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The movement and its members are allied with the [[Alt-Right]]. The group was part of the neo-[[Nazi]] Nationalist Front formely alongside the [[National Socialist Movement]] (NSM), the now defunct [[Traditionalist Youth Network]] and [[Vanguard America]] (VA) since rebranded as Patriot Front. The group participated in the Pikeville rally in Pikeville, Kentucky, the Charlottesville riots/[[Unite the Right rally]] in Charlottesville, Virginia and the White Lives Matter rally in Shelbyville, Tennessee as key organizers in all three events. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated it as a [[Hate Groups|hate group]]. | The movement and its members are allied with the [[Alt-Right]]. The group was part of the neo-[[Nazi]] Nationalist Front formely alongside the [[National Socialist Movement]] (NSM), the now defunct [[Traditionalist Youth Network]] and [[Vanguard America]] (VA) since rebranded as Patriot Front. The group participated in the Pikeville rally in Pikeville, Kentucky, the Charlottesville riots/[[Unite the Right rally]] in Charlottesville, Virginia and the White Lives Matter rally in Shelbyville, Tennessee as key organizers in all three events. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated it as a [[Hate Groups|hate group]]. | ||
The group celebrates the [[ | The group celebrates the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] and reveres [[John Wilkes Booth]] as a hero. They also praised the actions of [[Dylann Roof]] in the aftermath of his massacre at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in July 2015. | ||
In response to the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]], leader Michael Hill wrote on the League's website that "In a free & independent South, Islam would be banned, Muslims deported, and all mosques closed down. The ownership of firearms, including military grade, would be encouraged for all Southern citizens in order to protect the public from such incidents as occurred overnight in Orlando, Florida" | In response to the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]], leader Michael Hill wrote on the League's website that "In a free & independent South, Islam would be banned, Muslims deported, and all mosques closed down. The ownership of firearms, including military grade, would be encouraged for all Southern citizens in order to protect the public from such incidents as occurred overnight in Orlando, Florida" | ||