Makes a whole lot of sense for them to meet in the only major metro area in the nation that is majority black, doesn't it? Here's hoping they stay home in their trailers and don't come.

This same group held their 2004 convention in New Orleans at the Airport Plaza Hotel. This big ol' Nazi throw-down is described on David Duke's web site. Seems 300 of his like-minded brothers were there, and enjoyed great discounted breakfasts in the hotel restaurant. Wonder if any of the servers were non-white! Or Jewish! Horrors!

They are coming here because Tinker and Bailey are the speakers.

"It will be held in a first-class, premier hotel in a beautiful and secure country setting that is still just a short ride from the Memphis region airport." DeSoto County, maybe?

One of the things that I find hardest about embracing a philosophy of tolerance, is being tolerant of intolerant jerks like Dukes et al.

I'm guessing DeSoto County for sure. Or, dare I say it, a casino hotel?

Actually, Duke is far less racist than most people. He stands for the rights of white people, too, and not in exclusion of the rights of others, and that's the amazing truth. Read his website. Search for "Kramer" and "N word", you will find his piece on how he really feels about using that word. It is the _Flyer_ who is into calling people nasty names.

Hateration '08 is going to be right here in River City? We need to get ole Davey-boy down on Beale Street so that he can find out that once you're black, you'll never go back.

I keep forgetting about how hard the white man had to struggle against hardship and oppression.

I think I know where it is. Went to a wedding that fits that description. but would hate to ruin their name if i was wrong. This would be a good day for none of the Taxis to be working the airport. Do a Pulaski on them and deny them service with a smile.

Every hotel offers discounts on room rates for conventions. You really get upset for some of the silliest reasons. And foul language is no argument, it just shows your own ignorance. Calling Duke an A-hole or a racist or whatever, is quite similar to the mob screaming witch or heretic in the middle ages. What? You think that Duke and his cohorts don't have the right to meet or be treated like any other group? Is that tolerance? Is that America? Although certainly there is much to disagree with about Duke, I don't know of any nationally known politician who has had the guts to stand up against the most powerful force in American politics AIPAC and the Jewish Lobby. While most politicians stood by, he actively opposed the Iraq War. In well-reasoned arguments he explained BEFORE the war that there were no weapons of mass destruction. He is one of the few who have dared to talk about the plight and suffering of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people who were terrorized and kicked out of their homes and then not allowed to even go back to where they and their ancestors 20 generations were born. Men, women and children who have suffered 50 years of brutal occupation. You are the kind of liberals who hate David Duke for defending his own heritage and rights, but who support Israel, a nation of segregated schools, settlements, in fact a nation where it is not even legal for a Jew and a non-Jew to marry! You are the kind who sees no problem with advocacy groups for African Americans, Mexican Americans and Jews, all working for their perceived interests, but if European Americans do so it is hatred and intolerance to you. You somehow think it is moral to racially discriminate against a young White person, who by the way can be poor as dirt with a broken family, but condemn discrimination against Black guy even if he is the rich and privileged son of Jesse Jackson. Unlike you, this liberal is opposed to all kinds of discrimination. I am a liberal, but I am not your brand of myopic, hypocritical liberalism. People who think for themselves can determine who is the a-hole.

Dr Max, I believe you said it all - thanks..

Ok Memphisflyer, I know who you are and the type of company you are...As one who interviewed for a position there I know that you are white-cripple-discriminate so I can fully say I except this from you. Support of the great black nation of haters of Euro-america that make Bill Cosby want to vomit. I agree with Dr.M , acturally I feel the human race needs a clencing becuase the stupidity of humanity is without a doubt showwing here, both black and white.... Why is it that blacks , Afro-america, wishes nothing more then to do as the KKK and afro-haye groups do towards them. Seriously, I think there should be a law stating that all hate groups including the NAACP(After what Bill Cosby tried to do and the reaction NAACP took is clear signs of it) should be concidered terrorist, hunted down like Bin Ladan. Any hate or racial group I wish nothing but to put you all in an arena and let you all kill each other, period. Since it is what you want isn't it? You could say I hate humans or better terming I hate stupid humans who make it hard as hell for the rest of those who are good, kind, and conciderate people both black and white, purple too. I rest my peace...

Unicorn, two things: one, HARBRACE. Two, spellcheck.

With 28% of the comments trending pro-David-Duke, I guess I know why he picked Memphis for Whiteyfest.

