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BumRushDaShow

(158,839 posts)
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 05:42 AM Jul 25

'Whites-only' community seeks Missouri expansion

Last edited Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:39 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: The Hill

07/24/25 5:59 PM ET


A “whites-only” group called Return to the Land (RTTL), derided by critics as racist and antisemitic, is looking to expand its reach from its base in northern Arkansas to an area near Springfield, Mo., a co-founder of the group said recently.

The prospect of a growing “whites-only” community — where members are evaluated based on European ancestry and where Jews are denied membership — is raising concerns among state and local officials and activist groups. RTTL, which describes itself as a private member association, began development in 2023 on its base in northern Arkansas, which sits on 160 acres of land.

A co-founder of the group, Eric Orwoll, told Nexstar’s KOLR that he hopes to expand soon to an area of land outside Springfield, and, eventually, expand to all 50 states. “We want to ensure that White Americans who value their ancestry will have the ability to live among like-minded people in the future if they choose to do so, regardless of demographic changes,” Orwoll told the news outlet.

He said RTTL plans to coordinate homeschool groups, health care networks, legal advocacy groups and more — all of which would be barred to people of color. “Whites should have the ability to live among their own people if that’s what they want to do, and mass immigration is quickly making that nearly impossible in many Western nations,” Orwoll said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5419057-whites-only-community-return-to-the-land-missouri-arkansas/

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'Whites-only' community seeks Missouri expansion (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 25 OP
I hope they will be very happy together and leave the rest of us the fuck alone Walleye Jul 25 #1
I recommend Russia. ananda Jul 25 #9
Great suggestion MrsCheaplaugh Jul 25 #14
Yeah, I want them to go to Russia and insist on their right to carry firearms Walleye Jul 25 #36
oh, you can carry them.... reACTIONary Jul 25 #42
😆 Walleye Jul 25 #45
One would hope that their "membership" sdfernando Jul 25 #23
Yep. Including football and basketball. Walleye Jul 25 #35
But they're NOT staying put, and that is the problem with these jerks... slightlv Jul 25 #46
I wonder how they determine who's white enough... Hugin Jul 25 #2
23andMe screening should be required of all members. TheRickles Jul 25 #19
It does mention in the article that there's some sort of ancestry screening. Hugin Jul 25 #21
160 acres, a homestead. Walleye Jul 25 #37
Many people get the shock of their lives after doing DNA testing. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #52
how many generations back will they have to prove their ancestors married cousins? DBoon Jul 25 #24
Hard to say... The Ptolemys might qualify. Hugin Jul 25 #25
They use an iq test... you have to be a moron. reACTIONary Jul 25 #43
Wow....that literally Bettie Jul 25 #3
Megan Kelly can be their queen. Traildogbob Jul 25 #26
Makes me grateful my parents moved us from Missouri to California when I was little Attilatheblond Jul 25 #30
When I was little, my parents moved from.... reACTIONary Jul 25 #44
Can only imagine! Attilatheblond Jul 25 #49
Some people may not qualify to be, well, people. twodogsbarking Jul 25 #4
Isn't it better JustAnotherGen Jul 25 #5
As long as no tax-paid services are provided to them. yardwork Jul 25 #18
ITA JustAnotherGen Jul 25 #22
I wouldn't stop at taxpayaer services DBoon Jul 25 #32
And they still have to follow all local, state, and federal laws. yardwork Jul 25 #33
Oh, they will have their own police force. And when every one of these guys shoots each other, we will finally be rid Walleye Jul 25 #38
that's how i feel cabotnn22 Jul 25 #50
The level of racism that Trump and Republicans are supporting is truly sickening. Lonestarblue Jul 25 #6
It's always been here JustAnotherGen Jul 25 #12
I figure the next group he's queueing up for the concentration camps slightlv Jul 25 #47
Can any media do a real investigation these days? pimpbot Jul 25 #7
Whites (European descent) are STILL the majority in the U.S. BumRushDaShow Jul 25 #8
Anyone else hear Floyd R. Turbo Jul 25 #10
No JustAnotherGen Jul 25 #13
Some ideas never seem to die ..... 70sEraVet Jul 25 #11
Return to the land? lonely bird Jul 25 #15
Build THAT wall! marmar Jul 25 #16
Ahh...more good christians I expect. Hope no one does business with them. travelingthrulife Jul 25 #17
This is one strange Home Owners' Association. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 25 #20
Only the Traildogbob Jul 25 #34
Yeah, those people only believe in White Jeff Lynne Jesus, not swarthy Palestinian Jesus. LudwigPastorius Jul 25 #40
a sample video of north arkansas... ret5hd Jul 25 #27
Ah, Springfield... slightlv Jul 25 #48
They will Rebl2 Jul 25 #28
Ugh Lulu KC Jul 25 #29
Jesus Lemon Lyman Jul 25 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Jul 25 #39
If all you have is your white skin to brag about, you don't have anything at all. White skin is not an accomplishment. Solly Mack Jul 25 #41
Communism Blackjackdavey Jul 25 #51
Could be a good place to send some pandemic viruses into ! kimbutgar Jul 25 #53
Republican Arkansas AG says there's nothing wrong with the whites-only Return to the Land enclave LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2 #54

