Neo-Confederates Breaking From The Right Stuff After Doxxing Scandal
In the wake of the doxing of Mike Peinovich, the founder of the white nationalist 鈥淎lt-Right鈥� podcast The Right Stuff (TRS), waves of criticism have followed and speculation has grown that the show is beginning to unravel.听
Rebel Yell, a neo-Confederate-themed show on The Right Stuff Radio catering to 鈥淪outhern Alt-Righters,鈥� has already听created its own Wordpress site, and Peinovich has encouraged his TRS Confederates听to begin distancing themselves from his tainted image.
Musonius Rufus and Mencken鈥檚 Ghost, the pseudonymous hosts of Rebel Yell, recorded a telephone interview with Peinovich and co-host Dustan earlier this month, titled 鈥淩ebel Shoah鈥� 听鈥撯�撎齛 mash-up of 鈥淩ebel Yell鈥� and 鈥淒aily Shoah,鈥� TRS鈥檚 flagship podcast). The episode describes TRS鈥� growth from a Facebook group for disaffected libertarians to听its rise toward becoming听a prominent Alt-Right mouthpiece, and finally听its unraveling amid revelations that Peinovich鈥檚 wife鈥檚 is Jewish.
That revelation came two weeks ago when Internet 鈥撯�� people who publish someone鈥檚 personal information online 鈥撯�� revealed the names of three popular Alt-Right online personalities. Van Bryant II was identified as听鈥淏ulbasaur,鈥� Cooper Ward听 as 鈥淕houl,鈥� Jesse Craig Dunstan as 鈥淪ven/Seventh Son鈥� and Peinovich as 鈥淢ike Enoch.鈥�
On the podcast, published Jan. 18, Peinovich spoke candidly of his desire for TRS to become听a 鈥渕edia body鈥� for the Alt-Right, but he听acknowledged听that his reputation听is irredeemably tainted in the eyes of 鈥減urists鈥� because of his Jewish wife. Surprisingly, though, Peinovich encouraged the hosts of the podcast to听set up Rebel Yell as an independent entity and a model for other TRS podcasts that haven't shuttered.
The development is only the latest in a cycle of听rifts, scandals and disagreements听that have developed as a result of the Alt-Right's quick rise during the presidential campaign season. And it seems to have consequences.听TRS has taken down its forums, which were significant Alt-Right recruiting grounds and responsible for the spread of the notorious 鈥渆choes鈥� meme 鈥撯�� putting triple parentheses around names of people online suspected of being Jewish.
The new TRS Confederate site, Identity Dixie, was registered on January 21, and so听far, the site鈥檚 content hasn't听differed greatly from the standard TRS offering.听Posts so far have encouraged 鈥渨hite ruralites鈥� to 鈥渃rush the urbanites鈥� who voted for Hillary Clinton and implore President Donald Trump to 鈥渦nleash the police鈥� on protesters.
Despite this apparent unraveling at TRS,听there has not been word yet whether TRS Confederates plan to cancel their planned forum for Jan.听28 in Atlanta, or whether Peinovich, who was slated to speak at the conference,听will attend. Others scheduled to speak include听Brad Griffin of Occidental Dissent and Michael Cushman, a formerly prominent neo-Confederate.听
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