WOW! Someone struck the crazy cracker chord with this article. We all know the Flyer is a liberal rag. No big news there. But if we can't be united over thinking David Duke is a racist asshole then ........I am even shocked that his supporters know how to use a PC. I guess I will have to rethink my opinion of them as methed out, bitter, sister bonking, trailer trash. That felt good.

wow, unicorn. after reading your post, it's easy to see why you didn't get a job at a newspaper, where people are expected and required to know grammar and spelling. oh, boy, something to look forward to after the election. a confluence of a-holes in the bluff city. maybe we can get them all to break wind at once and use the methane to help the poor heat their homes this winter. someone needs to alert epa that our air quality is going to be way off that week.

In retrospect, calling the gathering "Whiteyfest" might have been insensitive. Would "The Cracker Carnival" have been better? "Honky Hoedown?"

Dude! I'm going to show them some southern hospitality and invite 'em to my house for 40s--I'm sure they's love my countryesque home in North Memphis ;-)

Since this article, I have been looking over Dr. David Duke's website. I have read quite a few of his articles now and feel I have a much better sense of the man than I did just two days ago. I noticed that Dr. Duke, unlike you, never refers to people he disagrees with as a-holes. I have discovered that Dr. Duke, a college professor who now lectures and is greatly respected in Europe, actually condemns White supremacism and all forms of racial and religious supremacism. I also note with surprise as a long-credtentialed liberal, that he is quite an iconoclast. He is a strong ecologist and protector of the environment. He believes in absolute freedom of speech and all basic constitutional freedoms, unlike the Congress (both democrats and republicans} who voted for the unpatriotic Patriot Act. He was right from the beginning about the insanity of the Iraq War. I am now starting to understand why he received over 60 percent of the White vote in Louisiana for the U.S. Senate and Governor. He would have probably won in Tennessee. I doubt if I would have voted for him, but one thing is for sure, the fellow is articulate, espouses not an iota of hate, is a gentleman, I would love to hear this man who was outspent 100 to 1 in media, and who had the whole political establishment against him, yet still got 60 percent of the White vote. The hateful headline and comments of the Memphis Flyer against Duke will certainly bring out more people in Tennessee to the Conference where he will speak. Duke should send you a few bucks for the free advertising!

Why Memphis? A mayor that helped found his own subdivision rather than live too close to too many whites. A city councilman - considered a moderate! - who publically said his main concern was having a black mayor and a black majority on the city council. A CA editor who wrote his enjoyment of baseall depends on the skin color of the players. A CA columnist who wrote fondly of attending a rally organized by a man who called Jews "the Spawns of Satan." An alternative weekly that covers East Tenn. school and church shootings but considers an East Tenn. carjacking, kidnapping, gang-rape and murder (as brutal as the opening scene in Grishams' A Time To Kill) a nonevent. Duke and his haters and rascists will be among their own...

Ah, Dr. Max, I see you're part of the liberals for David Duke movement. When you see the other two members, Bigfoot and Nessie, please tell them I said hello.

Peckerwood Picnic? Skinhead Shindig?

The titling of this piece is NOT professional journalism. I don't think JB did it, either, because he's not in the comments. It's saddening to see the pile-on extremist vitriol such a headline induces.

Hey Chris, Actually, there are lots of liberals who appreciate David Duke, and I am one of them. How so? I went to his website and decided to read for myself--instead of rolling along with media and press screed like this article, written by a hate monger. What is amazing are all the hate mongers writing into this comment section that hate David Duke just because they feel like hating him. None of you hate him for a reason--you've elected simply to be haters. Now, if you actually go to his website and READ (if you have enough intelligence to do so) you will find he has always been against the war on Iraq, believes we shuld bring the troops home now, is a fan of Cindy Sheehan, observes the occupation of the Palestinian as a human rights abuse, gives absolutely no support to Bush or McCain, voted for Nader (an Arab-American, btw) instead, think that Obama will do less damage than McCain, opposes using "the n-word", opposes supremacism of any kind...and when he talks about Jewish supremacism he gets ALL of his sources on the topic from Jewish writers and Jewish publications themselves. He doesn't need to get one word from a non-Jew to make his case against racism coming from Jews. Duke opened my eyes to black on white crime and it's near non-existance occurance by whites against blacks. I learned a couple years ago that according to the US Dept of Justice, in 2005 over 37,000 rapes were committed by blacks against white women--the same year rapes by whites against blacks was less than ten. The years before and since are similar. But the media will have everyone believing that whites are the criminals, and that is false. As a white woman I have a personal interest in this bit of info--my safety depends on my knowing and understanding that there are far more blacks who are violent haters of whites than the other way around. Guilting whites for not being more helpful than we already are, and putting us at risk and causing our victimization by violence through hatefully written articles such as this one is an act of racism itself. I oppose racism all around--including against whites, including against me. All of you who hate whites, and the author of this article, are the real haters.

