“.. but significant constraints on individual freedom and secular opportunities…”

It sure how secular opportunities figure in but individual freedom wouldn’t be a problem. There’s no wall around Kiryas Joel that I’ve noticed.

[Bob434]

[[ but critics say it’s a dangerous step toward organised hate]]

Do those same critics think that calling for the elimination of jews is a “dangerous step towards organized hate”?

[beef]

I have been thinking about him, what with the recent spate of cultural icons passing.

[DoodleBob]

https://returntotheland.org/about

About Us

Return to the Land is a private membership association (PMA) for individuals and families with traditional views and European ancestry. We hold events and conferences, and we help groups of our members form European heritage communities.

Vision

We seek to create a decentralized movement, formed of various individuals and societies returning to the land. We will promote strong families with common ancestry, and raise the next generation in an environment that reflects our traditional values. We will facilitate economic and social harmony between all groups and individuals in our movement. Above all, we will continue to engage in a never-ending pursuit of excellence, refusing to lower our standards or lose sight of our goals.

Mission

We will return to the land to separate ourselves from a failing modern society, and we will make positive cultural changes in ourselves and in our ancestral communities.

Goals

To facilitate individuals and groups that share common ancestry to purchase land in rural areas.
To facilitate media activities to promote our movement.
To create many independent and fully-functioning parallel societies.
To teach, share, and develop successful methods of garnering independence and building community.
To cultivate wholesomeness, beauty, health, and hope in a trying world.
Legal Disclaimer

RTTL does not engage in the sale or rental of real estate.

[Maris Crane]

I don’t care about a “whites only” silliness.

What would appeal to me is a “CONSERVATIVES ONLY”

Is that discriminatory?

[Nervous Tick]

>> What, those honkies want to be able to walk the streets at any hour without paranoia?

I moved to small town rural ‘Murica so’s I could do that! ;-)
It’s awesome. Never going back.
People of all races and faiths have that luxury here. Did I mention that most of us carry?

[DoodleBob]

I would steer clear of this creepy cult, with imagery that speaks for itself, and a Substack promoting “Positive Aryan Theology” from “an Austrian painter rose to power in Germany.”

Let them drink their kool-aid in isolation.

RTTL and Religion

Positive Aryan Theology?

There is in fact no subject upon which so much difference of opinion exists, not only among the unlearned but also among educated men; and the views entertained are so various and so discrepant, that, while it is no doubt a possible alternative that none of them is true, it is certainly impossible that more than one should be so.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, \\\"On the Nature of the Gods,\\\" 45 BC.

If it's one thing our movement has no shortage of, it's religious infighting.

How, then, do we reconcile our desire for a unified front of European families, with the hectic inter-religious atmosphere on the internet?

Our Policy In Short

RTTL officially supports a viewpoint of \\\"Positive Aryan Theology.\\\" Generally speaking, any serious religion (save obvious degeneracies like Satanism) borne by Our People^(TM) is good enough for RTTL.

This can obviously bring petty disputes regarding which religions would qualify under this criteria. This is unimportant. The overall effect is that our somewhat-secular PMA umbrella is able to accommodate a wide variety of philosophies and bring our people together, without imposing a specific religion, and while prohibiting the religions of those who wish to extinguish us.

Historic Precedent

Throughout the 1600s and 1700s, a varied group of European Protestants, Catholics, Unitarians, and even a couple Deists came together to establish a land for our people . They established our first citizenship laws to restrict citizenship to Europeans of good moral character. Religions were largely separated by colony or region, but the society as a whole was both European and multi-religious.

More Historic Precedent

Back in the 1930s, an Austrian painter rose to power in Germany. Since he managed to enact major reforms that propelled his recently-defeated country to a world military superpower in less than a decade, we might be interested in what their official policy was on religion:

\\\"Positive Christianity\\\" was a form of Christianity that sought to blend German ideology with certain Christian beliefs. This movement rejected the contemporary claims of modern-day Jews that Jesus was Arabic, and promoted the idea of an Aryan Jesus.

But Germany at the time had plenty of Protestants, Catholics, and other denominations. How were these theological differences reconciled? In Point 24 of the 1920 NSDAP party platform, it states:

\\\"the Party as such represents the viewpoint of Positive Christianity without binding itself to any particular denomination\\\"

Thus, we see a successful example of a government maintaining a semi-secular status while still supporting a collection of religious denominations that most of the population followed.

Adapting Historical Policies to RTTL

The Inadequacy of 1770s United States Policy

Some would say that we should adopt the Founding Fathers' approach to religion. Unfortunately, they were too permissive. The genuine religious openness of some Founding Fathers to Muslims and Jews paved the way for acceptance of religions that are self-stated to be contrary to the existence of our people, and eventual mass immigration.

George Washington stated that he would allow Muslim and Jewish immigrants if they were \\\"good workmen\\\":

*\\\"If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mahometans [Mohammedans/Muslims], Jews, or Christians of any Sect, or they may be Atheists.\\\"*

-George Washington, in a 1784 letter to Tench Tighman

[Nervous Tick]

>> What would appeal to me is a “CONSERVATIVES ONLY”

Me too!

>> Is that discriminatory?

Of course it is! MLK for example was a proponent of judging folks by the content of their character. :-)

“Discernment” naturally leads to “discrimination”. I don’t eat (or believe) *everything* that someone puts in front of me! So I separate food (and beliefs) into groups and choose some groups over others.

[Nervous Tick]

Hmmm... they ARE kinda natzy, aren’t they?

Thanks for the research.

>> “an Austrian painter rose to power in Germany.”

I’ve heard of that guy!

[sam_whiskey]

People can do whatever they want, freedom of association and all that, but on a personal level I’m not a fan of any kind of separatist group no matter what the basis. There always seem to ultimately be some pretty negative consequences associated with it, sometimes horrific, and often affecting the people that are members themselves.

[Nervous Tick]

>> white gentiles are demonized if they attempt it

Oh, so you’ve never BEEN to Idaho. LOL

[Toespi]

Actually, there are the Amish communities.

[silverleaf]

No drag shows at the library, either

[SaveFerris]

Interesting 🤔 symbol wow 😨

[OKSooner]

Either this is a Deep State front or there is just totally no such thing.