16. Terry Gross, “How a Rising Star of White Nationalism Broke Free from the Movement,” NPR, September 24, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651052970/how-a-rising-star-of-white-nationalism-broke-free-from-the-movement.
17. Wes Enzinna, “Renouncing Hate: What Happens When a White Nationalist Repents,” New York Times, September 10, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/books/review/eli-saslow-rising-out-of-hatred.html.
18. Ibid.
19. R. Derek Black, “Why I Left White Nationalism,” New York Times, November 26, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/why-i-left-white-nationalism.html?module=inline.
20. Jason Wilson, “Life After White Supremacy: the Former Neo-Fascist now Working to Fight Hate,” Guardian, April 4, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/life-after-hate-groups-neo-fascism-racism.
21. Mack Lamoureux, “Former NeoNazis Tell Us How They Finally Left the Movement,” Vice, June 22, 2018, https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59qeqa/former-neo-nazis-told-us-how-they-finally-left-the-movement.
22. Ibid.
23. Mark Goulston, “Why People Kill Themselves—Part 2: It's Not Depression,” Medium, June 10, 2018, https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-its-not-depression-44113406ac79.
24. Eugene Rubin, “PTSD and Ecstasy: Science and Perception,” Psychology Today, October 3, 2018, https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/demystifying-psychiatry/201810/ptsd-and-ecstasy-science-and-perception.
25. Eli Saslow, “‘Nothing on this Page Is Real’: How Lies Become Truth in Online America,” Washington Post, November 17, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nothing-on-this-page-is-real-how-lies-become-truth-in-online-america/2018/11/17/edd44cc8-e85a-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.1cfc08c66871.
26. Caitlin Dewey, “What Was Fake on the Internet This Week: Why This Is the Final Column,” Washington Post, December 18, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/18/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-why-this-is-the-final-column/?utm_term=.2c3de6fb809f.
Abdulazeez, Mohammad, 8–10, 15, 18–21, 23–26, 32, 53, 59, 66, 68, 70, 139–40, 146, 193, 243
abolitionist, 205, 207
abortion, 22–23, 38, 57, 79, 83, 193, 207. See also Hill, Paul Jennings; Planned Parenthood
Adamic, 29
addiction, 16. See also alcohol; drugs
Afghanistan, 11, 18–19, 20, 33, 102, 138–39, 152, 212
African American Defense League, 21, 152
Afro-American Patrolmen's League, 123
airport, 68, 164
Alabama, 16, 17, 30, 35, 57, 62, 167, 237
Alarcon, Richard, 222
Al-Awlaki, Anwar, 21, 59
Albers, Ray, 155
alcohol, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28, 103, 241
Ali, Drew (Noble), 132
alienation, 15, 17, 42
al-Qaeda, 67, 139, 212, 214, 223, 235
alt-right, 91, 92, 96, 176–84, 188–90, 195–99, 202–203, 233–34, 237
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 116
American Freedom Party, 172
American Nazi Party, 234
American Renaissance, 175, 180
ammunition, 10, 23, 24, 108, 127, 129, 146, 147, 223, 225
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 99
anarchist, 177, 199, 216
Anderson, Sandy, 164
Anderson, Sean, 164
Anglin, Andrew, 93–97, 181, 197
Anonymous (hacking collective), 78–81, 85, 95
Antifa, 199–201, 210–11
anti-government, 25, 31, 54, 128, 148, 158, 160, 161, 201, 216, 218, 223, 224, 227
anti-immigration, 31, 169, 188
anti-Semitism, 29, 30, 35, 47, 48, 52, 54, 56, 77, 80, 81, 93, 94, 96, 102, 116, 127, 131, 147, 165, 171, 178, 181, 197, 198, 215, 232
Appalachians, 57, 205
Arizona, 35, 117, 160, 162, 188
Arkansas, 142, 165, 167, 195
Armageddon, 157, 164. See also End Times
Army, US, 7, 9, 11, 18, 19, 35, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 135, 205, 213
Arpaio, Joe, 188
Aryan Nations, 34, 48, 50, 54, 105, 239
Aryan World Congress, 48
