I Don't Speak German

In this episode, Daniel tells Jack about a lesser known but crucial figure in the rise of the 'White Genocide' conspiracy theory on today's far-right, Robert Whitaker. Content Warnings for episode and links below. Robert Whitaker's Mantra: http://www.robertwwhitaker.com/mantra/ "ASIA FOR THE ASIANS, AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS, WHITE COUNTRIES FOR EVERYBODY! Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries. The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them. Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites. What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions o

Another news roundup episode, in which Daniel tells Jack all about Nick Fuentes' 'Groyper War'.  Plus we cover the recently released recording of Richard Spencer ranting that he should rule the world. Content warning. Links to follow.

This episode, Daniel (finally) tells Jack all about antisemitic academic Kevin Macdonald and his antisemitic book of antisemitism masquerading as science, 'The Culture of Critique', the influence of which ranges throughout today's far-right. Content Warning. * Show Notes: (NB: Our mention of Elizabeth King's Twitter-ban is out of date.  She's back, apparently.  Hooray!)  Kevin Maconald at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacDonald_(evolutionary_psychologist) Kevin MacDonald at the SPLC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacDonald_(evolutionary_psychologist) Kevin MacDonald Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOOEdit "The Culture of Critique" PDF at the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/CultureofC The Occidental Observer: https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/ TOQ Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVL-NtVxGUTAuba3QpIqiZg Judith Shulevitz, "Evolutionary Psychology's Anti-Semite." https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2000/01/evolutionary-psychology-s-anti-semite.html "MacDonald’s cent

This week, we look at a bit more Nazi infighting, and talk a little bit about some reactions we've had... Content Warning. * Show Notes: "This Podcaster Dug Into the World of Neo-Nazis. Now They've Put a Target on His Back." https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-dont-speak-german-podcaster-daniel-herman-exposed-neo-nazis-now-he-has-a-target-on-his-back "In early September, Harper and his co-host released a pair of episodes that focused on the adherents of an obscure neo-Nazi author named James Mason. A book Mason wrote has become a bible of sorts for terroristic neo-Nazi groups like Atomwaffen Division, and it has helped spawn a new wave of so-called accelerationists—people who believe societal collapse is the quickest way to create an all-white ethnostate. Many of those adherents flocked to Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, in recent months after getting booted from other social media platforms. And they’ve created their own enclave there, which they refer to as “Terrorgram.” It was there, in the Terrorgram

Daniel updates Jack on the current round of infighting amongst the fascists. Content Warning Show Notes: Southern Dingo, "I Don't Speak Bitch," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdv8JsbhQM ABC News: "FBI arrests Army soldier who allegedly discussed plans to bomb major American news network" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-arrests-army-soldier-allegedly-discussed-plans-bomb/story?id=65802902 Jarrett Smith indictment: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6431405-Jarrett-William-Smith-indictment-September-2019.html Christopher Cantwell, "Reponse to Motion 20190925." https://christophercantwell.com/2019/09/25/response-to-motion-20190925/ "The Accelerationists believe that all is lost for White America, and that the only hope we have for salvation is to bring the existing system crashing down by helping the Democrat Party and engaging in shocking acts of terrorism and mass murder. Their thinking on this is roughly that once the system is collapsed, the citizenry will welcome the iron fisted rule of Nazis

Daniel and Jack take a relaxing detour back into discussing pop culture and consider the Marvel movie Captain America: The First Avenger... along with the MCU more generally, the links between the Military Industrial Complex and Hollywood, how Nazis watch Marvel, the ways fascism is represented in movies, etc. Content Warning Show Notes: Bisexual Steven Rogers Steven Atwell: Steve Rogers Isn't Just Any Hero Lyndsy Ellis on The Ideology of the First Order and Woke Disney  

In this fascinating new episode, Daniel is joined by Betsy Phillips to talk about her forthcoming book Dynamite Nashville: The KKK, the FBI, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control, the story of three unsolved bombings in Tennessee during the late 50s and early 60s. Content Warning Show Notes: Betsy's Twitter Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The wicked irony behind a new Cobb County home for Democrats Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. by Stewart Wexler Clarion Ledger: Mississippi Burning Killings: Religious Terrorism? by Stewart Wexler House Committee on Un-American Activities Ku Klux Klan

In place of a new episode, we're celebrating reaching 30 by re-releasing a podcast we originally recorded and released back in December 2017 as part of a previous project called Wrong With Authority.  In retrospect, this sounds like a pilot for what became IDSG.  We hope you enjoy it. 

