The racist, anti-Semitic mass murderer Payton Gendron’s claim that most of his virulently bigoted beliefs came “mostly from the internet” isn’t shocking. But his crime and those of other haters comport fully with what the world’s leading postwar neo-Nazi, Dr. William L. Pierce, prophesied 20+ years ago. “On a worldwide basis,” Pierce told me in 2001, “the internet will impel white racialists to do our dirty work, without us” – Hate Group leaders – “having to ever deal directly with such losers.” Pierce, who denigrated his fans as “misfits”, “freaks” and “bottom feeders”, wrote ‘The Turner Diaries’ – which is, effectively, the Bible for violence-prone racists and rabid anti-Semites. He died in 2002 believing that “online self-indoctrination” would exempt hate organizations and hate site operators from any liability for such atrocities. “These violent rejects and weirdos will probably wear body armor, carry semi-auto-matic weapons, and bring fully-loaded spare clips,” to their slaughter sites. “The morons will likely use tactical gear to facilitate their ethnic cleansing,” Pierce told me in his private office, at his mountaintop compound in West Virginia. Arching an eyebrow, he added, “hopefully, the publicity will motivate other fools to eradicate [blacks], [Hispanics], [Jews], [Muslims], [Gays] and all sub-humans and mud people.”
Indeed, Gendron has acknowledged that he was inspired by Norwegian neo-Nazi Andres Breivik, who, in 2011, shot and killed 69 people, after detonating a bomb in Oslo which snuffed out eight others. Pierce didn’t know I was clandestinely recording our conversation for the FBI – for which I then worked, full-time, to infiltrate and monitor racist, far right terrorists. His incendiary rant was then transcribed for inclusion in classified reports, for distribution to US Homeland Security experts who specialized in anti-terrorism efforts and for analysts at the bureau, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and the UK’s Mi5.
Gendron’s legally-purchased rifle was outfitted with modifications which are illegal under New York law, but since WHEN has breaking the law EVER stopped lawbreakers? The term “livestream” used in 2001, when YouTube didn’t yet exist. However, as cell phones with cameras were around, Dr. Pierce foresaw terrorists filming their murderous rampages. “Once the footage is released via the electronic media,” he told me, “others will follow suit, by committing copycat crimes. Whether they’re killed in action or they commit suicide, or live to glorify their deeds,” he said, “won’t matter.” What he knew WOULD matter to the “foot soldiers of the movement”, including teenagers, would be to make a name for themselves, by shooting innocent victims. This constitutes a form of immortality among neo-Nazis, the KKK, Holocaust deniers and other violent degenerates. Former FBI agent Katherine Schweit, who initiated the bureau’s Active Shooters program, basically confirmed Pierce’s view. Of Gendron, Schweit said on May 15, “he’s telling us he wants to feel important … remembered … and relevant in life… ” – just as Pierce predicted.
To curb such horrific incidents, US laws must be strictly enforced and wannabe shooters must fear rapid, painful reprisal. However, law-abiding citizens cannot be denied the right to carry firearms for self-protection; Gendron would’ve NEVER even considered shooting up gun shows, even in a minority neighbor-hood. Mitigating the inevitable, deadly impact of such hate-filled, online manifestos, like that which the 18-year-old Gendron had posted, is possible. But that laudable goal will remain elusive if those in power continue to allow illegal aliens to flood into our country. It’s been proven in case after case that such unwise, provocation is causal to this carnage. Polls have also consistently shown that scores of millions of Americans believe that their own government not only doesn’t have their back, but that our leaders are deliberately enabling tens of millions of non-citizens to illicitly enter the US, where they take advantage of tax-funded benefits intended for AMERICANS. Until they think otherwise, such tragedies – like the recent mass murder in Buffalo – will probably continue. That’s the match that lights the flames.
Todd Blodgett, the acclaimed author of ‘REPUBLICAN CRACKHEAD’, served on the Reagan-Bush White House staff and later worked for the Republican National Committee and the FBI. Mr. Blodgett lives in Tyler, Texas, and can be contacted via his website: ToddBlodgett.US.