assassination, 103, 122, 123, 154, 207
Associated Press, 61, 234
ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives), 55, 138
Aurora, Colorado, 88, 103, 112, 146
Austin, Texas, 110, 111, 202
Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, 19
Baltimore, Maryland, 141, 207
Bannon, Steve, 91, 179
Barrett, James, 23
Bartlett, Jamie, 84
Beach, Henry Lamont, 30
Beam, Louis, 35, 48–50, 57, 68, 71, 74, 214–15
Beauregard, Donald, 41
Beck, Glenn, 112, 147
Belgium, 69
Berg, Alan, 106
Berlet, Chip, 25, 48, 50
Bezos, Jeff, 51, 64
Bible, 10, 55, 108, 130, 132
Bill of Rights, 137, 142, 210
Binghamton, New York, 146
bin Laden, Osama, 21, 102
Birmingham, Alabama, 16, 62, 237
Birmingham, United Kingdom, 230–32
Black, Derek, 236–39
Black, Don, 51, 57, 62, 94, 173, 237, 238
Black Lives Matter (BLM), 150–51, 199, 201
Black Nationalism, 21, 26, 38, 66, 128, 133, 155, 216, 217
Black Panther Party, 20, 122–25, 126–27, 207
Black Riders Liberation Party, 21, 126, 127, 152
Blair, Christopher, 241–42
Blythe, Rudolph, 27
Boehner, John, 34
Bokhari, Allum, 180
bomb, 8, 31, 35, 37, 55, 56, 57, 59, 67, 68, 69, 70, 78, 85, 93, 95, 105, 109, 111, 115, 117, 135, 136, 144, 154–55, 165, 192, 195, 197, 202, 212, 215, 227, 229. See also explosives
Boston, Massachusetts, 67, 68, 117, 202
Bradley, Tom, 125
Brady Bill, 37, 127, 135, 144
Branch Davidians, 54–55, 111, 126, 136, 152, 159, 160, 223
Breitbart, 90–91, 92, 94, 96, 113, 155, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 202
Bristol University, 230
Britton, John, 23
Brown, Dan, 157–58
Brown, John, 205
Brown, Michael, 153, 157
Buchanan, Pat, 170–71, 183, 206
Buckley, William F., Jr., 113–14
Buffalo Ridge State Bank (Minnesota), 27
Bundy, Ammon, 161, 163
Bundy, Cliven, 158, 159–60, 161, 163, 194, 196
Bundy, Ryan, 161
Bunkerville, Nevada, 158, 160
Bunnell, Vickie, 128, 129
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 158–59, 161, 162
Burpee, Michael, 141
Bush, George H. W., 144
Bush, George W., 36, 110, 111, 136, 170, 176
Bush, Jeb, 187, 188, 190
Butler, Richard, 34–35, 48, 53, 54
Byrd, James, Jr., 108
California, 26, 49, 50, 106, 109, 116, 122, 124, 127, 143, 146, 167, 172, 188, 212, 222, 229, 242
California State University (Cal State), 172, 222
Canadian, 49, 60
Carmichael, Stokely, 121–22
Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), 218
Charleston, South Carolina, 10, 21, 24, 97, 193
Charlottesville, Virginia, 197, 199, 200, 201, 205, 219, 233
Chaslot, Guillaume, 112
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 8, 9, 193
Chechen, 67
Chicago, Illinois, 42, 102, 121, 123, 124, 132, 140, 175, 239
child-sex ring, 118
China, 42, 188
Christian, 11, 28–29, 30, 34, 35, 50, 57, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 107, 135, 165, 170, 171, 173, 181, 189, 201
Christian Identity, 29, 30, 34, 57, 105, 165
Christian Revival Center, 173
church, 10, 11, 18, 21, 22, 29, 78–79, 93, 97, 100, 103,
111, 132, 183, 193, 202, 209
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 112, 113
Civil War, 54, 80, 125, 136, 163, 166, 201, 202, 205–208, 209, 210, 211, 226
Clark, Mark, 123
Clark County, Nevada, 160
Clearwater, Florida, 79
Cleaver, Eldridge, 123
Clinton, Bill, 36–37, 135, 137, 139, 195, 242
Clinton, Hillary, 117, 118, 136, 178, 192, 193–94, 195–96, 224
CNN (Cable News Network), 63, 87, 113, 114, 154, 181, 183, 193, 194, 202, 234
COINTELPRO, 125
Cold War, 69, 104
Colebrook, New Hampshire, 128
Colorado, 88, 103, 113, 146, 168, 193
Columbia, South Carolina, 9, 10
Columbus, Ohio, 93
Comet Ping Pong (restaurant), 117
Committee of Safety, 161
common law, 130, 142
Communism, 85, 101, 104, 11, 122–23, 127, 165, 189, 199
computer, 48–50, 53, 55, 60, 71, 220
Confederate symbols, 151, 197, 198
Congress (United States), 39, 40, 41, 49, 135, 160, 201, 207, 208, 210, 214, 219, 235
Congressional Research Service, 218
