A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come.

[elleng]

Christian Picciolini discusses the mainstreaming of white nationalism, what it takes to de-radicalize far-right extremists, and why the problem is metastasizing.

'It’s going to get worse.

That’s the warning of a former violent extremist, Christian Picciolini, who joined a neo-Nazi movement 30 years ago and now tries to get people out of them. White-supremacist terrorists—the ones who have left dozens dead in attacks in Pittsburgh, New Zealand, and El Paso, Texas, in recent months—aren’t just trying to outdo one another, he told us. They’re trying to outdo Timothy McVeigh, the anti-government terrorist who blew up an Oklahoma City federal building and killed more than 100 people in 1995—the worst terrorist attack in the United States before September 11, 2001.'>>>

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/conversation-christian-picciolini/595543/?

[Leghorn21]

1. Many thanks, elleng

this guy knows whereof he speaks, and I’m all ears

[elleng]

2. Thanks

[Runningdawg]

3. The real fun starts after the election

If they win, they will feel emboldened. No telling how far they will go. The internet may be heavily censored or banned. Journalists and political opponents will be executed. Congress may be disbanded. Militias may patrol the streets.
On the other hand if they lose, Trump will no longer have to pretend to be anything other than the cult leader he is. He can find himself a cave like OBL and become the leader of the world's largest insurgency.
And before you say - he can't do that!! You need to look at what he HAS accomplished AND consider that a portion of the military and judicial system are no longer loyal to The Constitution, only to Trump.

[Turbineguy]

4. He's probably right

they've been doing lone wolf attacks so far.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. that is an excellent article!

thank you so much for posting this. We sure seem to need more people like Mr. Picciolini.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Mr. Picciolini has written a number of books.

Has anyone here read any of them ? If so, what is your review ?

He has a new one coming out next year, too.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I heard the same thing from two different people over the past few days.

One said (I think it was Malcolm Nance) said a bigger one is coming like the one in Norway since the white supremacists use him as the criminal and crime they aspire to most at this time. His "manifesto" is their blueprint. That guy killed little kids so that a whole generation would be wiped out and start fresh. They are planning way ahead these days.

Another person familiar with weapons said there will be a bigger one due to the types of weapons currently owned and in the hands of wannabe criminals. The guy in Ohio would have easily killed over one hundred if the police hadn't already been close to the shooter and got him in 1 minute. Also, he said that protective vests, etc wouldn't help protect the police very much with the powerful weapons of war on the streets.