White Supremacists Worried About Movement's Image
Some white supremacists are bemoaning Wednesday鈥檚 fatal shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
But it鈥檚 not because they feel sorry for the security guard who died or take issue with the virulent anti-Semitism of James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist who鈥檚 been charged with his murder. Rather, they鈥檙e concerned that the violent act could hurt their movement.
鈥淭he responsible white separatist community condemns this,鈥� John de Nugent, a self-described white separatist, . 鈥淚t makes us look bad.鈥�
Anonymous posts on the neo-Nazi website Vanguard News Network were less polite. 鈥淭he entire episode is a gift to the International Jew and a Knife in the back [of] the Cause we are fighting for,鈥� wrote a poster using the online moniker 鈥淭he Red Skull.鈥� 鈥淲e are in for BIG trouble because of ONE senile old man. 鈥� The Jewsmedia will beat this horse until its [sic] no longer even recognizable. Incredibly STUPID, and hurtful to the entire movement!鈥�
Added 鈥淧arsifal:鈥� 鈥淭he major problem I have with this incident is that there were White children in that god damn Holohoax indoctrination center at the time of the shooting. 鈥� I cannot support what Von Brunn did, although it will be a pleasure to see that evil temple of lies demolished after the Revolution.鈥�
The administrator of Vanguard News Network, neo-Nazi Alex Linder, had a different take on the shooting: 鈥淰on Brunn sacrificed his life to show his people that the Holocaust is a Big Lie: a deliberately concocted atrocity myth being used by jews and their running dogs at Fox News and CNN to browbeat whites into submission to the Jewish Tyranny known as the New World Order.鈥�
While saying he condemned von Brunn鈥檚 actions, Edgar J. Steele, the attorney who represented neo-Nazi Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, drew a similar conclusion. 鈥淲hy did Von Brunn choose to unload at the National Holocaust Museum?鈥� he asked. 鈥淏ecause it is an edifice to one of the most stupendous lies of modern times, paid for and maintained with taxpayer dollars, that鈥檚 why.鈥�
He added: 鈥淢ake no mistake. Today鈥檚 was no isolated incident. You will see more and more shootouts like what took place in Washington, DC, this morning, until America begins to listen to all her citizens and accords all her children an equal voice in her affairs.鈥�
Meanwhile, columnist Debbie Schlussel blamed the attacks on her usual scapegoat: Muslims. 鈥淚t鈥檚 guys with names like Mohammed and Ahmed on our own American streets who make Mr. Von Brunn far more at ease in 2009 than he was even in 1999 to attack places associated with the Jews,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey created the comfort zone for James W. Brunn to engage in today鈥檚 shooting.鈥�
Others spun wild conspiracy theories about government involvement in the attack. 鈥淒oes anyone else here have a (more than) sneaking suspicion that this guy was paid off to do this so that the government would have yet another reason to crack down on us right-wing nutjobs? [sic]鈥� asked 鈥淐offeehouseGirl25鈥� on Stormfront, the leading white supremacist forum.
And on the website of the Political Cesspool, a racist radio program, host James Edwards decried what he called a double standard in media coverage of the Holocaust Museum shooting.
鈥淭he media deliberately buries this epidemic of hate and violence, because the vast majority of murderers are non-white, and many of their victims are white. 鈥� [But] the local, regional, and national media are trumpeting the holocaust museum murder non stop [sic] and in huge fonts.鈥�
Larry Keller contributed to this report.