More on the Siege Pill and the Siegepillers this week.  Content Warning.  Transcript of last week's episode * Show Notes: SIEGE at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/JamesMasonSIEGE3rdEdition James Mason at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-mason siegeculture.com at the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180306224025/https://www.siegeculture.com/ Atomwaffen Division at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/atomwaffen-division PBS and ProPublica, "Documenting Hate, New American Nazis": https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/ "Cleaning Out My Closet," Joachim Hoch (aka Seth Wallace): https://www.bitchute.com/video/HXqOZZ7kR4jQ/ Angry White Men, "Heel Turn Network Founder Seth Wallace Embraces Christchurch Shooter In Recent Livestream" https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/05/29/heel-turn-network-founder-seth-wallace-embraces-christchurch-shooter-in-recent-livestream/

This week, Daniel explains the "Siege Pill". Content Warning Links: SIEGE at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/JamesMasonSIEGE3rdEdition James Mason at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-mason siegeculture.com at the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180306224025/https://www.siegeculture.com/ Atomwaffen Division at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/atomwaffen-division PBS and ProPublica, "Documenting Hate, New American Nazis": https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/ On J. F. Gariepy: Kelly Weill, The Daily Beast: "Alt-Right YouTuber Accused of Luring Autistic Teen in Pregnancy Plot." https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-youtuber-accused-of-luring-autistic-teen-in-pregnancy-plot "The Disturbing Case of Mama JF." From The Public Space 309. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWYnKmXBUNc  

This week, Daniel talks to journalists Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross about white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest. Content warnings.

In the wake of recent dreadful events, Daniel decided to talk to Jack about the ideology of mass shootings, especially with reference to the 'Might is Right' tract cited by one of the killers. Content warnings. *** Show Notes: "Might is Right" at RationalWiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Might_is_Right "Might Is Right" full text at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924029107907/page/n3 "Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting," at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival_shooting Santino William Legan: Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter's Instagram Page: "https://heavy.com/news/2019/07/santino-william-legan-gilroy-shooters-instagram/" "“Read ‘Might Is Right’ by Ragnar Redbeard,” Legan wrote. His caption further asked rhetorically, “Why overcrowd towns and pave more open space to make room for hordes of mestizos and Silicon Valley white twats?”" * From Might Is Right, Chapter Three: "You have only to look at some men, to know that they belong to an inferior breed. Take the Negr

In a fun episode, Daniel chats with CV Vitolo-Haddad about CV's recent debate with Eric Striker. Content warnings. The Striker/CV debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAm3qijUWUk&t=5073s Eric Striker dox from the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/05/01/prolific-alt-right-propagandists-identity-confirmed Eric Striker (@AarickStriger) complains about snitches. Which are really just people Striker is frightened of. https://twitter.com/AarickStriger/status/1153503065649176576  

This week, Daniel is joined by special guest David Neiwert, author of Alt-America and The Eliminationists, to discuss conspiracy theories and online radicalisation, Andy Ngo and concrete milkshakes, and David's recent temporary Twitter suspension. Content warnings, as always. Alt-America Alt-America at Amazon David Neiwert's Orcinus blog David Neiwert Twitter Suspension David Neiwert discusses his Twitter suspension Andy Ngo commits journalistic malpractice about hate crimes, a David Neiwert Twitter thread Video of skirmish involving Andy Ngo Vic Berger, "Andy Ngo Attacked! (In Context)"

This episode, Daniel tells Jack about Andrew Anglin and The Daily Stormer.  Big content warnings for this one. Cantwell News: "As co-defendants fight discovery, Cantwell threatens lawyer," The Daily Progress. https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/as-co-defendants-fight-discovery-cantwell-threatens-lawyer/article_619851ce-8ad9-599b-88fa-6f289e90d400.html "On June 18 Cantwell posted an article about Roberta Kaplan, the lead lawyer on the case, to the messaging site Telegram, which is frequented by extremists. “After this stupid kike whore loses this fraudulent lawsuit, we’re going to have a lot of fucking fun with her,” Cantwell wrote. The threat was mentioned during a telephonic hearing Tuesday in federal court in Charlottesville, where lawyers discussed the snail’s pace of the discovery process in the lawsuit that alleges organizers and key participants in the Aug. 12, 2017, white supremacist rally planned and promoted violence against protected groups. Cantwell has posted derogatory statements about Kapla

