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Dearth of a Nation

Mar 26, 2018 · 1h 52m 57s
Dearth of a Nation
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It seems like "traditionalist" neo-Nazi organizer Matt Heimbach has reached the end of his ignoble career, facing accusations of vicious assault in the wake of a sordid affair with the...

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It seems like "traditionalist" neo-Nazi organizer Matt Heimbach has reached the end of his ignoble career, facing accusations of vicious assault in the wake of a sordid affair with the wife of his top deputy, who is also Heimbach's wife's stepfather. (Good work on keeping the family sacred, Heimbach clan.) That story is bonkers, but in this episode, Joe & Josh catch Matt at the inauspicious start of his white nationalist campaign, as the founder of a "White Student Union" on his college campus in 2013. Wes Enzinna's profile captures a group of dough-faced youths more silly than sinister, though the days of streetfighting with AntiFa were just around the corner. Also discussed: Is the free speech crisis on college campuses real? How should journalists write about Nazis? Are there any Jews in Ohio? Read all about it - (and look, the essays are short this time! You damn slackers...):
“Here Comes the White Power Safety Patrol” by Wes Enzinna, Vice, 2013
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5gw75k/here-comes-the-white-power-safety-patrol-000985-v20n5
Optional:
“The Coddling of the American Mind” by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, The Atlantic, 2015
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
“A Voice for Hate in America’s Heartland” by Richard Fausset, The New York Times, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/ohio-hovater-white-nationalist.html


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