Weltschmerz à Gogo<p>This is a pretty big catch in the US white nationalist scene.</p><p>Kai Liam Nix (22) is both a member of Patriot Front and the former admin of the Appalachian Archives (AA) channel on Telegram (later rebranded as "American Archives" before it shut down last spring). </p><p>AA was really active last year doxxing journalists, researchers, and anyone who was on the outs with the neo-nazi scene. It particularly blew up on Telegram through its collaboration with the Tennessee Active Club (TAC), a prominent, self-proclaimed "actual, literal Nazi," and a sleazy little recruiting crew calling itself Patriot Youth during last year's mayoral race in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. (TAC was led at the time by Sean Kauffmann, who had to step down earlier this year after his most recent round of domestic violence charges). </p><p>You may recall that race due to candidate Gabrielle Hanson's open acceptance of support from local neo-nazi factions like these.</p><p>At any rate, that whole nazi circuit operating in Middle Tennessee was getting very aggressive for a while last year, though I haven't kept up more recently. And what's more disturbing is that Nix, the AA admin, is in the US Army, 82nd Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Liberty in North Carolina. According to this report, he has been charged with “illicit sales of firearms and lying on a background check," which is an indication of the actual danger a little shit like this poses.</p><p>Solid article here. Worth reading.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatriotFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatriotFront</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HateWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateWatch</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fcknzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fcknzs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/82ndAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>82ndAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GabrielleHanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GabrielleHanson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FranklinTennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FranklinTennessee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaulGancarz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulGancarz</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AppalachianArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachianArchives</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/08/19/we-will-fight-soldier-waging-war-against-america-fort-liberty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">8/19/we-will-fight-soldier-waging-war-against-america-fort-liberty</span></a></p>