wkp@lanl.ARPA (03/27/85)
Due to public request, I am posting excerpts from the Time magazine
article on the Identity Christian movement and other neo-Nazi movements.
The article was written by Robert T. Zintl and reported by Richard
Woodbury in the Feb. 18th issue of Time.
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DREAMS OF A BIGOT'S REVOLUTION
[Excerpts]
"The novel _The Turner Diaries_ is an action thriller: a hardy
band of U.S. patriots turns to guerilla warfare to overthrow
a tyrannical government. But the book is actually a bigot's
fantasy. The guerilla fighters are neo-Nazis who finance their
revolution through bank robberies and counterfeiting, blow up
the FBI building in Washington, DC, murder American Jews, blacks
and Hispanics and use nuclear bombs to annihilate Israel.
"Written under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald in 1978 by William
Pierce, leader of a white supremacist group in Arlington, VA,
_The Turner Diaries_ was taken seriously by one militant group
in the Northwest...."
[various bank robberies, police shoot-outs, and anti-semitic
acts are then reported including the June 18th murder of the
Jewish radio personality Alan Berg in Denver, CO.]
"A common thread in this network of bigotry is the Aryan Nations,
a white supremacist organization in Hayden Lake, Idaho....In
December, Oregon Senator Robert Packwood and his family received
police protection after an informant told the FBI that the Aryan
Nations planned to assasinate Packwood, a strong supporter of
Israel. Aryan Nations and its 'Church of Jesus Christ Christian'
are run by Richard G. Butler, 66, a former flight engineer who
moved to Idaho from California in 1973....
"B'nai Brith's Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which investigates
extremist groups, says that Aryan Nations and the Klan have set
up computer networks than can be reached through telephone
numbers in Idaho, Texas, and North Carolina. The computer
system was established by Louis Beam a Texas Klan leader and
the Aryan Nations' "ambassador-at-large." It provides
anti-semitic and racist reading for hackers, as well as an
enemies list of organizations like the ADL.
"Butler's Church of Jesus Christ Christian is part of the so-called
Identity movement, which claims Jesus was an Aryan and that white
Anglo-Saxons, rather than the Jews, are the true chosen people. The
ADL says Identity beliefs have influenced the Klan and many other
white supremacist groups. A prominent spokesman for the movement
is William P. Gale of the Ministry of Christ Church in Mariposa, CA,
once a member of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff. Gale has worked
closely with Posse Comitatus, a right-wing antitax organization
active in the Midwest. In 1983, Posse Comitatus member Gordon
W. Kahl and two others murdered a pair of federal marshalls who
were trying to serve him with a warrant in North Dakota...."
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And on and on....Identity Christianity has grown out of the bowels of
some of the most Middle American churches in the land. It has embraced
racism and intolerance to other peoples, anti-taxism and anti-federalism,
as well as other principles it claims are Aryan Christianity.
What most disturbs me is the deafening silence from those reading
net.religion.christian (they've all seen Rich's cross-postings), and
Black's statement that his personal mail ran two-to-one in favor of his
views.
Maybe all these people that have spoken to god have determined that
Ernst Zundel is the new prophet. I sure hope that he's not sentenced
to death; I couldn't stand for another resurrection.
--
bill peter