Return to the Land, Eric Orwoll #racist #wingnut #homophobia #transphobia #biphobia independent.co.uk
Return to the Land (RTTL), which describes itself as a private membership association (PMA)[…]opened its first community in Arkansas in October 2023 and is now considering entering a second state[…]
The group is opposed to mass immigration, multiculturalism and “forced integration” and reportedly does not welcome non-white, non-Christian or LGBT+ people, explaining that its members are seeking to “separate ourselves from a failing modern society”[…]
“You want a white nation? Build a white town?” RTTL’s co-founder Eric Orwoll asks in an X video promoting the initiative. “It can be done”[…]
Speaking to Sky News journalist Tom Cheshire – who visited RTTL’s first “fortress for the white race” and found a world of fresh goat’s milk, flute recitals, family kickball games and creek swimming – Orwoll expressed a nostalgia for the America of the 17th century encountered by the Virginia settlers
“I would probably feel more comfortable there because I’m white and that’s the way this country was when my ancestors came there”[…]
Orwoll – who frames the debate surrounding his project as a “First Amendment issue” and a “freedom issue” about “doing what we want on our own private land” – has invested tens of thousands of dollars into research on its legality[…]
Orwoll believes its PMA status exempts it from legislation like the Civil Rights Act or the Fair Housing Act[…]
Asked by Sky about the more overtly racist aspects of his organization, including the sharing of white supremacist slogans in its Telegram channel and his own thoughts on a “second coming” of Adolf Hitler, Orwoll did not shy away, saying conventional opinion on the Nazi leader is “one-sided”[…]
“But when I say, ‘you’re gonna have to wait for that new Hitler to arise’, I’m not saying you’re going to have to wait for a new person to start a new Holocaust
“I am saying you are going to wait for a charismatic leader who is going to advocate for your interests because that’s how a lot of people see Hitler”