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I Don't Speak German

Episode 34: The Grift Question

I Don't Speak German

IDSG

Politics, News, Society & Culture

3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, we look at a bit more Nazi infighting, and talk a little bit about some reactions we've had...

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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 community, that the threats against Harper took shape.

On Sept. 11, an anonymous post appeared on one of the Terrorgram channels, telling people to send Harper "fan mail" at his address in Michigan.

The following day, the same channel published a video from someone who drove by the address and filmed the house. "Howdy, antifascist activist Daniel Harper," the text of the post read. "Nice place you've got there."

The posts set off a wave of chatter on Telegram. In the midst of it was a user who went by the handle "Anti-Kosmik 2182," who chimed in with his thoughts about what to do about Harper.

"Ditch the car somewhere a few blocks away, take back alleys, trails in the woods, etc., and then come up on the house wearing a mask," he wrote. "I'm not saying do anything illegal, but I am saying it would be a real shame if all he has went up in literal flames."

In court records, the FBI later said that "Anti-Kosmik 2182" was Smith, an infantry soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. The bureau also revealed that it had an undercover agent on Telegram who was interacting with Smith around the same time."

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The McSpencer Group: "The Grift Question, LeBron and China, Democratic Debate and 'Centrism'". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu0dS15N6tg

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and

0:02.0

I don't speak German the anti-fascist podcast in which I Jack Graham and my friend Daniel Harper

0:07.0

have conversations about the far rights conversations.

0:10.0

Daniel tells me what he learned from years of going where few of us can bear to go and listening

0:15.8

to what today's far right, the alt-right, white nationalists, white supremacist, Nazis,

0:20.6

etc.

0:21.6

Talk about and say to each other in their safe spaces, their

0:24.6

podcasts, their YouTube videos, their live streams, etc. The Waffle S.S. I call

0:29.7

them and do they Waffle. Daniel listened so we don't have to. Needless to say, these are terrible people

0:36.0

and they say terrible things. So every episode comes with a big content warning. Daniel and I talk freely about despicable opinions and acts and sometimes

0:45.3

we have to repeat the despicable things that are said, including bigoted slurs.

0:49.8

So be warned.

0:52.4

And this is episode 34 of I don't speak German coming to you live from

0:57.8

Antifar Central Control in our evil undersea base. And yeah, it's I don't speak German and we've had a bit of a big day today, haven't we, Daniel?

1:08.0

I don't know what you're talking about.

1:10.0

No, I just, I had a really boring day certainly on Twitter today.

1:15.0

Yeah, nothing much happening.

1:17.0

Nothing much happening, no.

1:19.0

No, we've been written about in the Daily Beast.

1:23.2

We have.

1:24.2

We'll get there shortly I think.

1:26.5

Yeah, we're going to be...

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