Eurotrash defined: anyone who attends this conference.

I grew up in Virginia, and I have always said that the folks who claim to be liberal in that state are actually quite conservative and the ones that claim to be conservative are borderline fascist. I think Virginia Gentlewoman just proved my point.

Whitestock? David Duke's Racist Rockin' Eve?

B, reminds me of a high school buddy's grandmother. She once said (over 28 years ago, in all seriousness) about black people: "I'm not prejudiced, mind you, I think they ought to be allowed to live."

Hey, Dr. Max, VA Gentlewoman, etc.... How can you defend David Duke? He is HOSTING this convention. This convention features speakers HE INVITED. Among the speakers is Don Black, founder of Stormfront (one of the most popular hate sites on the web). Don Black became Imperial Wizard of the KKK after Duke resigned the post. And as a member in good standing of the American Nazi Party, I'm sure he supported equal rights for all. Another guest speaker invited by Duke is Paul Fromm -- a Canadian Neo-Nazi leader who celebrates Hitler's birthday, has ties to the KKK, leads a group called the CFIRC which opposes the immigration of non-whites, and was stripped of his license to teach school last year because of his hate-filled ideology. These are only two of several equally-enlightened speakers set to hit the mic in Memphis come November.

Yes Mute, it's far more damaging to the conversation than the collected works of Dr. David Duke. Perspective sir will reveal the difference between a wink and a poke in the eye.

From their posts, it's obvious, Dr. Max and Virginia are one and the same fake liberal "concern troll." A look at the speakers of this and past Whitestock conventions makes it very clear what this bunch is all about. And it ain't "liberal."

Wingnut Wingding? NeoNaziriffic November?

B, fancycwabs, packrat, artypants, and olemiss: First, I was surprised to see posts by the liberal from Mississippi. No, he is not me. Second, I repeat, read David Duke's website for yourselves--he is not hateful. I will say that much of what some of you have written is very hateful. One thing I learned when I made conservative friends is that liberals are just as hateful and prejudiced as the people they point their fingers at--and all of you have proven my point. As a liberal I'm truly an oddity because I don't believe in hating someone just because the media and rags like this one tell me I'm supposed to. Now some input from a friend of mine about what happens when media, rags, movies, and the education system preach hatred against whites--the fact that none of you answer to the follow facts tells me you think it's ok white women get raped on account of their skin color--and such hatred should never be accepted by liberals, but unfortunately it is. Would this liberal rag come to the defense of rape victims, even though they are white and their perps black? I doubt it--so tell me who is the real hater: ""To see the real truth of the matter, let us take a look at the Department of Justice document Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2005. (Go to the linked document, and under "Victims and Offenders" download the pdf file for 2005.) In Table 42, entitled "Personal crimes of violence, 2005, percent distribution of single-offender victimizations, based on race of victims, by type of crime and perceived race of offender," we learn that there were 111,590 white victims and 36,620 black victims of rape or sexual assault in 2005. In the 111,590 cases in which the victim of rape or sexual assault was white, 44.5 percent of the offenders were white, and 33.6 percent of the offenders were black. In the 36,620 cases in which the victim of rape or sexual assault was black, 100 percent of the offenders were black, and 0.0 percent of the offenders were white. The table explains that 0.0 percent means that there were under 10 incidents nationally. In the United States in 2005, 37,460 white females were sexually assaulted or raped by a black man, while between zero and ten black females were sexually assaulted or raped by a white man. What this means is that every day in the United States, over one hundred white women are raped or sexually assaulted by a black man"

VAGentlewoman- Being someone who uses statistics everyday in my job, I would like to point out that you are an idiot (don't fret we need statistical dummies or I wouldn't have a job). Focusing on skin color is a ridiculous argument to make. How many rapes were white on white? How many were committed by people below the poverty level? How many were committed between the hours of 12 and 2 and in months with only 30 days? How many were the result alien abduction? 100% of all deaths are the direct result of life. I could go on and on. Maybe I will. "92% of all statistics are made up right there on the spot" - T Snider.

