3. Neo-Nazi renounces racism, goes ‘undercover’ as anti-racist activist for 14 years and then — sued to overturn hate crime laws he helped draft and financially compensate perpetrators.
OH.
And asks the state for the death penalty (against itself) in the legal complaint.
8. Romani Neo-Nazi doesn’t understand Hitler’s view of his ancestors, dresses up as Nintendo’s Super Mario to harass kids online, gets busted in a JTTF raid for manufacturing arms as a convicted felon.
[Bonus: tells police “I needed guns for the race war”]
(Someone remind me — like, next week — I keep promising to do threads on Neo-Nazi fashion fails, “everyone’s a pedo” child molesters, and the white supremacist wars of religion from Satanists to Mormons and more.)
10. Aryan Nations pastor and Neo-Nazi lawyer sue each other for a solid decade (about what, I still can’t tell).
Includes gay incest adultery, Santa Clause with poop, copyright violation, Brazilian transgender prostitutes, and God only knows what else - I’m only 6 months in.
Did I ever tell you the one about the Aryan Nations Pastor and the Neo-Nazi lawyer who have been suing the absolute shit out of each other for the whoooooole past decade (over what, I still can’t really tell)?
Because THIS one is...a thing to behold.
This might be my favorite legal document of all time.
“THE BIBLICAL & MORAL CASE FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF LAKE COUNTY OHIO AND, IF NECESSARY, OF THE STATE OF OHIO”
[the county isn’t even the party he’s counter-suing.]
Anti-racists have such conflicting attitudes over former Neo Nazis and ex fascists.
I’ve been die-hard, actively anti my whole life, targeted personally since I was a kid, etc., so I understand much of the skepticism and cynicism, but —
I want to say something real quick.
Some of the most committed, generous, and helpful people fighting white supremacy today ARE formers.
Yes, treat disavowal / disengagement claims with caution, demand accountability in word as well as action, and no one is required to forgive, but know this:
I often see all formers treated as:
1) inherently untrustworthy and beyond redemption even if their help is accepted
2) scientific “specimens” by researchers and academics - like their sole purpose is to be studied as useful oddities
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.