Radicals React With Delight to Murder of British Lawmaker
American white nationalists react to the murder of British MP with mixture of delight, slurs, and conspiracy theories.
White nationalists in America reacted Friday to the murder of a liberal British member of Parliament a day earlier with a mix of bloody-minded delight, incredible slurs directed at the victim, and deep suspicions that the killing was a government operation meant to keep Britons from voting to leave the European Union.
, a member of the Labour Party, was shot and stabbed to death on the street Thursday, following a meeting in Yorkshire with her constituents. Her alleged killer, Thomas Mair, allegedly shouted out 鈥淏ritain first鈥 during the attack, what may have been a reference to the far-right Britain First political party. A relative said Mair had a history of mental illness, but he also had a long history in the racist movement. As reported on this blog Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center has records showing that Mair was a supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, at one time the premier hate group in America. Between 1999 and 2003, Mair purchased books from the Alliance鈥檚 publishing arm on explosives, incendiaries and improvised munitions, along with at least one book enthusing about Nazi ideology. He also reportedly subscribed to a South African pro-apartheid magazine.
Because Cox was known to speak on behalf of immigrants and refugees, was friendly to Muslims, and opposed Britain leaving the European Union (EU) in a referendum slated for next week, right-wing extremists despised her, though she was not a particularly well-known parliamentarian. British white nationalists want out of the EU because it facilitates the immigration of non-whites and Muslims.
The hate directed at Cox was palpable. On VNN, a hate forum run by a neo-Nazi, 鈥淛ohn from Canada鈥 said that Cox聽鈥渇ed n------ and was a promoter of white genocide. She got what she deserved.鈥 On Stormfront, run by a former Alabama Klansman, 鈥淏rutus鈥 wrote that 鈥淸m]ore of these bastards need to be killed.鈥 鈥淚 cannot oppose the brutal, resonative execution of a fairly major politician and a traitor. Woman or not,鈥 wrote 鈥淐itizen12,鈥 who added that politicians were 鈥渨----- and bastards.鈥
On the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi site run by Andrew Anglin, it got worse. 鈥淚 feel no pity for that k--- loving politician,鈥 wrote 鈥淲ilhelmKeen.鈥 鈥淪he and her ilk have destroyed England almost to a point of no return.鈥 鈥淭he man is a hero,鈥 鈥渟pro23" said of Mair. 鈥淕ood riddance to the w---- who was stabbed,鈥 said 鈥淒rSzell.鈥
鈥淪he is low hanging fruit but a good start,鈥 added another commenter on that site. 鈥淟ove to wake to the news that high level traitors, like [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel and [British Prime Minister David] Cameron, shared a similar fate.鈥
"Citizen12", in another comment, sounded similar. 鈥淲ish it had happened to a more prominent rat,鈥 the poster said. 鈥淭hey can all die as far as I鈥檓 concerned.鈥
As is always the case on the radical right, there were a raft of conspiracy theorists talking, too. They found it easy to believe that Cox, who campaigned actively against leaving the European Union in next Thursday鈥檚 vote, was killed by forces wanting to ensure that result. The theory is that the establishment was willing to murder Cox in order to discredit those who were agitating to leave the EU.
鈥淓veryone knows that the UK has the toughest, most effective gun laws in the world,鈥 wrote 鈥淣o_One鈥 on Anglin鈥檚 site. 鈥淚t is impossible for a civilian to possess a firearm in Britain. Therefore, the killer must have been a government agent.鈥
鈥淚 don鈥檛 doubt for one second that (((they))) killed this woman to try to stop the Brexit,鈥 another user聽wrote on the same site, referring to a possible British exit from the EU. (The triple parentheses used by the poster are a new way for white supremacist to identify Jews in their writings.) 鈥淐ampaigning is on hold, then there鈥檚 the sympathy vote.鈥澛
鈥淢I6 or Mossad?鈥 tweeted 鈥淚ncendiary Radio.鈥 鈥淐oin toss.鈥
鈥淢ighty_White鈥 put it like this: 鈥淚f this postpones or cancels the referendum poll, the day of the rope is well and truly upon them. I鈥檝e been practicing my knots.鈥 The 鈥渄ay of the rope鈥 is a reference to a scene in National Alliance founder William Pierce鈥檚 novel The Turner Diaries in which 鈥渞ace-mixing鈥 white women are hanged.
The current boss of the National Alliance, Will 鈥淲hite Will鈥 Williams, reacted with rage at the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), which publishes this blog, for its release of the information about Mair鈥檚 purchases from the Alliance. He put out a 鈥減ress release鈥 describing his group as an 鈥渆ducational organization鈥 and pillorying the 人兽性交 as a 鈥渧iolence-linked, anti-White, Jewish-run organization.鈥 He said the 人兽性交鈥檚 publication of receipts proving Mair purchased Alliance materials was 鈥渃riminal, wrong, unethical and harmful,鈥 and asserted that the Alliance 鈥渉as no connection鈥 with Mair. Remarkably, he referred to Cox鈥檚 鈥渢ragic end.鈥
Others didn鈥檛 bother. Concluded 鈥淣eo1鈥 on Stormfront: 鈥淎nother one bites the dust."