{"id":865,"date":"2007-09-26T04:11:35","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T18:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2007-09-26T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T08:05:14","slug":"but-were-not-neo-nazis-honest-you-want-fries-with-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=865","title":{"rendered":"But we’re not neo-Nazis! Honest! (You want fries with that?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s a common lament among local members of the far right<\/a> that they’re constantly being represented \/ lampooned \/ ridiculed, quite unfairly, as neo-Nazis. From Dr James Saleam<\/a> to Darrin Hodges<\/a>, David Innes<\/a> to Luke Connors, the denial is as predictable as it is vociferous. For some, the problem is that they misapprehend the nature of Nazism \/ National Socialism, both in terms of its past (most notably in Germany, of course: see<\/em> National Socialist German Workers’ Party<\/a> [Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei<\/em>] or NSDAP; the Nazi Party) but also in terms of its more contemporary manifestations (hence the appellation of ‘neo’ or new). Thus it was that only a few short years ago it had to be explained to Perth-based racist David Innes (formerly of Stormfront, now of the New Right<\/a>) that ‘Nazi’ generally means ‘National Socialist’.<\/p>\n

For others, the problem is not any failure of comprehension, but an all-too keen awareness of the function of the ‘Nazi’ label as a kiss of death to any political project to which it is legitimately applied. Thus Saleam finds that photographs of himself wearing a swastika, in addition to his continuing association with die-hard neo-Nazis like Ross ‘The Skull’ May (and er, Saleam’s criminal conviction for arranging an attentat<\/em> upon a political rival) constantly serve to undermine his claims to be a ‘legitimate’ political organiser. By the same token, the fact that the Patriotic Youth League had to contend with the fact that it shared its address with — and one of its members declared their support for — an organisation such as Volksfront<\/a>, meant that even the meatheaded likes of Luke Connors were eventually forced to admit defeat and move on to less browner pastures. Which, in Connors’ case, continues to be Stormfront; this, despite his apparent refusal to wear the tinfoil helmet other members pretend is made from titanium — and which is supposed to protect the wearer<\/a> from the evil machinations of the Zionist Occupation Government<\/a><\/strong> (brought to you by the Elders of Zion<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Of course, over the last few years, and the last few months in particular, it’s been far from clear sailing on The Good Ship \u00dcbermensch<\/em>. Following the departure, under a cloud of suspicion, of David Innes and Emma Peterson, a new moderator has been appointed: a 19-year-old Novocastrian named Rhys McLean (‘AustralianEuro’). Appointed in June 2007, Rhys has been notably quiet of late, leading some to wonder if he’s not a little tired of the whole ‘white nationalist’ malarkey. Me, I dunno, but I genuinely hope that one day he’ll realise that Hitler wasn’t such a Top Bloke after all, and that wearing a swastika is just plain… well… silly<\/em>. Certainly, it’s something that Herr Doktor<\/a><\/em>, leader of the rump of the NSW branch of the Australia First Party, understands — to his bitter regret.<\/p>\n

Oh, and did I mention that Rhys is also a senior organiser for Australia First?<\/p>\n

Murray pegged Hitler’s personality as “counteractive narcism,” a type that is stimulated by real or imagined insult or injury. According to Dr. Murray, the characteristics of this personality type include: holding grudges, low tolerance for criticism, excessive demands for attention, inability to express gratitude, a tendency to belittle, bully, and blame others, desire for revenge, persistence in the face of defeat, extreme self-will, self-trust, inability to take a joke, and compulsive criminality. Dr. Murray concluded that Hitler had these characteristics (and others) to an extreme degree and lacked the offsetting qualities that round out a balanced personality… ~ From the Introduction to Dr. Henry A. Murray’s 1943 essay ‘Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler: With Predictions of His Future Behavior and Suggestions for Dealing with Him Now and After Germany’s Surrender’<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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