Hate Group Recruitment on the InterNet
Milton John Kleim Jr., self-described "Net Nazi Number
One," thinks he has a method that might work.
Kleim, a
recent graduate of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota
who likes to write earnest sounding tomes that read like
class papers, tries to project an image of a rational,
scrubbed and shined, eager young activist. Precisely where,
if anyplace, he fits in the organization of the
National
Alliance is hard to tell; he admits that his only contacts
have been via computer.
Kleim likes to flaunt his ubiquitous
presence on the Net. In a letter he wrote to
George
Hawthorn's<1> Skinhead magazine, Resistance, he signed himself
as the "Internet's infamous 'HERMANN."'
Kleim floods the
newsgroups with messages attacking Jews, "Jewsmedia" and non-
whites, openly calling for authoritarian government and
expressing admiration for
William Pierce,<2> leader of the
neo-Hitlerian
National Alliance.
Kleim details his proposal for extremist use of the
Internet in an article "On Tactics and Strategy for USENET"
that can be found on several neo-Nazi Web sites. The
strategy is appropriate for someone with his views; it is
one of guileful misrepresentation. He urges "cyber
guerillas" to leave the safety of racist newsgroups and pick
a likely mainstream newsgroup and post there. Once
established, the recruiter should tailor messages to the
interest of the group. If the group is concerned with foods
he suggests the writer push the "kosher tax" message
charging that kosher food supervision costs consumers
money<3>. Groups focused on political or social issues would
be suitable for the "Jewish-controlled media" message. Above
all, he writes:
Continually advertise our World Wide Web . . .
resources and all suitable newsgroups. Systematically post
the address for the [National]
Alliance Website and [other
extremist] Website[s]....
Except on "our" groups avoid the Race Issue. Side-step
it as much as possible. We don't have time to defend our
stance on this issue against the comments of hundreds of
fools, liars, and degenerates who, spouting the Jewish line,
will slaughter our message with half-truths, slander, and
the ever-used sophistry.
If a newbie [new user] or a lurker who [reads, and does
not usually write] seems sincere inquires about racial
science, deal with them ONLY via e-mail.... Avoid non-
productive debates with enemy activists.
Remember; our overall USENET strategy must be to repeat
powerful themes OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
Wyatt Kaldenberg, who uses the Net to promote
Tom
Metzger's
White Aryan Resistance (WAR) group and who broke
Geraldo Rivera's nose on national TV, has a similar
approach. He typically expresses these ideas with
pugnacious, "in your face" hostility. His barely contained
rage is clear as he calls for extremists to descend on
newsgroups en-masse:
This ought to be our new tactic. Instead of hanging
around the four racist newsgroups we can hit newsgroups as a
mob. We cannot win when we are outnumbers [sic] by Jews but
if we go in as a group we can win with the average Joe SIX
[sic] Pack.... Post facts about black crime. Give them your
update numbers. Web site addresses. Push books. Newspaper.
[sic]
The
original plaintext version
of this file is available via
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