Another departure for the show as Daniel and Jack chat about Sam Harris, inexplicably popular professional atheist, Intellectual Dark Webber, thought-experimenter, devil's advocate, mysteriously perennial victim of malicious context-removal, and definitely not a member of the far-right. Seriously... Sam Harris is not a nazi.  The fact that we're talking about him on a podcast in which we normally talk about nazis (and fascists and white supremacists, etc) doesn't mean we're saying he is one.  We're not. Nevertheless, we think he's relevant to our discussion. Something of a cathartic experience for both of us.  We had fun. Content warnings. * Show Notes: Sam Harris website: https://samharris.org/ Sam Harris podcast, "Making Sense." https://samharris.org/podcast/   SPLC: McInnes, Molyneux, and 4chan: Investigating pathways to the alt-right "The “skeptics” movement — whose adherents claim to challenge beliefs both scientific and spiritual by questioning the evidence and reasoning that underpin them — has also he

Another great guest this week.  Daniel is joined by CV Vitolo-Haddad to talk about sex, gender, misogyny, and transmisogyny on the far right. (Note: This is late; sorry about that.  Also, we encountered technical difficulties with this one.  It's been cleaned up as much as possible and is perfectly listenable if you're prepared to briefly tolerate some occasional background noise.) All sorts of content warnings. * Show Notes: CV can be found on Twitter at @notcolloquial CV's Medium CV's YouTube CV Vitolo-Haddad, "The Blood of Patriots: Symbolic Violence and 'The West'" Warski Live, "Alt-Hype vs CV- Does Race Exist?" Halsey News: "Brian Hendrix vs. CV: Does White Privilege exist?" Ozia Media: "Debating CV Over the Proud Boys" Honest Red, "TBH: Low Hanging Fruit (Capitalism vs. Socialism)" bell hooks, "The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love"

Samantha Kutner returns to talk about Gavin McInnes again, including his book and some of his influences. Warnings apply. NOTE 23/8/20: Since original publication this episode has been edited to remove references to an organisation with which Samantha Kutner is no longer affiliated.  Links have also been removed from below. Gavin McInnes "The Death of Cool." Jim Goad's Group Hug "The Surprisingly Mainstream History Of The Internet's Favorite Anti-Semitic Image" https://twitter.com/ashkenaz89/status/1115860103788412928 Proud Boys News Sources Samantha (@ashkenaz89) has been consulted with. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/inside-miami-alt-right-and-proud-boys-chapter-10945821 https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-stones-personal-army-6 Incident map link. https://twitter.com/ashkenaz89/status/1051237360338259969 Incident Map Support for Samantha Patreon: patreon.com/ashkenaz89 Paypal: paypal.me/SKutner Venmo: @ashkenaz89 The “misgendering” of Alex McNabb https://www.you

In this episode, Daniel tells Jack about the so-called 'godfather of the alt-right' and Richard Spencer's claimed "mentor", Jared Taylor of American Renaissance, one of the most important and idiosyncratic influences on today's resurgent US white supremacism. Warnings apply. * Show Notes Episode 18 additions: Popular Front: "The American Militia Movement" "Standoff: Between Two Shotguns" by Ruth Graham at Slate Knowledge Fight Podcast   Jared Taylor and American Renaissance: Jared Taylor SPLC Sam Dickson at Atlanta Antifascists "The Racists on Ridgeland Way: Ground Zero for Alt-Right Organizing in Atlanta Sam Francis at the SPLC "While always a staunch conservative, Francis's views radicalized over time. He began describing himself as a "paleoconservative" focused heavily on racial issues and ended up writing for racist publications like the Council of Conservative Citizens' (CCC) newsletter, Citizens Informer. (The CCC, which had from the late 1980s until the late 1990s dozens of state legislators and o

This week, Daniel tells Jack about... well, the clue's in the title. Content Warnings apply for episode and show notes. * Show Notes: The Terrorist Next Door "Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump" Aryan Cowboys American Experience: Oklahoma City Bundyville, from Oregon Public Radio and Longreads, by Leah Sottile. Bring the War Home Blood and Politics From John Earnest's (Poway synagogue shooters) manifesto: "Plenty of people wrongfully identify with being Christian. Beyond the scope of time the Father and the Son made a covenant in eternity—that the Son would bring a people to Him that He may be glorified through them. I did not choose to be a Christian. The Father chose me. The Son saved me. And the Spirit keeps me. Why me? I do not know. And my answer to loving my enemies? Trust yids and their puppet braindead lemming normalfags to take one quote from the Bible and grossly twist its meaning to serve their own evil purposes—meanwhile ignoring the encompassing history and context of