J.M. Berger doesn’t hold back:
Before there was an alt-right, there was The Turner Diaries.
First published nearly 40 years ago, the infamous dystopian novel depicts a fictional white nationalist revolution culminating in global genocide.
The events of the book open 25 years ago today—September 16, 1991, the date of the first entry in Earl Turner’s diary. The fictional diary describes a racist’s vision of a nightmare world, in which “The System”—African American enforcers led by Jewish politicians—attempt to confiscate all guns in the United States. A secretive organization known as The Order rises up to take back the country for white supremacists, eventually winning an apocalyptic insurgency and nuclear war, first taking over the country and later the world.
The Turner Diaries was created in the 1970s by William Luther Pierce, leader of the neo-Nazi group the National Alliance. Crudely written and wildly racist, The Turner Diaries has helped inspire dozens of armed robberies and more than 200 murders in the decades since its publication.
But it’s not the source of the cartoon frog? Have I got that right?
I’m sold, where do i get it?
The e-book here and the audio book, narrated by the white devil Pierce himself here.
“The FBI has labeled The Turner Diaries “the bible of the racist right.” If the government had the power to ban books, this one would be at the top of the list. The Turner Diaries is the most controversial book in America today and it’s a book unlike any you’ve read!”
How can you write about this and not link to it? What a tease!
The Turner Diaries has helped inspire dozens of armed robberies and more than 200 murders in the decades since its publication.
Seems like a bit of a stretch. I, personally, go on a racial crime spree after reading an Erskine Caldwell novel, but how much does literature affect these things? Mein Kampf and such have been around longer.
The Amazon review claims Timothy McVeigh was inspired by Turner, but McVeigh explicitly said he bombed in retaliation for the perceived government overreach at Ruby Ridge and Waco.
This comes from the floating belief that if we ban the proper books and correctly restrict the curriculum, we can usher in a utopia.