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Far-right supporters move to open source to evade censorship (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 years ago (1 children)

In 2019, Smith said in a video he wanted to live in a “Unabomber cabin” to escape the surveillance and censorship which he believes is especially aimed at the far right. […]

In various videos and podcasts, Smith rehearses other ideas associated with the far right. He advocates breaking the US up – potentially into racial enclaves “maybe [by] dividing by states, maybe [by] dividing by ethnic groups”. The fantasy of the US splintering along ethnic lines has long been entertained by white nationalists, who have taken to calling themselves the “Balk Right”.

This is not the only place where Smith touches on ideas associated with white nationalism. In a 2018 podcast, he offers an account of human history that relies on arguments made in The 10,000 Year Explosion, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist book. Smith also directed readers to websites like radishmag, where readers are asked to “reconsider” slavery and lynching is painted in a positive light.

Wow, what a "wholesome" dude🤗️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

can you link the videos where he says that he "wants to live in a unabomber cabin" and one or two links to videos and/or podcasts were advocates for national racial segregation.