Fourth Reich Rape-based Race-baiting Rave?

Wow. Who knew rednecks would be so sensitive to the term "a-hole?" VAG, I read Duke's site before commenting, and it's like a trip to crazy town. I especially liked his article on how if Obama gets assassinated it would be disastrous for Euro-Americans. Such circular philosophizing to justify racism and assasination suggestions thinly disguised as discouragement are very clever tactics ... I mean for people like you. As an American, I wholeheartedly support their right to assemble and spew their bullshit, but we don't have to like them. And while it has been a tremendous struggle, I think I'm gonna ride this white thing out.

Truedat WEG: With a little faith and a lot of hard work someday we whites will have the same opportunities as everyone else. Even here in the south.

Did you know that 100% of the comments on this article were black on white. WTH?!

Chris, for some reason, your comments remind me of that cell phone commercial where this older WASPy guy says, "No one can tell me what to do. It's my little way of sticking it to The Man." His younger subordinate replies, "But sir, you ARE The Man." The guy replies, "I know." Then the younger man says, "So, you're sticking it to yourself." "Maybe," the executive says. May be a fitting analogy. Just let Duke stick it to himself. I'd like to think that there is a cozy little corner of Hell reserved just for him, right next door to Hitler.

VA Gentlewoman, I went to your website. Nice! Those darn jews.

"A society that puts equality ahead of freedom will end up with neither" ~Milton Friedman Apparently, there are many people in Memphis who are tired of being free.I see it is true how for some ignorance and fear of anything unconventional DOES provide for a life of mental ease.

European Americans United Dot Org

WTF? Newforce, are you seriously using a quote from a Jewish free market economist to support white supremacist ideas?

Yes, newforce, by golly you got us. We really hate freedom here in the Bluff City. Take me for instance; I hate freedom, I just absolutely detest it. I'm the biggest freedom-hater in Memphis, right up there with such illustrious freedom haters like Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, etc.

You know, a small part of me really wants to go to this just because I'm facinated by insanity. Then my Jewish heritage speaks up and says, "Katie, don't be a f-cking idiot."

actually katie, you may be on to something. maybe we should get up a group to crash the party and shoot spitballs...

I'm so down for hanging out across the street, rallying for tolerance.

I wonder if this group will be taking care of the service industry and tipping the normal 15-20%. Or will they be order water with extra lemons and stiffing on the tip because there is not enough free sugar packets on the table to make 4 glasses of lemonade. Like another convention that Memphis caters too.

Bigotry Bash? Hayride and Barn Dance at the Triple-K Ranch?

Now mulleon, is that racism or bigotry against a religion? I mean, there's only one other annual convention here...

Circle KKK Jerk and the Assholes

Katie, Either way his comment is pretty noxious. Count me in for the rally! fancy, how about Krazy Klucker Konvention? Fascists on Parade? Goose Shtuppers?

Yes katie, it's such a valid analogy to compare a historically black religious group (crappy tippers or no)which meets in Memphis every year to an avowed bunch of racists meeting here. Guy needs to take a remedial course in logic.

It would be funny, though, if, as a convention group, they had the same reportedly unbecoming behavior. And I bet racists are bad tippers, but there I go being prejudiced. Hmmm ... I wonder who will be working in the kitchen.

"Circle KKK and the Jerks." Nice one, Zip.

Goyim Gathering? Gringo Gala?

Hate-a-palooza!

If you're an African American, an Asian American or a non-European hispanic American, I would encourage you to read Uzi Omans, "The Art of Obfuscatory Formulation," which appeared in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on May 17, 1991 www.jewwatch.com/jew-genocide-palestinian-apartheidlaws.html When you read what the racists in Israel think about all non-Jews, just imagine what they think of you. Let me give you a hint: You're being used!

The Ku Klux Klusterf**k?

Packrat: Oh my! I actually agree with you.

Agree with what?

The Memphis, Tennessee conference with David Duke is not a 'white supremist' conference. All Americans should question WHY people want to prevent this conference. And why racist groups would threaten to kill the hotel manager and his family (he resigned). What is WRONG with Americans that they would let this intimidation happen?? I am not a David Duke follower but he has the right to speak. This is America? I think not. Susie