Thread by @afainatl

(THREAD) On September. 14, longtime neo-Nazi Chester Doles aims to hold a rally in downtown Dahlonega, north Georgia.
Doles' rally is an attempt to intimidate members of the local community. Doles claims that he is responding to an existential threat in #LumpkinCounty. Let's see.

For more information on "fourth-generation Klansman"/neo-Nazi organizer Chester Doles and his September 14 rally, see our alert here:
atlantaantifa.org/2019/08/16/ale…

On August 1st, Doles submitted the initial permit application for the Dahlonega rally. You can view the complete application here:
atlantaantifa.org/2019/08/23/per…

On the paperwork, Doles claims that a local liberal organization which formed from the Women's March is crypto-"antifa".

Two days after Doles entered his permit application, another neo-Nazi leader, Billy Roper, posted to the white supremacist Stormfront site about the Dahlonega rally. Roper also blogged about it on his own site.

Roper duplicates Doles' claims about local liberals being "Antifa".

Stormfront - the site where Roper promoted Doles' rally - has been tied to almost a hundred murders.
theguardian.com/world/2014/apr…

Clearly, the liberal group being targeted are not militant anti-fascists. Nazis like soft targets.

The Dahlonega rally is an attempt to intimidate those who don't agree with Doles' racist and anti-immigrant politics. Residents are meant to fear that they will be targeted next.

Doles' current strategy is reminiscent of his time as a Klan leader in Maryland. There, Doles tried to intimidate Black communities in majority-white Ekton under the pretext of an anti-drug campaign.

Not long after, Doles went to prison for a brutal assault on a Black man.

Now, Doles uses Trump and "MAGA" imagery to recruit for his September rally.

Doles stirs up fear about exaggerated or imaginary threats to attract people to his white supremacist cause.

Here's one of Doles' most widely-shared and commented posts as he promotes his rally.

A couple of things to note:

(1) Doles states that this happened "near by."

(2) Jeremy Wade writes the incident "would not have happened" if "the Hammers" were around. Both Doles and Wade are linked to Crew 38, the support crew for the Hammerskin Nation white supremacist gang.

(Post about Jeremy Wade and "Crew 38")

https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1164741261904896000

There is a major problem with Doles' popular post about the truck graffiti: Dahlonega, Georgia is not "near" El Paso, Texas at all.

But for Doles, it's not the truth that matters: it's power and mobilization.

All of this happened before antifascists alerted about Doles' rally.

One clear lesson: when neo-Nazi organizing is ignored, it does not go away. Rather, neo-Nazis often feel emboldened.

We have already discussed Doles' organizing for violence on September 14.

https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1164740854205972487

Doles continues to write of "crowd control" vehicles and now is proposing fireworks too.

On the same thread, Scottie Robinson of Rome, Georgia (AKA "Sugar Bear") posts a pic of an AR15 with a drum magazine, which it appears Robinson will bring to Doles' far-Right rally.

Doles approves.

As his rally approaches, Doles is also turning to his attention to the University of North Georgia. (NGCSU is the Dahlonega campus that merged into overall UNG.)

Doles speculates about potential "leftist" professors on campus, suggesting Doles may attempt harassment. @ung_news

Having invited hardcore neo-Nazis to Dahlonega for 9/14, Doles is increasingly clear about his intentions.

The City of Dahlonega has so far not even warned residents about the far-Right rally.

But now north Georgia residents are saying enough is enough.

https://twitter.com/SCofNorthGA/status/1162820921205436416

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