The Right Stuff (blog)

The site promotes white supremacy,[8] neo-Nazism,[9] antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and the white genocide conspiracy theory.[4] It cites the work of Kevin B. MacDonald, a former professor of psychology and antisemitic conspiracy theorist, known for claiming there is a Jewish plot to control the world to undermine the interest of white people.[10]

Much TRS content is devoted to Holocaust denial, as well as denying genocidal Nazi policies against Poles, Russians, and other Slavic "Untermenschen". To justify their denial of Nazi atrocities, TRS hosts promote the conspiracy theory that the documentary record establishing these genocides was forged by unspecified Jews or agents of Jews.[3]

In December 2012, The Right Stuff described itself as "a political and cultural blog" which aimed to unite the "alt right" and troll liberals and progressives.[11] Over time, the podcast became more radical,[12] and adopted a conspiratorial neo-Nazi ideology.[12] The blog developed (and retains) a lexicon defining jargon used by its publications as well as the wider alt-right movement.[13] The website achieved general notice through the popularization of the Triple parentheses or (((echo))). In 2014 the show began to use a distortion effect when names of Jews were mentioned during its segment "Merchant Minute". The meme was adapted to text through use of parentheses, and in the summer of 2016 it became known through a New York Times column on the topic.[14]

The Right Stuff was one of the earliest websites to make use of the term "cuckservative".[15][8] In addition, the blog was an early proponent of propaganda film With Open Gates, which attacks multiculturalism and Middle Eastern refugees in Europe, and promotes the conspiracy theory that Jews are bringing the refugees in order to harm white people.[16][17]

The blog has seen a steady decline from its peak in 2017. In September 2021, an SPLC report found that the website had declined in traffic by 87.5% since February 2017, coinciding with a decline in the total number of cast members appearing on The Daily Shoah. In February 2019, Mike Peinovich responded to a data subpoena from the Sines v. Kessler civil lawsuit by stating that TRS had "lost regular listeners," and that many users had "cancelled their accounts and stopped visiting the site."[18]

In early 2017, Mike Peinovich, the founder of The Right Stuff who had for years operated under the pseudonym Mike Enoch, was doxxed by fellow neo-Nazis, who released biographical information about him that contradicted his professed ideology.[19][20] The dox revealed that Peinovich's own wife was Jewish, and that their wedding had featured traditional Jewish rites and chanting. As a neo-Nazi, Peinovich was also mocked upon the revelation of his Serbian surname, in light of Nazi Germany's racial classification of Serbs as subhumans ("Untermenschen"), and the genocide of Serbs perpetrated by the Croatian Ustaše puppet regime.[21]

After the doxxing, some followers of Peinovich reacted angrily to the information that had been revealed. They circulated forged images of him and his wife which portrayed their ethnicities in a negative or mocking way.[9] Neo-nazi podcast listeners speculated that Peinovich was Jewish, "controlled opposition", or otherwise disingenuous in his beliefs.[22]

Alex McNabb is a former emergency medical technician (EMT) who appeared on The Daily Shoah under the pseudonym "Dr. Narcan". He was fired from his job as an EMT after racist comments he made on TDS came to light, including comparing Black patients to animals and claiming to have tortured a young boy using a needle.[23]

In August 2020, The Right Stuff announced the establishment of a white supremacist political party called the National Justice Party led by Peinovich, with a platform based upon the white genocide conspiracy theory. The party platform also incorporates antisemitic elements, such as calling for mandatory employment discrimination to prevent Jewish individuals from working in "vital institutions".[24] The chairmen of the party include a number of prominent white supremacist and alt-right figures, including Joseph Jordan (also known as Eric Striker), Tony Hovater, Michael McKevitt, Gregory Conte, Warren Balogh and Alan Balogh.[4]

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