# I got an invite to a white power board... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 15, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227 "2014-07-15T21:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/21 "2014-07-16T01:53:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No way! I saw _Mean Girls_. I know what happens when you go undercover. The leader of the infiltrated group gets hit by a bus? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/22 "2014-07-16T02:09:07Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I did not get a PM from anyone today. Even the haters don’t like me. ☹ > [@running\_coach](#): > > Why would a white power board want someone with blue skin? Now I’m wondering if there’s a website for racist _Avatar_ fans. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/23 "2014-07-16T02:32:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > …via PM. It looks like the spammer was banned. I just wonder if he/she spammed everyone’s inbox or looked for people who might be suitably disposed. > > I assume not that latter, since I’m brown. If you do infiltrate it, be sure to keep the white sheet on at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/24 "2014-07-16T02:50:07Z")
I got one. At least I think I did: I assumed the website was malware encrusted and deleted the PM. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/25 "2014-07-16T02:55:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If you do infiltrate it, be sure to keep the white sheet on at all times. Or claim you haven’t washed up from the weekly cross-burning. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/26 "2014-07-16T02:57:49Z")
Huh. I got a spam PM today, too, but I didn’t check the linked site out. It claimed it was just about Western Civilization. However, a check on Google found an entry on the Metawiki (itself a white power alternative to Wikipedia, something I forgot before going there) that said it proclaims itself to be about “ethnocultural preservation” and that it is a spinoff of a “pro-Nordic” board. So, yeah, it clearly is a White Power site. But, oddly enough, one that is apparently disliked by other White Power sites as being “too liberal.” I forwarded the PM and then reported it (not being sure which was better). I checked a few minutes later, and the poster was banned. BTW, anyone know what the word Meta has to do with white power? I keep forgetting and thinking metapedia means “Wiki about Wikis.” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/27 "2014-07-16T03:34:07Z")
I am the WASPiest of white guys, and I did get an invite. My thanks to RNATB; because of this thread, I was not remotely tempted to take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/28 "2014-07-16T03:36:09Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > BTW, anyone know what the word Meta has to do with white power? I keep forgetting and thinking metapedia means “Wiki about Wikis.” Not sure, but “meta” literally means after/beyond/above and that sort of thing, so I’d assume they’re saying they’re either “beyond” other races or somesuch. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/29 "2014-07-16T03:53:17Z")
No invite here. Like Groucho Marx, I would never join any group that would have me for a member, so looks like White Power is still an option for me. Nyah, nyah. Sort of. In rl I am more-or-less Slavic, which is not the kind of white person the White Power people are going for. At least not first. Ah, well, I guess I’ll just lug this cross of race another few paces toward the grave then, never mind me, no trouble at all… ---
**Author:** ![runningdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/30 "2014-07-16T03:54:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > …via PM. It looks like the spammer was banned. I just wonder if he/she spammed everyone’s inbox or looked for people who might be suitably disposed. > > I assume not that latter, since I’m brown. I initially imagined something like this [projector/interactive white board](http://www.projectorinstall.co.uk/acatalog/lbi_36614d9e7af9c56c5890527674abec95_252_186_ffffff_85.jpg)… I had _no_ idea how even a spammer could “invite” you to one of _those!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/31 "2014-07-16T03:59:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > No invite. I guess I should get my sheet and pointy hat dry-cleaned just in case, though. I hear that! Hot date with a witch. Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/32 "2014-07-16T05:06:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > …via PM. It looks like the spammer was banned. I just wonder if he/she spammed everyone’s inbox or looked for people who might be suitably disposed. > > I assume not that latter, since I’m brown. I got nothing. At first, I thought you said “white pow_D_er.” And I thought, “I could get into that.” But, leery of getting cocaine on-line, I figured I’d need an attorney if I pursued it further. Then I realized that you **are** an attorney. And then there’d be a whole conflict of interest hiring you, since you’re brown, and I’d have white powder. Then, I thought, “to hell with it. I need a beer instead.” And then I blacked out for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/33 "2014-07-16T09:40:30Z")
Nothing for me. Clearly they’ve read my opinions of racists… ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/34 "2014-07-16T11:13:41Z")
I got the invite too; in fact, the way I found this thread was by going there and following a link from a thread there to here! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/35 "2014-07-16T12:25:04Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Huh. I got a spam PM today, too, but I didn’t check the linked site out. Probably didn’t notice the missing “o” in your username. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/36 "2014-07-16T12:25:20Z")
Same here, but I’m not likely to click on a link I get in a spam e-mail. 10Q to the mods for their quick and appropriately drastic response. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/37 "2014-07-16T12:29:41Z")
No invite for me! Maybe they’ve read my opinions on them. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/38 "2014-07-16T12:29:49Z")
I guess I’m not white enough.☹ ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/39 "2014-07-16T12:31:47Z")
I clicked it because I thought it might actually be a reasonable forum celebrating Western civilization–which is something I’ve done in comments on certain threads, so I erroneously believed it to be an individual invitation. But my admiration of Western civ, though termed “Islamophobic” by some, is on the grounds of its progressivity. That site is super right wing, so I quickly determined it was not of interest to me. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227/40 "2014-07-16T13:05:28Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I got the invite too; in fact, the way I found this thread was by going there and following a link from a thread there to here! Now I’m curious about what they are saying. I did the same thing as **BigT** : googled the site name and wound up at Metapedia (which I’d never heard of before.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-invite-to-a-white-power-board/693227.md?page=3)