The Far Right is not radical.

British politicians busy themselves these days with denouncing and demonizing English people who expect the Britain they inherited from their grandparents to be the Britain they leave to their grandchildren. The continuity of culture and demographics is a deeply held human desire shared by most societies across time and space—but we are suddenly told by our elites that this sentiment is, actually, evil.

We are bombarded by media, politicians and academics pontificating about the supposed horrors of European nationalism. But the main belief of the Far Right is simply this: there should be an effort to preserve the civilization handed to us by our forefathers—the culture, heritage, traditions, religion, and (yes) demographics.

That is not radical. Not in the least. It’s what most of societies across the world believe, and no one thinks anything of it. China wants to stay Chinese, Zimbabwe wants to remain an African nation, and Japan insists on a country that Japanese children will inherit. Not only are we decidedly unoffended by these positions, but we would consider it strange if these nations did not behave this way. We would be surprised if these peoples did not defend themselves and fight for a future that preserves their identity.

But when European societies hold identical beliefs and pursue policies accordingly, people become enraged.

The position of the Left—to oppose the preservation of traditional European societies—is far more radical. To support mass immigration and the corresponding destruction of cohesive Western culture, to denounce the religion and traditions of our forefathers, to condemn our ancestors as evil bigots, to despise the colour of one’s own skin, and to open borders to migrants with no biometric assessments or cultural compatibility—these are all radical ideas.

Especially for Western European nations. These are countries with no significant history of immigration. The people of Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Finland (and so on) are the indigenous people of those lands. Unlike Canada, the United States and Australia, the “we are all immigrants” argument has no legs here. And even the Commonwealth countries noted above were built by Europeans for Europeans. They were nations formed by the peoples of Europe who united around British culture and institutions. They are part of the European diaspora and have every right to preserve their identity and heritage.

And this is all Western people are trying to accomplish. It isn’t a movement driven by hate or racism. It is a movement that simply suggests that England, for example, ought to be primarily a home for English people. The reverse of such a position is that if people do not have at least some English ancestry, then Britain is not their home. Some might call this xenophobia; others might call it an obvious, undeniable fact.

If we can be honest with ourselves for a moment, deporting all non-citizens and permanently closing the borders are not radical ideas. They are, in fact, thoroughly moderate in their orientation. All people who love Europe and the West ought to immediately work to accomplish this.

We must, of course, avoid the demands for ethnic purity which are starting to emerge on the farthest fringes of public discourse— that everyone must have four White grandparents or be 95% European to avoid deportation. These tactics would tear communities apart and create civil conflict across the West. But no one of any import is suggesting policies such as these.

No action at all, however, is just as unreasonable. We’ve gone too far toward destroying Western nations that we cannot argue against attempts to move the pendulum in the other direction. And the enduring barrier to moving forward productively is the inability to have open conversations about the predicament in which we find ourselves. When one so much as suggests that multiculturalism and diversity are not good for the West, a flurry or insults and accusations soon follow.

Despite these tactics, the so-called Far Right is unlikely to back down without a fair hearing. They are a class of European men who have thrown off the shackles of labels. Terms like extremist, racist, and bigot have become meaningless words that roll off shoulders without bother.

How we proceed will determine the future of the continent and the European diaspora more broadly.

God give us wisdom.