Paul Ray Ramsey

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Paul R. Ramsey
Born1963 (age 6061)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Other namesramzpaul, RamZPaul
Alma mater Colorado State University
Occupation(s) Vlogger, YouTube personality, public speaker

Paul Ray Ramsey (also known as ramzpaul and RamZPaul, born 1963) is an American far-right vlogger, YouTube personality, and public speaker. [1] [2] [3]

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The New York Times has described Ramsey as a "popular alt-right internet personality", [4] and the Swiss newspaper Basellandschaftliche Zeitung identified him as an important representative of the alt-right. [5] Media Matters for America, The Forward , and the Southern Poverty Law Center have called Ramsey a white nationalist. [6] [7] [8] He spoke at the 2013 conference held by the online magazine American Renaissance. [8] Ramsey replied to a question posed by Matthew Heimbach at the conference about the creation of a whites only state: "We need to Balkanize and create our own homeland. We have a right to exist." [9] [ better source needed ]

According to journalist Philipp Löpfe  [ de ], Ramsey uses comedy to convey a far-right message. [10]

Activities

Ramsay began pseudonymously posting YouTube videos under the handle RamZPaul starting in 2009. He posted humorous video rants. By 2016, Ramsay had added a larger amount of explicitly alt-right content to his channel, such as the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. [11]

In November 2016, Ramsey was a featured speaker at a conference held by the white supremacist National Policy Institute (NPI). The NPI was founded by Richard B. Spencer, who also is generally credited with coining the term alt-right. [12] After video emerged of several conference attendees giving the Nazi salute during a speech by Spencer, Ramsey disassociated himself from the NPI founder, as well as the term alt-right, saying, "You don't want to tie your brand to something that's ultimate evil." [12] [13] Ramsey was listed as a speaker for the 2018 Awakening conference in Helsinki, a self-described "ethno-nationalist" conference. [14] [15]

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