After writing my second article about David Deschesne, the editor and publisher of the Fort Fairfield Journal who promoted a neo-Nazi book burning, I ruffled some fascist-feathers. But trust me, I’m not afraid of this guy.
Image of Ryan J. Murdough wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, and a red T-shirt that says “It’s OK To Be White” with an elephant at the bottom
311: 311 is a numeric hate symbol that is often used by the KKK. As explained by the ADL, “The eleventh letter of the alphabet is the letter “K”; thus 3 times 11 equals “KKK,” or Ku Klux Klan.”
APK: After doing my research on this article, I have reason to believe that APK stands for American Patriotic Knights, or American Patriotic Klan. There are dozens and dozens of different groups within the Klan, but I’m assuming that this is a group that’s trying to gain momentum.
IGTW: In God We Trust.
OGK/Old Glory Knights (of the KKK): The Old Glory Knights of the KKK is a sect of the Klan that I actually don’t know that much about, but an imperial wizard of the Santa Fe, Tennessee chapter named Daniel Lane Walls pleaded not guilty on four counts of civil rights intimidation. Him, and a 17-year-old-boy had allegedly glued their recruitment fliers on three different marquees on Black Churches. I discuss this group in this article, but I’ll be working on a separate one as well doing a deeper dive on the group.
VK: VK, or its original name VKontakte (which translates to InContact), is a Russian social media platform that was created in 2006. This website isn’t some white supremacist website like Gab or Stormfront, but I have found several different white supremacists who use the platform as an “alternative” when they get banned off of U.S based social media platforms, but I’ve also seen many of their accounts get banned so it’s good to know that their moderation isn’t too lax.
DISCLAIMER: The other businesses included in the newspaper with Ryan J. Murdough’s book ad burning have NO AFFILIATION with Murdough or the New England White Network Griffin’s Auto in Caribou, Maine is NOT where the book burning will be taking place, as Caribou is in Aroostook County, and the book burning will be in Androscoggin County.