Regardless of organizational affiliation or lack thereof (hello Beam’s Leaderless Resistance) — YES, there IS a white supremacist movement that explicitly understands itself as such.
How do I know? Look at Telegram references to... “the movement.”
This ain’t rocket science.
Case in point:
Maybe...just maybe... if you’re reporting on white supremacist activity at, say, Ft. Bragg - you may want to consider OTHER instances of white supremacist activity at Ft. Bragg over time.
JUST IN CASE THERE IS A COINCIDENTAL PATTERN THAT ACCIDENTALLY EMERGES.
Another huge problem: media and law enforcement ignorance of (and disinterest in) context.
“Replacement theory” and “white genocide” aren’t just ‘conspiracy theories.’
David ‘14 Words / convicted Order member’ Lane wrote the original damn manifesto titled... White Genocide.
Oh, and another thing. That group called The Base (yes, I know it means Al-Qaeda, thank you for your insight)?
Perhaps it’s relevant that the founder credits HAROLD COVINGTON with the impetus to start this particular Zoomer Neo Nazi Boy Scouts terror club.
JUST MAYBE.
These ‘omg the youth are radicalized on the scary scary internet let’s do censorship as the solution’ kids are often in DIRECT contact with 1970s/80s movement leaders.
So maybe, just maybe...
Reconsider the continuity of an extant white supremacist movement , vs. ‘resurgence.’
[Intermission complete - now back to our regularly scheduled ‘tracking down 5000 different sources for a single reference in an article I’m writing because no one views this as indicative of a cohesive movement vs. isolated actors and evidence is important’ programming.]
Postscript: Why does this view of isolated occurrences vs. a connected movement exist?
On a related note — this is part of a much bigger project.
If you have anything you’d like to share [documents, accounts, etc.] white supremacist activity in the military or law enforcement, reach out: YourLadyOfChaosTheory@protonmail.com.
One of the most interesting things about researching white supremacist infiltration is learning how many different ways the military and law enforcement can say “we don’t tolerate / we take this seriously / not who we are.”
Case in point:
Ft. Bragg has been “taking this seriously” for some 40 years.
Meanwhile , white supremacists have spent 40 years not taking Ft. Bragg seriously.
The section of my article that recounts nothing but examples of “we do not tolerate” is currently 14 pages.
I don’t even have 14 pages for the entire article.
There’s a reason I’m always harping on the problems with stereotypes of organized white supremacy as primarily the domain of an uneducated, poor, southern Civil Rights era Klan.
I need to find a lawsuit filed by Gregory Withrow vs. ADL, SPLC, and a host of other [unknown to me] parties in either 2000 or 2001 - related to CA hate crimes laws.
Those are all the details I have, I'm clueless, and I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help?
Was this really a good historical moment to nominate a Waco guy for ATF?
... really?
Me and my migraine are logging off for the weekend.
“Hey, I’ve got a great idea since *checks calendar* April 19 is coming up - let’s issue an executive order on gun control AND nominate a Waco guy to lead the ATF!”
How’s the admin ‘taking right wing extremism seriously’ and yet manages to be...
... THIS bad at history
How did NO ONE in Biden’s admin catch this?
- April 19
- executive order
- gun legislation
- Waco
- ATF