We could all use some hope at the moment, so I wanted to share a (very unexpected) message I just received.

People can change.

And we can’t afford to forget that, especially right now.
That particular kill list cost me nearly everything, quite literally.

I’m a lot angrier at the non-Nazis who punished me for risking my life than I am at the Nazis that made it.

And I’m thankful to the person who wrote this apology, and immensely thankful they got out.
I’m actually a bit emotional now, given what that kill list did to my life, so I’m going to log off.

But:

I’m so grateful for the desperately needed reminder that what we do is worth the personal toll and high cost. Someone broke free - and that’s the best gift I could get.
[Andy Ngo is, has been, and very likely always will be trash, however. And now I bid you all a very Nazi-free and pleasant evening!]
Finally, before it slips my mind:

Someone needs to tell ISIS that the Nazis are making them look really bad here. ISIS has yet to apologize to me for anything, and I think that is very rude!

(These things actually happened to me, it super sucked, and I joke to cope. So shush.)
[For those telling me I'm stupid for believing this apology:

1) I checked this person out with folks who work with people trying to leave Nazi circles.

2) Let's assume for a sec it's BS. Amplifying it is still good strategy. Be smarter, people.]

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More from @MsEntropy

22 Jan
I’ve seen too many people say recently Eric Striker is just a leftist who later joined the alt-right.

So I just thought I’d remind you of where all this Nazi laundering (la ‘it’s about free speech, not hate’) comes from.

Tom Metzger. Image
If your “biggest ideological influence” in life is 80s/90s Tom Metzger...you most definitely are a Nazi.

Especially if he was your pen pal during your teenage years.

Where the hell do you guys think the whole “alt-right” mainstreaming thing began?

Good God. Image
If people want to confront the white supremacy threat, it takes a slightly longer memory than Richard Spencer and the alt-right.

Contemporary neo-Nazi mainstreaming and infiltration has been going on in organized form since the 1970s.

The Trump era was just the iceberg’s tip.
Read 6 tweets
21 Jan
Couldn’t have said it better myself.

And the RESIST Twitter types’ taunts, gloating, and total lack of self-awareness is only going to make things worse.
And it’s not just a few niche white supremacist accounts, btw.

It’s everywhere.
Some of you seem like you’re jealous no one uses the phrase “sectarian” for American politics — yet.

Don’t worry, though.

Your efforts to get us there have been noted.
Read 17 tweets
20 Jan
I promise I’m not slacking, guys. I’ll crank out the other threads you requested as soon as I can.

Thread list is updated below and, as always, is free.

Infiltration piece is with my editor, and it honestly took a lot out of me, so I’m going to give myself a day to rest up.
lol @ my brand of ‘relaxation’

- keep one eye on the security situation
- wait on standby for editor comments and revisions
- resume reading that Arabic treatise on medieval grammar

I should probably learn to knit.
Back off I go, to the surreal task of writing a giant pile of recommendation letters for former students

In between

Doing a tiny pile of the (what, maybe 4 available?) job applications of my own. 😬
Read 6 tweets
20 Jan
“WE MADE IT!”
#InaugurationDay Goal:

Get blocked by the entirety of #R#E#S#I#S#T# Twitter for displays of realism instead of prematurely triumphant delusions.
Read 10 tweets
20 Jan
Remember all those warnings many of us sent out about Matthew Heimbach’s supposed “former” status?

Looks like the Charlottesville Nazi went mask off. Unsurprisingly.

Claims of redemption don’t mean anything without time and action. Heimbach was a fraud from the start.
Believe it or not, it IS sometime possible for neo-Nazis to reform and serve the common good.

But not for self-interested grifters who ‘reform’ overnight when they facing charges.

The real ones don’t ask for or expect acceptance, and prove themselves in actions. Case in point:
Never trust a neo-Nazi claiming overnight ‘reformed’ while facing legal charges, especially those who use that claim for sweet, sweet ‘deradicalization’ money.

Another tell:

True ‘formers’ don’t expect you to believe or accept them, and don’t seek rewards for doing the work.
Read 4 tweets
18 Jan
Before I jump offline to finish this, brief thread incoming:

Let’s talk MLK day and forgotten American history: how some states had to be forced to observe it.

Might surprise you that the story doesn’t take place in the old south, and the NFL played a key role.
Why did MLK Day become a thing?

Well, one reason - of course - has to do with white supremacy, political violence, and the Aryan Nations.

The year: 1984.
In 1984, Aryan Nations bombed an Idaho synagogue - one several attacks over the 1980s.

It was bad enough that national media paid attention.

Aryan Nations’ home base is Idaho - the governor wanted to mitigate negative press coverage.
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