Christian Nationalism Rocked By White Boy Summer Video Controversy

GM! I made this video to encourage the brothers and remind them (especially on a day like this) that we will have our home again. God smiled down on us this Summer. May we thank Him for His mercies ??. pic.twitter.com/ZGd2TAcbWt

— Samuel Holden (@SamuelHolden_) September 11, 2024

https://t.co/fjUCprHUWZ pic.twitter.com/qGbzOShrg5

— Samuel Holden (@SamuelHolden_) September 18, 2024

Let’s do this. The most notable references I caught in the deliberately Nazi, White Boy Summer video, removing any excuse that these people didn’t know exactly what they were sharing. ? pic.twitter.com/7Gvp9v0R8T

— Blake Callens (@blakecallens) September 18, 2024

?#WokeRight
Previously, I critiqued @rightresponsem, @Brian_Sauve and @Eric_Conn for de-emphasising the Gospel in their movement.

I was asked to provide evidence.

Over the past 12 months, only 5.6% of their posts on X were related to the Gospel.
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— thoughtful orthodoxy ? (@thoughtful_orth) September 18, 2024

There is a large group of disaffected young Christian men who have already for years been denounced at every hour by the media, the left, and establishment conservatives.

For anything even moderately right wing, such as as acknowledging racial or ethnic differences, wanting to… https://t.co/wWgyZHuXZ8

— ? Ben the Father (@cultcrit) September 18, 2024

On the same day that racists are romanticizing Nazi propaganda as “white boy summer,” the Mossad is detonating 1,200 pagers in the pockets of Iranian-backed terrorist.

The people of Israel are gonna be fine. The church has some serious self examination to do.

— Mike Cosper (@MikeCosper) September 18, 2024

Kinda funny how wokeism gave birth to the 4th Reich.

This is why Christians need to stay well away from any and all bandwagons, pendulums, and reactionary societal zeitgeists.

We are to stand above it all and call to those below.

— Aaron (@AaronInWriting) September 17, 2024

This is what never saying “GM kings” to the boys will do to you. Sad. https://t.co/Hl51vR5FWY

— William Swollace (Barbarian Right) (@WBS_Meme_King) September 18, 2024

The “We Are in a Very Bad Place” point of your movement is when leading voices–Sauve, Conn, and Webbon–are unrepentantly backing a video with footage featuring a) Nazi rallies and b) Hitler being adored by Nazis and c) the founder of the American Nazi party. https://t.co/01gYF9r7WY

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 17, 2024

The woke right trajectory:

1. The friend-enemy distinction is crucial
2. The #Regime must be destroyed
3. Neo-Nazis also want The #Regime destroyed
4. Neo-Nazis are friends
5. We shouldn’t criticize our friends
6. We should defend our friends
7. Neo-Nazis really aren’t that bad

— Neil Shenvi (@NeilShenvi) September 17, 2024

Perhaps you have seen this pastiche tribute to White Boy Summer, one that ends in a bit of Nazi triumphalism. Frankly, the video ended better for them than the war did. 1/5 https://t.co/Alvh8s64JK

— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) September 17, 2024

As I said yesterday, the Christian nationalist world revolves around daily accusations of “racism.” Every single day someone is accused of being a Nazi or “Woke Right” by antiracist Christians. Doug Wilson of Moscow, ID usually chimes in to try to triangulate between the two sides.

When I was writing that article yesterday morning dismissing Eric Striker’s claims about Christian nationalism, I was unaware that the usual Christian-on-Christian racism accusations were reaching a fever pitch over a White Boy Summer tribute video that was made by Samuel Holden. The provocative video in the first post above and the hysterical pearl-clutching over it is an excellent illustration of this dynamic. All the heat in the Christian nationalist world is over racism accusations, not theological differences between Protestant groups.