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Rockwell was a carny who couldn't gain mass appeal at a time when:Say what you want about Rockwell, he basically used the "look at me" Nazi aesthetics to gain media attention. He gave speeches at universities, had interviews in newspapers and whatnot. At the time people in the US still believed in Freedom of Speech, so even lefties were like "let the crazy man say his stuff".
- segregationism was mainstream
- George Wallace was one of the most powerful politicians in America
- both parties claimed to support State's Rights
- Southern newspapers attacked the Civil Rights Movement daily
- pastors condemned interracial dating from their pulpits
- MLK was widely hated.
- the neocons did not exist and nobody cared if you criticized Israel
He helped push any discussion of race into the lunatic fringe and Mike Enoch's little cult repeated the mistake.
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