conspiracy theory, 16, 25, 101–105, 107–108, 110, 112–13, 115–18, 134, 137, 139, 147, 160, 171–72, 178, 190, 191, 201, 203, 206, 214, 220, 223–24, 225, 227, 229, 230, 231, 233, 239
Constitution, 21, 127, 130, 135, 137, 139, 158, 159, 210, 211, 224
Constitutionalist, 31, 135, 159
Coulter, Ann, 183
Council of Concerned Citizens, 21, 150
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), 220, 236
counterterrorism, 208, 215, 218, 228
Craigslist, 59
Cruz, Ted, 187
Dabiq (magazine), 65
Daily Stormer, 93–94, 95, 96–97, 179, 181, 182, 195, 196, 197, 234, 236
Dallas, Texas, 7, 19, 20, 23, 50, 66, 92, 126, 151, 175
Damigo, Nathan, 181–82, 197
Davenport, Iowa, 110
Davidson, Robbie, 232
Davidson, William E., 16
Davis, Kim, 160–61
Davis, Nord, 57
Davis, Robert, 211
Dear, Robert, Jr., 193
dehumanization, 95, 236, 240
DeLemus, Jerry, 194
Democrat, 36, 37, 40, 41, 49, 113, 114, 117, 136, 144, 160, 169, 172, 173, 176, 178, 189, 192, 193, 194, 202–203, 205, 207, 210, 211, 212, 242
Denver, Colorado, 104, 106
DePaul University, 91
depression, 16, 81
destabilizers, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 31, 32, 56, 103, 117, 121, 222. See also inhibitors
Detroit, Michigan, 132, 140, 173
DHS (Department of Homeland Security). See Homeland Security, Department of
Dietz, George, 48
Dixon, Aaron, 121–22, 123, 125
domestic terrorism, 37, 136, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 227, 228
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, 219
doomsday prepping, 107, 146–47, 148, 162. See also prepping; survivalism
doxing, 79, 85, 199, 208
Drega, Carl, 128–30
Drudge, Matt, 112–13
Drudge Report, 112–13, 115
drugs, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 123, 125, 126, 141, 188, 241
D'Souza, Dinesh, 170
Dubay, Eric, 232
Duke, David, 47–48, 49, 51, 52, 63, 116, 172, 183, 194–95, 196, 197, 234, 236, 237
Duke University, 176
Durbin, Dick, 219
Dyer, Joel, 28, 31–32, 38
economy, 27–28, 31–34, 38–39, 40, 43, 51, 63, 64, 88, 97, 136, 139, 143, 145, 165, 170, 173, 178, 184, 207, 236, 243
Egypt, 59, 63–64, 102, 132
End Times, 55, 107. See also Armageddon
Europe, 38, 47, 65, 90, 99, 100, 101, 171, 175, 183, 235
European American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO), 183
Evans, Robert, 208
Evers, Medgar, 122
explosives, 8, 36, 54, 70, 129, 215. See also bomb
extremism, 15, 17, 20, 25–26, 28, 32, 34, 37, 38–39, 40, 42–43, 51, 59, 61, 62, 64, 81, 84, 97, 102, 103, 104, 126, 133, 136, 140, 141–42, 151, 172, 175, 179, 181, 183, 184, 194, 196, 203, 208, 212, 213–14, 216–18, 219–20, 221, 227–28, 233–34, 236, 239–40, 241, 243
Facebook, 9, 11, 61, 63–64, 66, 68, 71, 74, 76, 89, 94, 112, 141, 152, 154, 184, 192, 199, 230, 233–34, 235–36, 242
faith, 11, 15, 17, 18, 41, 42, 53, 63, 115, 122, 181, 190, 201, 231, 239. See also Bible; God; religion
false flag, 111, 112, 139, 160, 162, 182, 224, 234
farm/farmer, 27–28, 30–32, 35, 38, 54, 70, 128, 181
Farook, Rizwan, 25, 193
Farrakhan, Louis, 102
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 54–55, 70, 83, 108, 117, 123, 124, 125, 138, 155, 162, 163, 164, 195, 213–14, 215–16, 218–19, 241
Federal Reserve Bank, 73, 111, 128, 141, 232
Felts, Kevin, 226
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), 116–17, 224, 228
feminism, 90–91, 177–78, 189, 193
Ferguson, Missouri, 153, 154–55, 158
Ferri, Gian Luigi, 144
Fields, Ed, 56
Fields, James, Jr., 198–99
Finicum, LaVoy, 162–63, 164
Fiore, Michele, 163
firearms/guns, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 52, 54, 57, 70, 88, 105, 106, 109, 118, 122–23, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 135–36, 137, 142–46, 150, 152, 161, 162, 166, 190, 200, 203, 206, 207, 212, 215, 221, 223–25, 226, 227, 228
Fiset, Maxime, 240–41
Flat Earth International Conference, 232
Flat Earth Society, 229–30, 231–32
Florida, 22, 25, 39, 41, 79, 140, 141, 146, 149, 187, 230, 237
