Yesterday I received this letter from Josh Abbotoy, executive director of American Reformer and managing director of New Founding, demanding that I retract and delete a tweet I posted last week re: American Reformer.
Per their request that I reply by end of day today, I am retracting and deleting my tweet.
Why am I doing this?
Josh Abbotoy is a senior leader in both American Reformer and New Founding, as noted in his current Twitter bio.
Nate Fischer is also a senior leader in both orgs, as noted in his Twitter bio re: New Founding and in his bio on the American Reformer website:
Additionally, American Reformer and New Founding are listed as having the same business address in the Dallas, TX area.
So my error was claiming that American Reformer partnered with a Nazi.
The more correct claim is that another org with broadly similar leadership and listed at the same address called New Founding is partnering with a Nazi, as Fischer himself announced last week.
Who is Raw Egg Nationalist? REN is a social media influencer, writer, and editor. He publishes a magazine called Man's World and also is a published author with Antelope Hill Publishing.
On his social media platform, he routinely posts content like this.
Note that the quote he shares here is an excerpt from Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler.
In another post, he claims there are "zog chemicals" in shampoo.
"zog" refers to "zionist occupational government" and is a common anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_O…
He also sometimes posts "HH," which is a social media shorthand for "Heil Hitler." Note how his followers respond in kind:
He also sells "Blood, Soil, and Grass-fed beef."
"Blood and soil" was a common Nazi slogan that was also chanted by protestors at the Unite the Right protestors in Charlottesville, VA. cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/…
There are also tweets like these from his account, the same account that Fischer tagged in his announcement about their partnership.
Issue 1 also includes multiple ads for Bronze Age Pervert's podcast Caribbean Rhythms. You can get a good rundown on BAP from the recent Atlantic story: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Issue 2 includes an essay from BAP as well as a defense of fascism by mid-century French author Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, a French fascist and Nazi collaborator during World War II. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Dr…
Issue 3 includes an essay on "The Biology of Hierarchy."
Issue 4 has BAP promo material, a vile ad on p. 6 joking about how the Taliban's re-conquest of Afghanistan will deprive Afghan women of the chance to create pornography, and an ad for fascist publisher Imperium Press.
Issue nine features pro-Rhodesian content, an ad for Antelope Hill, a short story about a man murdering his girlfriend on p. 285, and this extremely creepy ad.
There is also more porn in issue 9.
Issue 11 features ads for Antelope Hill, an ad for Stephen Wolfe and Thomas Achord's "Ars Politica" podcast, book reviews from Charles Haywood, and more creepy or racist ads.
Additionally, issue 11 features promotional content for Arktos, a new right publishing house founded by a neo-Nazi skinhead from Sweden and former business partner with Richard Spencer, the organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. vice.com/en/article/3k3…
There are also multiple ads mocking the National Conservatism movement in the issue as well as a racist cartoon.
To review: Josh Abbotoy is demanding that I delete and retract my tweet alleging that an organization called American Reformer led by Nate Fischer and Josh Abbotoy and located in Dallas is working with a Nazi.
I am retracting that claim and have deleted the tweet.
My new claim is that an organization called New Founding led by Nate Fischer and Josh Abbotoy and located at the same address as American Reformer in Dallas is working with a Nazi who also publishes pornography.
I regret the imprecision of my previous tweet.
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