By Ryan Fatica <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Documents newly obtained by Unicorn Riot reveal the underlying beliefs and intentions of the fascist and white nationalist group Patriot Front. Through examining the organization\u2019s initiation process and the ideological standards it seeks to maintain, it\u2019s clear that their attempts at having a professional image are, at most, skin deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within the group\u2019s divisions across the U.S., it hides its neo-Nazi ideology behind patriotism and vague dog whistles about \u201cglobalists\u201d<\/strong> and the \u201cdegeneration\u201d<\/strong> of America\u2019s \u201cfounding stock.\u201d<\/strong> In the group\u2019s public messaging, it does not \u201cname its enemies,\u201d<\/strong> (as one critical member put it) preferring instead to focus its rhetoric on romanticized allusions to, what they see as, America\u2019s glorious founding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This recent leak, which Unicorn Riot has described in detail<\/a> and is available to the public at vault.unicornriot.ninja<\/a>, includes notes from 75 interviews with potential recruits conducted between September and December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nine of those interviews were conducted with former Patriot Front members seeking to return to the organization after having left. Unless otherwise noted, the interviewees mentioned in this article were accepted into the organization\u2014indicating that their views lined up with the ideological parameters established by group leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n