Walleye

(42,112 posts)
1. I hope they will be very happy together and leave the rest of us the fuck alone
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:09 AM
Jul 25

They don’t have to stay here in the United States. Let them go somewhere else.

MrsCheaplaugh

(243 posts)
14. Great suggestion
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:22 AM
Jul 25

But I understand that didn't work out so well for another fascist pinhead and his family.

sdfernando

(5,883 posts)
23. One would hope that their "membership"
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:43 AM
Jul 25

would be small and eventually they would all die out due to inbreeding....but that could take a long time. In the meantime I suggest they deny themselves any and all contributions to society by all non-white and Jewish persons....that should help speed it along.

slightlv

(6,451 posts)
46. But they're NOT staying put, and that is the problem with these jerks...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 04:05 PM
Jul 25

They get something started like this, and they want more, more, more. More land, more of the tax base, more jobs for their people. What they can't get legally they'll attempt to take illegally. Pressuring and harassing the people living on that land t to move away and sell it to them. Good God! That's one of the main reasons for the Salem Witch Trials! Old women living on the land they and their husbands had worked... husband died, woman living alone, declared to be a "witch" because it's just so unnatural a woman should live alone after being widowed (/snark). The rich white men of the villages wanted the land and the women wouldn't sell... because... where would they go? Cry Witch and let hang the woman! (Note: the ergot didn't help matters)

The ONLY way I'd want to see this type of settlement happen is if they pick ONE state, move everyone who wants out into other parts of the country, and then put up a damned wall around their racist, sexist, bigoted outpost. Preferably manned 24 hours a day by sharpshooters.

Hugin

(36,810 posts)
2. I wonder how they determine who's white enough...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:31 AM
Jul 25

Is it like what degree of cousins they are? Cut off at say third or fourth cousin?

Because you just know they also subscribe to the one drop doctrine.

TheRickles

(2,929 posts)
19. 23andMe screening should be required of all members.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:49 AM
Jul 25

I bet that would cut down quite a bit on the number of applicants, and members.

Hugin

(36,810 posts)
21. It does mention in the article that there's some sort of ancestry screening.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:53 AM
Jul 25

160 acres sounds more like a compound than a community. No wonder they want to expand.

Hugin

(36,810 posts)
25. Hard to say... The Ptolemys might qualify.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:49 AM
Jul 25

Also with brother dads and aunt mom sisters the cyphering gets squirrely.

Bettie

(18,762 posts)
3. Wow....that literally
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:14 AM
Jul 25

makes me nauseated to read.

What a hateful bunch of assholes.

Maybe they need to live together because no one else wants to be around them.

Traildogbob

(11,683 posts)
26. Megan Kelly can be their queen.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:57 AM
Jul 25

With her Jesus and Santa.
Hope they don’t like sports.

yardwork

(67,768 posts)
18. As long as no tax-paid services are provided to them.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:46 AM
Jul 25

If they want to buy the land, dig their own wells and septic systems, pave and maintain their own roads, put up their own traffic lights and stop signs, hire their own police and fire fighters, etc., then great. Let them self-segregate.

