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Yep, Andrew Anglin's path "fit a pattern that scholars have identified, in that he seems to have been driven, at least initially, more by a desire for status and belonging than by deeply held beliefs. Anglin wanted to be somebody, and the internet gave him a way". .. your link .. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-making-of-an-american-nazi/544119/

"The Making of an American Nazi"

Which isn't to say that Anglin's deeply held beliefs didn't guide him on his path. A liberal might have
a need for status and belonging, yet wouldn't have become a bigoted bully as Anglin has become.

This, from your article, is interesting in light of the Russian election meddling controversy.

"Anglin has long kept his own location secret. For years he floated around Europe, and one family member told me that around 2015 he was holed up in Russia, his last known foreign address. Another source showed me Facebook messages from Anglin’s childhood best friend that indicated Anglin was still living there last year. But he maintained a footprint in Columbus through his father, who has said he was “not really involved with Andy’s site.” In fact, Greg was involved. He’d registered The Daily Stormer’s trade name and filed paperwork for his son’s limited-liability corporation, Moonbase Holdings—a likely reference to a conspiracy theory that Hitler survived World War II by escaping to a secret lunar base."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-making-of-an-american-nazi/544119/

Russia likely would be actively promoting people like Anglin to promote
hate, division and discord in Western democratic societies. Anyway

This lawsuit could shut internet Nazis down

The victim of a troll attack takes on the neo-Nazi who runs "the top hate site in America." The result might prompt trolls to think twice before they post.

by Erin Carson July 11, 2017 11:12 AM PDT

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Now Gersh is taking on the man who started it all. In a federal lawsuit filed in April, Gersh accuses Andrew Anglin, who publishes the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website, of invading her privacy, intentionally inflicting emotional distress and violating Montana's Anti-Intimidation Act by organizing more than 700 instances of harassment since December 2016. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights group, is representing Gersh. .. https://www.cnet.com/news/taking-trolls-to-court-lawsuit-targets-the-daily-stormer/