Radicals React With Delight to Murder of British Lawmaker
American white nationalists react to the murder of British MP with mixture of delight, slurs, and conspiracy theories.
White nationalists in America reacted Friday to the murder of a liberal British member of Parliament a day earlier with a mix of bloody-minded delight, incredible slurs directed at the victim, and deep suspicions that the killing was a government operation meant to keep Britons from voting to leave the European Union.
Jo Cox, a member of the Labour Party, was shot and stabbed to death on the street Thursday, following a meeting in Yorkshire with her constituents. Her alleged killer, Thomas Mair, allegedly shouted out “Britain first” during the attack, what may have been a reference to the far-right Britain First political party. A relative said Mair had a history of mental illness, but he also had a long history in the racist movement. As reported on this blog Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center has records showing that Mair was a supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, at one time the premier hate group in America. Between 1999 and 2003, Mair purchased books from the Alliance’s publishing arm on explosives, incendiaries and improvised munitions, along with at least one book enthusing about Nazi ideology. He also reportedly subscribed to a South African pro-apartheid magazine.
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