Richard Spencer — the alt right leader who vowed “we’re not going away” after Donald Trump won the presidency, was caught leading a Nazi salute for Trump and who got punched in the face at his hero’s inauguration — was evicted from the 10th annual International Students for Liberty Conference after trying to crash its party.
“Spencer, a self-declared white nationalist who believes the U.S. is losing its white identity, had no business attending a gathering of libertarian students, and conference organizers had every right to eject him,” Robby Soave wrote in Reason Magazine. “Indeed, their decision to do so was a valid exercise of libertarian principles in action.”
Soave described how Spencer “set himself up in the bar of the hotel” in Washington D.C. where the event was being held and “attempted to host an unscheduled and unwanted conversation about his despicable views.” He was eventually confronted by libertarian pundit Jeffrey Tucker, who “confronted Spencer and made clear to the alt-right provocateur that he ‘did not belong’ at ISFLC. Some shouting ensued, and hotel staff intervened. Shortly thereafter, Spencer left.”
In characteristic libertarian fashion, Soave pointed out that “the Marriott Wardman hotel is private property, and should enjoy the absolute right to evict irksome and unwelcome guests from its premises.”
Spencer has naturally availed himself of the opportunity to troll libertarians on his Twitter account. Some of his tweets are included below, although for spatial reasons we have not included all of them.
When you accept the reality of race it's hard to be a libertarian. Liberty isn't consistent with equality. Grow up and pick one. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
You can't be pro-science libertarians if you don't understand human evolution gave us races. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
On the biggest issue of our times — immigration & White replacement — libertarianism has failed us. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
How do libertarians intend to practice muh freedom if so few of them have kids? They're inviting their conquerors with a smile. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
The thing that scares the libertarians is that we were once them but wound up #altright. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
White millennials voted for Trump & support Le Pen. Libertarianism is over because it ignores white replacement. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
You can have your well fed right & it's boring conferences, Jeffrey Tucker. I'll red pill a generation just by showing up. #ISFLC17
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
Why does Jeffrey Tucker support deporting me from #ISFLC17 & not illegal immigrants or violent Muslims from America?
— Richard Spencer 🇺🇦 (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
“Attempts to disrupt the conference, both from the far left and far right, were not entirely unexpected, but the appearance of Mr. Spencer and alt-right activists at the hotel demonstrated the alt-right’s hostility to the ideas of liberty and freedom,” said Students for Liberty CEO Wolf von Laer in a statement. “Although we support freedom of speech and thought, we did not invite Mr. Spencer. We reject his hateful message and we wholeheartedly oppose his obsolete ideology.”
