Kinism is a

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interpretation of

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. The ideology is a "movement of anti-immigrant, ' Southern heritage' separatists who splintered off from

Christian Reconstructionism Christian reconstructionism is a fundamentalist Calvinist theonomic movement. It developed primarily under the direction of Rousas Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen and Gary North and has had an important influence on the Christian right in the United ...

to advocate the belief that God's intended order is 'loving one's kind' by separating people along 'tribal and ethnic' lines to live in large, extended-family groups."

History and ideology

The Kinist

ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied prim ...

emerged in the 1990s or early 2000s. Some kinists were associated with the

Neo-Confederate Neo-Confederates are groups and individuals who portray the Confederate States of America and its actions during the American Civil War in a positive light. The League of the South, the Sons of Confederate Veterans and other neo-Confederate organ ...

League of the South; one of its members stated that "The non-white immigration invasion is the '

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' to the 'white' problem of the South, White race genocide. We believe the Kinism statement proposes a biblical solution for all races. If whites die out, the South will no longer exist." The works of

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and

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play a large role in the

of many kinists. Joel LeFevre, successor to

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as editor of ''The Citizens Informer'', the publication of the

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, endorsed kinism and said " ry simply, without some level of

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, no

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… can permanently exist at all." Kinists claim that the

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prohibits

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and

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. The

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notes that "Despite having an explicit, racially centric set of beliefs, Kinists often deny that they are racists." The movement is loosely organized and as a result, it does not have a single leader; as of 2003, there were various kinist activists in the United States, many of them had an

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presence which consisted of

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s and

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s. Kinists are different from other white supremacist sects, such as

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, Wotansvolk and

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: "What sets Kinists apart from many other white supremacist groups is their adherence to a biblical form of Christianity whose core belief is

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through

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. Many other white supremacist groups completely reject Christianity or, when they do practice Christianity, they adhere to a form of the

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which only recognizes whites as capable of receiving salvation." The

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has called kinism "a new strain of racial separatism that wants America to be broken up into racial mini-states."

References

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History and ideology

See also

References