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]}

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 Lopfe  [ de ] , Ramsey uses comedy to convey a far-right message. ^[10]

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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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External links [ edit ]

• Official website
• Paul Ray Ramsey at IMDb