The road from paranoid conspiracy theorist to out-and-out Nazi is a well-trod one, but no one has followed that road further than Andrew Anglin, the 5'4" American Goebbels of internet fascism. Founder of The Daily Stormer, perpetuator of long-discredited anti-Semitic canards, Filipino child bride-seeker, and man who is maybe 5'7" in his skinhead boots, Anglin is the big (but not tall) fish of the Alt-Right. In this episode, Joe & Josh break down why anti-Semitism has such staying power, whether or not no-platforming works, and how media outlets can best report on the likes of well-under-average-height hatemonger Anglin. Our discussion ranges from Luke O'Brien's December 2017 cover story in The Atlantic to Anglin's own short (get it?) Alt-Right explainer for normies.

“The Making of an American Nazi” by Luke O’Brien, The Atlantic, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-making-of-an-american-nazi/544119/

Optional:
“My Journey to the Center of the Alt-Right” by Luke O’Brien, Highline, 2016
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/alt-right/

“A Normie’s Guide to the Alt-Right” by Andrew Anglin, The Daily Stormer, 2016


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