David Duke: Difference between revisions

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Become a U.S. Senator (failed)

Spread his influence and help the Alt-Right (ongoing)

|crimes = Racism

|crimes = Racism [[Xenophobia]] [[Holocaust denial]] Tax fraud [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]] [[Negrophobia]] [[Propaganda]] [[Blood Libel|Blood libel]]

[[Holocaust denial]]

Tax fraud [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]] ~~Inciting a riot~~

|type of villain = Antisemitic Hatemonger

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==History==

David Duke was born on July 1st, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his family from time to time relocated around the world; they lived in Tulsa, Amsterdam, and Louisiana. He attended John Kennedy Senior High School in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University shortly after. Some time in his late teenage years, he met [[William Luther Pierce]], who would be instrumental in Duke's hateful beliefs. He was a member of various white supremacist clubs at LSU, and got a Bachelor of the Arts degree.

David Duke was born on July 1st, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his family from time to time relocated around the world; they lived in Tulsa, Amsterdam, and Louisiana. He attended John Kennedy Senior High School in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University shortly after. Some time in his late teenage years, he met [[William Luther Pierce]], who would be instrumental in Duke's hateful beliefs. He was a member of various white supremacist clubs at LSU, and got a Bachelor of the Arts degree. Not long after he graduated from college, he joined the [[American Nazi Party]].

Shortly after, he founded the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKKK), and registered himself as "Grand Wizard". To make it appear as if the KKKK was a "white rights advocacy group", David Duke changed the uniform from the ghostly Klansman robes to normal business suits, and at the instruction of a follower, changed the title of the head of the KKKK from "Grand Wizard" to "National Director". David Duke claimed he left the Klan because of many members "doing stupid and violent things", and appointed [[Thomas Robb]] as his successor in leading the group.

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==Trivia==

*In the 2018 biographical crime/comedy film ''BlacKkKlansman'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/David_Duke David Duke], played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topher_Grace Topher Grace], appeared as the main antagonist and was concerned about his appearance in the film.

*David Duke, apart from his fanatic antisemitism, also espouses anti-Masonic views, and anti-Communism.

*David Duke, apart from his fanatic antisemitism, also espouses anti-Masonic views, and anti-Communism. He has also promoted [[Islamophobia]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]], and [[ableism]], among other things.

*He is an adherent of [[Christian Identity]].

*Ironically, David Duke dismissed [[Jason Kessler]] a racist.

**The irony is only pushed further with him having had attended an event he set up.

*David Duke founded a group called the [[NAAWP]] (National Association for the Advancement of White People), a white supremacist organization created in opposition to the NAACP.

*In the 1991 gubernatorial election in Louisiana, many urged people to vote for Edwin Edwards rather than David Duke, with the slogan "pick the lizard, not the wizard", a reference to Edwards' corruption allegations and Duke's past of being a Klansman.

*Duke was friends with serial killer [[Joseph Paul Franklin]], a fellow white supremacist whose victims were almost all exclusively Jews and African-Americans.

*He was banned from YouTube in late June 2020 for repeated violation of the platform's policies against hate speech, along with [[Richard Spencer]] and Stefan Molyneux. Duke's Twitter account was "permanently suspended" at the end of the following month for violating the company's rules on hateful conduct.

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 Become a U.S. Senator (failed)<br>
 Spread his influence and help the Alt-Right (ongoing)
-|crimes = Racism<br>
+|crimes = Racism<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Holocaust denial]]<br>Tax fraud<br>[[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Blood Libel|Blood libel]]
-[[Holocaust denial]]<br>
-Tax fraud<br>[[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>Inciting a riot
 |type of villain = Antisemitic Hatemonger
 }}
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 ==History==
-David Duke was born on July 1<sup>st</sup>, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his family from time to time relocated around the world; they lived in Tulsa, Amsterdam, and Louisiana. He attended John Kennedy Senior High School in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University shortly after. Some time in his late teenage years, he met [[William Luther Pierce]], who would be instrumental in Duke's hateful beliefs. He was a member of various white supremacist clubs at LSU, and got a Bachelor of the Arts degree.
+David Duke was born on July 1<sup>st</sup>, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his family from time to time relocated around the world; they lived in Tulsa, Amsterdam, and Louisiana. He attended John Kennedy Senior High School in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University shortly after. Some time in his late teenage years, he met [[William Luther Pierce]], who would be instrumental in Duke's hateful beliefs. He was a member of various white supremacist clubs at LSU, and got a Bachelor of the Arts degree. Not long after he graduated from college, he joined the [[American Nazi Party]].
 Shortly after, he founded the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKKK), and registered himself as "Grand Wizard". To make it appear as if the KKKK was a "white rights advocacy group", David Duke changed the uniform from the ghostly Klansman robes to normal business suits, and at the instruction of a follower, changed the title of the head of the KKKK from "Grand Wizard" to "National Director". David Duke claimed he left the Klan because of many members "doing stupid and violent things", and appointed [[Thomas Robb]] as his successor in leading the group.
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 ==Trivia==
 *In the 2018 biographical crime/comedy film ''BlacKkKlansman'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/David_Duke David Duke], played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topher_Grace Topher Grace], appeared as the main antagonist and was concerned about his appearance in the film.
-*David Duke, apart from his fanatic antisemitism, also espouses anti-Masonic views, and anti-Communism.
+*David Duke, apart from his fanatic antisemitism, also espouses anti-Masonic views, and anti-Communism. He has also promoted [[Islamophobia]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]], and [[ableism]], among other things.
+*He is an adherent of [[Christian Identity]].
 *Ironically, David Duke dismissed [[Jason Kessler]] a racist.
 **The irony is only pushed further with him having had attended an event he set up.
 *David Duke founded a group called the [[NAAWP]] (National Association for the Advancement of White People), a white supremacist organization created in opposition to the NAACP.
 *In the 1991 gubernatorial election in Louisiana, many urged people to vote for Edwin Edwards rather than David Duke, with the slogan "pick the lizard, not the wizard", a reference to Edwards' corruption allegations and Duke's past of being a Klansman.
+*Duke was friends with serial killer [[Joseph Paul Franklin]], a fellow white supremacist whose victims were almost all exclusively Jews and African-Americans.
+*He was banned from YouTube in late June 2020 for repeated violation of the platform's policies against hate speech, along with [[Richard Spencer]] and Stefan Molyneux. Duke's Twitter account was "permanently suspended" at the end of the following month for violating the company's rules on hateful conduct.
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 [[Category:Anti-Christian]]
 [[Category:Weapon Dealer]]
+[[Category:Irony]]
+[[Category:Ableist]]