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|fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | |fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | ||
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|type of villain = White Supremacist | |type of villain = White Supremacist | ||
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|crimes = [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Identity fraud<br>[[Propaganda | |crimes = [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Identity fraud<br>[[Propaganda]] | ||
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}}{{Quote|I unequivocally support the killing of children. I believe that our enemies need such a level of atrocity inflicted upon them and their homes that they are afraid to ever threaten the white race with genocide again. We will not relent until far after their daughters are raped in front of them. We will not relent until far after the eyes of their sons are gouged out before them. We will not relent until the cries of their infants are silenced by boots stomping their brains out onto the pavement.|Andrew Auernheimer}} | }}{{Quote|I unequivocally support the killing of children. I believe that our enemies need such a level of atrocity inflicted upon them and their homes that they are afraid to ever threaten the white race with genocide again. We will not relent until far after their daughters are raped in front of them. We will not relent until far after the eyes of their sons are gouged out before them. We will not relent until the cries of their infants are silenced by boots stomping their brains out onto the pavement.|Andrew Auernheimer}} | ||
'''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly. | '''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly. He is currently in contact with controversial Right-Wing pundit Milo Yiannopoulos, and has previously urged for people to kill black or Jewish children, as well as praising [[Anders Behring Breivik]]. He was barred from appearing on ''Breitbart News''as the organisation did not want to associate with someone who is legally considered a racist. He also claimed responsibility for an incident in which thousands of printers across the US were hacked and made to print flyers adorned with Swastikas. | ||
Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | ||
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In early October 2014, ''The Daily Stormer'' published an article by Auernheimer in which he effectively identified himself as a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] and neo-Nazi. He is known for his "extremely violent rhetoric advocating [[genocide]] of non-whites", according to the SPLC. "[[Hitler]] did nothing wrong", he tweeted in March 2016. Auernheimer's Twitter account was banned the following December. | In early October 2014, ''The Daily Stormer'' published an article by Auernheimer in which he effectively identified himself as a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] and neo-Nazi. He is known for his "extremely violent rhetoric advocating [[genocide]] of non-whites", according to the SPLC. "[[Hitler]] did nothing wrong", he tweeted in March 2016. Auernheimer's Twitter account was banned the following December. | ||
In incidents occurring in March and August 2016, Auernheimer sent flyers adorned with racist and anti-Semitic messages to thousands of unsecured printers across the United States; flyers bearing swastikas and promoting ''The Daily Stormer'' were sent to multiple universities. He claimed responsibility for 50,000 flyers sent to printers across the U.S. by using a tool to scour the Internet for unsecured printers, and described in a blog post, finding over a million vulnerable devices. In an interview with ''The Washington Times'', founder of ''The Daily Stormer'' | In incidents occurring in March and August 2016, Auernheimer sent flyers adorned with racist and anti-Semitic messages to thousands of unsecured printers across the United States; flyers bearing swastikas and promoting ''The Daily Stormer'' were sent to multiple universities. He claimed responsibility for 50,000 flyers sent to printers across the U.S. by using a tool to scour the Internet for unsecured printers, and described in a blog post, finding over a million vulnerable devices. In an interview with ''The Washington Times'', founder of ''The Daily Stormer'' Andrew Anglin gave his approval of Auernheimer's actions concerning unsecured printers. | ||
In the second unsolicited flyer printing incident in August 2016, Auernheimer called for violence against individuals he considered non-white: "the hordes of our enemies from the blacks to the Jews to the federal agents are deserving of fates of violence so extreme that there is no limit to the acts by which can be done upon them in defense of the white race." He "unequivocally" supported the killing of children. | In the second unsolicited flyer printing incident in August 2016, Auernheimer called for violence against individuals he considered non-white: "the hordes of our enemies from the blacks to the Jews to the federal agents are deserving of fates of violence so extreme that there is no limit to the acts by which can be done upon them in defense of the white race." He "unequivocally" supported the killing of children. | ||
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In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | ||
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