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Bill Morlin
December 17, 2015
A mere 11 years after the death of Aryan Nations (AN) founder Richard G. Butler, there is no longer an official Aryan Nations World Headquarters or a web site jointly promoting his racist-brand of religion, Christian Identity, his Hitler-worship and the ideology of the Ku Klux Klan ...
But rather than Butlers Aryan church and clubhouse in the woods of North Idaho deliberately burned to the ground after a devastating civil suit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and bankruptcy in 2000 -- white supremacists have regrouped largely through Internet connections and forums, occasional cross burnings and small gatherings of neo-Nazis.
A Grovespring, Mo., motorcycle club called the Sadistic Souls claims allegiance to the Aryan Nations, and it recently struck an alliance with the United Klans of America. But the Sadistic Souls bikers appear more interested in motorcycle runs, swilling beer and posing for photos with their middle fingers extended than the organized preaching of worldwide hate once espoused by Butlers AN.
The last self-proclaimed leader of the Aryan Nations, Morris L. Gulett, who briefly was aligned with the Sadistic Souls and its leader, Dennis McGiffen, suddenly closed up shop last month at his headquarters in Converse, La ...
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/12/17/aryan-nations-quickly-fading-racist-history
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(13,390 posts)who have the attitudes but not the affiliations.
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(14,400 posts)scatter like roaches when the light comes on.