Flynn, Michael, 117
Ford, Gerald, 144
Fort Hood, Texas, 59, 146, 214
Fortier, Michael, 70
4chan, 73–82, 83, 84–86, 88–92, 93–94, 95, 96, 97, 115, 117, 154, 177, 190, 197
Fourteenth Amendment, 130
14 Words, 107
Fox News, 34, 112, 113, 114, 147, 148, 159, 160, 169, 170, 183, 203
France, 69, 100
Freemen, 31, 130
Frein, Eric, 193
Friendster, 60–61, 74
Gamergate, 82–85, 90, 91, 177
gangs, 8, 10, 124, 125, 188, 240
Garden of Eden, 28–29
Gates, Bill, 112
Gawker, 78, 95, 155
gay, 57, 92, 160, 180. See also homosexuality; LGBT
Geneva County, Georgia, 146
Georgia, 42, 56, 57, 146, 195, 227
Germany, 47, 93, 101, 105, 117, 137, 181, 199, 200
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 206
Giffords, Gabby, 117
Gillespie, Doug, 160
globalization, 102, 178, 189, 220
God, 18, 28, 29, 49, 92, 102, 130, 159, 160, 222. See also Bible; faith; religion
Goldman, David, 52
Google, 21, 57, 60, 61, 70, 71, 78, 81, 85, 150, 192, 230, 234, 235, 236
Gornik, Allison, 238
Goston, Verdiacee Turner, 133
Gottfried, Paul, 179
Gray Man, 226
Gritz, Bo, 35, 54
gun control, 33, 37, 127, 143, 144, 145–46, 207
Hammami, Omar, 59
Hammond, Dwight, 161–62
Hammond, Steve, 161–62
Hampton, Fred, 123–24
Harney County, Oregon, 161, 163
Hasan, Nidal, 59
hate crime, 213, 218
Hayden Lake, Idaho, 35, 54
Hebrew, 28, 29, 165
Heimbach, Matthew, 181, 189, 197, 234
Heller, Dean, 159, 160
Hennard, George, 143
Heritage Connection, 173
Heyer, Heather, 198
Hezbollah, 236
High Frequency Active Aural Research Program (HAARP), 224
Hildebrand, Greg, 157
Hill, Paul Jennings, 22–23
Hitler, Adolf, 16, 17, 20, 97, 136, 137, 182, 200, 224
Holliday, George, 151
Hollywood, 78, 102
Holmes, James Eagan, 88, 112
Holocaust, 47, 56, 101, 233
Homeland Security, Department of (DHS), 32, 33–34, 36, 37–38, 136, 138, 200, 214, 216, 218–19
homosexuality, 112. See also gay; LGBT
Hoover, J. Edgar, 124
Horiuchi, Lon, 54
House of Representatives (United States), 34, 39, 117, 168, 169, 182, 201, 206, 219
Huey P. Newton Gun Club, 126–27
hurricanes, 112, 224, 225–26, 227, 228
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 198, 207
Idaho, 34, 35, 42, 48, 50, 53, 54, 105, 106, 116, 163, 212, 239
Identity Evropa, 181, 192, 197, 198
Illinois, 123
Imam, 21
immigration, 167, 168–71, 172, 173, 177, 178, 188, 189, 195, 203, 207, 237
Indiana, 106, 138
InfoWars, 66, 110, 112, 117, 224, 234. See also Jones, Alex
inhibitors, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 31, 32, 56, 103, 117, 222. See also destabilizers
Inland Regional Center, 16, 26
Inspire (magazine), 67
intelligence community (United States), 25, 37, 68, 69, 125, 127, 136, 138, 139, 182, 189, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 228
internet, 21, 24, 42, 48–49, 50–52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59–61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 87–88, 89, 90, 91, 131, 140, 143, 153, 155, 162, 177–78, 182, 193, 208, 220, 221, 234, 235, 236, 242. See also online; website
Iowa, 103, 110, 206
Iran, 79
Iraq, 33, 102, 139, 206, 208
Irving, Kyrie, 229, 231–32
Islam, 24, 25, 26, 37, 38, 59, 65, 66, 67, 90, 93, 102, 107, 132, 136, 138, 140, 213, 214, 216, 218, 228, 235
Islamic State (e.g., ISIS), 25, 64–65, 68–69, 139, 188, 193, 223, 235, 236
isolation, 15, 17, 19, 31, 36, 42
Israel, 42, 96, 99, 100, 102, 116, 172
Japan, 101, 188, 191
Jenkins, Steve, 27, 28
Jew, 29, 31, 48, 80, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100–102, 104–105, 106, 107, 115, 116, 128, 165, 171–72, 178, 179, 180, 220, 232, 237, 238, 240
Jihad, 24, 51, 59, 67, 68, 70, 117, 139, 140, 173, 215, 218
Jobs, Steve, 64
jobs/employment, 16, 32, 39, 62, 103, 131
John Birch Society, 104, 110, 165
Johnson, Delphine, 18
Johnson, Micah, 7–9, 11, 15, 18–19, 20–21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 36, 53, 59, 66, 67, 68, 70, 126, 146, 151, 152, 226, 243