James Edwards interviews Thomas Rousseau, founder of Patriot Front.

What follows is an interview conducted by talk radio host James Edwards with Thomas Rousseau, founder of Patriot Front.

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James Edwards: When and for what purpose was Patriot Front founded?

Thomas Rousseau: I founded Patriot Front back in 2017 to solve what I saw to be a potentially mortal flaw in the nationalist movement, that being a lack of discipline, direction, and professionalism in its activist organizations. Since then, PF has become the largest such organization, expanding in both scope and size. The organization’s aim is to organize, align, and encompass the full spectrum of life. It is a nation within a nation. Just as our nation ought to be composed of athletes, entrepreneurs, scholars, tradesmen, and so on, our organization is as well. It’s not about the utilization of one or even several tactics; it’s about the overall alignment of all productive efforts to synchronize them in service to the ultimate goal. That goal is the service to our nation, our people, and the adherence to what we believe to be essential civic virtues.

Edwards: Could you please further explain the issues that drive your organization into action?

Rousseau: The list is despairingly long. The men of our nation are weak, our system of government is corrupt, our economy is exploitative, our culture is diluted, and our very existence is threatened. The nation is being strangled to death by both the inability of a young family to purchase a home and the foreign immigrants who roam our streets and kill with impunity. Just as our organization’s focus is definitely broad, it is decisively simple; nation and virtue. So we oppose that which assails the nation and infringes upon virtue, from the smallest substance addiction to the greatest political catastrophes. We’re tackling the arrayed armies of America’s opponents in every way we can, starting with the lives, minds, and bodies of the nation’s most essential resource, its men.

Edwards: In your opinion, what is a patriot, and what is the historic and authentic American identity?

Rousseau: Patriotism predates politics. Patriotism is merely a name ascribed to a natural impulse extant within all men. Patriotism existed when the ancient Greek hoplite raised a shield in defense of his city, when Briton fought Saxon on the shores of the North Sea, and that same impulse motivates our actions today. Patriotism is defined within the Greek as loyalty to the patrios, or the land of one’s fathers. It is more primordial than a political ideology – more fundamental. Patriotism is a patrilineal devotion to one’s home and kin. Insofar as this is true, the men of PF are more deserving of the name than any spineless conservative or delusional liberal who may paw impotently at the title.

The American identity is that of the people who created America. We are the heirs, the torchbearers, of those who settled these shores and created a nation. During colonial times, our people were merely a branch of the British nation, but through geographical distance, legislative self-rule, and sociopolitical adaptations to the New World, we underwent the process of ethnogenesis and became a nation truly unique in the world. We contest harshly the notion that our identity as Americans is something that can be granted to any border-hopping foreigner, or even those foreign to us who have inhabited this continent beside us for centuries. So-called “Native Americans” may well be native to this land, but they are not American, as America is a creation of the European race. The descendants of African slaves may have inhabited the continent as long as Europeans, but the races and their respective social organisms have been distinct ever since. We alone may claim the title of American. This is no small part of what our slogan means: reclaiming America not merely as a homeland, but as an identity, a title to be proud of.

Edwards: How have you managed to maintain discipline and build a membership of so many mentally and physically fit individuals?

Rousseau: By creating spaces, systems of engagement, and codes of conduct that create those kinds of men or attract those who are already of that quality of mental and physical discipline. Membership within our organization is structurally repellent to those of weak character. This is by design. It has been an incredibly long process of refinement and organic growth, which continues to this day.

Edwards: How important is combining effective messaging with good optics for success?

Rousseau: It is incredibly important, but we reject the notion of optics. I find too easily the adherents of that phrase, making no present accusations of course, can become disillusioned with the practice of integrity, and mold or manipulate their image too much to appeal to their audience. We aim to be, rather than to seem. If our message is good, that is because we are good. If our uniforms are clean and striking, that is because we are. If our marching is disciplined and orderly, then so are we. Everything we uphold in language, symbolism, and expression is meant to extract and display the fundamental qualities we have to the world. The men are tasked with being socially upright, healthy and orderly, educated and disciplined, not because it’s good optics, but simply because it is good.

Edwards: You are constantly being targeted by the press. Why has Patriot Front been such a magnet for media attention?

Rousseau: We are enemies of the press because we have struck at both the sacred cow and golden calf of liberal democracy, that being racial ignorance and anti-national insanity. For this, more than our stances on the family, more than our stances about the economy, more than our stances about the structure of government, have we been attacked. To me, this is a vindication that we must hold dear the principles of our nativity, of our racial inheritance. That, and our marches are spectacular displays that journalists and critics find impossible to ignore. This is by design.

Edwards: Many people may be unaware of Patriot Front’s relief efforts and community outreach projects. Could you please tell us a little about how Patriot Front has worked to assist American citizens?

Rousseau: The organization endeavors greatly to build community, and I mean build in the literal sense. Not through mere socialization can we hope to establish robust communities among our people, but through hard work. We most prominently engage in disaster relief missions in the aftermath of floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. We seek out Americans and help them restore their lives. We do it because it’s the right thing to do, and we show the nation our efforts to incite men to stand alongside us, so that each successive disaster finds us better prepared. We don’t wait for disaster to strike; however, when it comes to serving our people, day to day and week to week, members help one another and their families with constructive projects. Any kind of work an unorganized man may have paid foreign scab labor for, within the organization, we aim to do within the men of the community.

Edwards: Do you believe cultural trends and political action are finally shifting in our favor? If so, how can Patriot Front continue to affect positive change?

Rousseau: The reason I believe so firmly in the necessity of an organization is so that we are not awash in the current of cultural or political trends, so that we have a vehicle to both make and navigate our own currents. Things may decline and deteriorate in the country, yet those within our ranks will be spared the experience and hold hands outstretched to our countrymen. Things may improve in one way or another, and we will find ourselves moving forward into every opportunity to expand our reach and influence. I will say that, yes, the general sentiment of nationalism seems to be growing in the country; once-fringe subjects like mass deportations have become commonplace, some ground has been made legislatively, but by no means whatsoever am I content in these acts of appeasement to lay down my efforts and entrust the fate of the nation to the hands of conservatives. We will fight for change regardless, for the same virtues, for the same people, and via all existing means and any we may devise, improvise, or invent.

Edwards: Patriot Front’s website is one of the sharpest on the Internet. Where can readers go to see it for themselves, and what information will they find upon arrival?

Rousseau: PatriotFront.us is a great resource for learning about or applying to our organization. We implore those interested and supportive to visit, watch our videos, follow our social media pages, and listen to our interviews. If they think they have what it takes, we invite them to stand with us as we reclaim our country. There’s no better place to be, and there’s no better time than now to get there.

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