The minute they use a dime of tax-paid money they're in violation of the U.S. Constitution. I don't want to pay for them. Let them go to Russia.

DBoon

(24,165 posts)
32. I wouldn't stop at taxpayaer services
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:37 AM
Jul 25

Let them generate their own electricity and build their own water and sewage system. The public ones might be "contaminated" by non-aryan workers

yardwork

(67,768 posts)
33. And they still have to follow all local, state, and federal laws.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:45 AM
Jul 25

If we allow people to do this and we support them, we've sold our Constitution away.

Walleye

(42,112 posts)
38. Oh, they will have their own police force. And when every one of these guys shoots each other, we will finally be rid
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:53 PM
Jul 25

cabotnn22

(151 posts)
50. that's how i feel
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jul 25

if any racial or ethnic group wants to self-segregate and live amongst themselves - while taking NO federal or state funds - i'm fine with it. let the rest of us who wish to live with one another do so in peace without these kinds of people in mainstream society.

Lonestarblue

(12,908 posts)
6. The level of racism that Trump and Republicans are supporting is truly sickening.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:54 AM
Jul 25

The Big Ugly Bill just gave Trump billions to hire more ICE goons and to build more private, for-profit concentration camps. Once Trump has deported enough migrants, ICE will need more targets. Trump has already said he wants to deport citizens who have committed crimes. You can bet black and brown citizens will be first. Some Republicans have said publicly that all black people should be sent back to Africa. I do not doubt that they will try to act on that goal.

JustAnotherGen

(36,741 posts)
12. It's always been here
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:06 AM
Jul 25

This is the Amerikkka I've always known. It's just now - with the destruction of Constitution - the facade is getting stripped away. I'd prefer they live in MO as opposed to my Borough/County in NJ. Also - if they visit here?

Stay off my god damn lawn.

slightlv

(6,451 posts)
47. I figure the next group he's queueing up for the concentration camps
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 04:09 PM
Jul 25

is the homeless... that's why we starting to hear word about "clear the streets of homeless camping" from everywhere. Once they figure they have a handle on one group, they need another large group to start in on immediately. And the homeless population in this country is going to grow by leaps and bounds over the next few years if we don't get these wankers out of government... ALL of them!

pimpbot

(1,112 posts)
7. Can any media do a real investigation these days?
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:15 AM
Jul 25

I kept reading waiting for someone to question where the funding for these communities come from. What jobs do these people work at? If they own a business, whats it called? SOMEONE is funding this crap, and we need to figure out who/what it is.

These losers wouldn't be very keen on their whites only town if they had no income to support it. They, like typical MAGA/GOP, want all the benefits of a society (roads, schools, public safety, etc) but don't want to pay for it nor want "others" to be able to benefit from it after they have.

BumRushDaShow

(158,839 posts)
8. Whites (European descent) are STILL the majority in the U.S.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:19 AM
Jul 25

So most of the small towns and villages nationwide are ALREADY "all white". They just don't turn that fact into a political stunt (i.e., advertise themselves in the media) to get attention.

lonely bird

(2,479 posts)
15. Return to the land?
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:28 AM
Jul 25

Then go back to whatever country your ancestors came from. This wasn’t your land to start with.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,293 posts)
20. This is one strange Home Owners' Association.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:50 AM
Jul 25

Even the lawn jockey statues, the plastic flamingos, and the garden gnomes have white faces.

I bet they loudly proclaim belief in Jeebus.

ret5hd

(21,748 posts)
27. a sample video of north arkansas...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jul 25

believe me…this attitude isn’t limited to one compound:

slightlv

(6,451 posts)
48. Ah, Springfield...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 04:13 PM
Jul 25

the one city where I attended a gathering and we registered guests were discriminated against by restaurants and hotels (where we were staying!) because of our religion... Pagan!

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Solly Mack

(95,527 posts)
41. If all you have is your white skin to brag about, you don't have anything at all. White skin is not an accomplishment.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 01:32 PM
Jul 25

Blackjackdavey

(238 posts)
51. Communism
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 05:06 PM
Jul 25

So, in what way is this not communism? Or even a cult? I didn't have Trump ushering in the advent of communism on my bingo card.

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