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His parents threatened to report his car to the police saying it was stolen.

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Why ya'll talkin' bout me?

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allison decided to be a curious friend at the conference
at the old conferences, don would take derek with him because chloe had to work
derek would listen to the men talk not do what the other kids would do
don thought of himself as a babysitter, not a parent
don was very loyal to the movement
dereks half-sisters left home and would act out but derek did not
derek was very well known as a child with all of the intend of the conferences
don thought of derek as a partner

AT THE CONFERENCE
derek's family was very nice to derek and allison
she listens to derek's family and their opinions
she sat next to derek at the conference
she stayed away from the cameras so nobody would see her
allison listened to all seven speakers
she didn't mind the speakers but she didn't like the breaks in between and having to talk to others

DEREK'S SPEECH
dreaded the speech

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Allison made sure to stay out of photos at the conference. She also wrote notes and questions while listening to the speakers.

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Undercover FBI agent liked Derek.

Don assumed Derek would take over.
Derek's family was ready to greet Allison.

Many guests.
The guests adored Derek.

Allison
She found the beliefs disgusting.
Didn't want photos taken of her.

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Allison did not want to speak out about their beliefs, and would typically respond with "interesting". Don found her difficult to read. Allison tried to stay out of pictures so she wouldn't end up on stormfront. Allison did not enjoy the breaks, she would stand next to Derek and lots of people would go and talk to them.

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Allison took notes during the conference that she would as derek later. She made sure to stay out of all the pictures so that she wouldnt end up on stormfront

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Allison wrote down a bunch of questions to ask Derek later.

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Allison took notes during the conference and wrote down questions for Derek later

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Allison continues to think she needs to earn Derek's trust.

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Derek and the crew when they see a black person vibing

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Derek's family greeted Allison with hugs on the front porch. Don asked Allison about what she thought about everything. Derek would tell Allison about each person at the gathering.

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Derek's family is really nice to Allison when they arrived at the large cabin

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Derek's family is interested in Alison's beliefs.

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Derek once went to a movie with an undercover fbi agent, who had taken a liking to Derek. Derek became well known after years on the road, he grew up at these conferences. After decades, Don shared the passwords to stormfront with Derek.

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forced to go on trips as a kid
Derek liked listening to the speakers
always sat with adults
learned more about his father
home- tired and burnt out
conferences- energized and popular

put home up for collateral
trailer for 2 years in driveway

father's greatest ally

2-3 each year

first crushes at a KKK compound
FBI undercover to movie- taking a liken

"Give the boy's mind a break"
"Red Dog"
a stare not smile

a partner- building the brand

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Don assumed Derek would take it over

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Derek believes that Whites are just genetically better, he genuinely doesn't believe they deserve rights

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Derek when Don said he is going to a conference without him

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Allison is trying to shift Derek's views.

She decided to go to the conference.
Allison came up with an alias.

Derek asked Allison out.
She rejected Derek as nicely as possible.

Allison and Derek stayed with Derek's parents.
Don went with Derek to many conferences.

Many speakers had incorrect facts. These facts were accepted without question.

Don helped out the white supremacist community.

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Don gets his energy and ideas from his allies.

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Derek began to go with Don to these conferences at 9 years old. Derek wanted to listen to the speaker, he recognized some of the people from Don's stories. He would sit with the adults, instead of the other kids. Derek learned about his father on these trips. When Don was at these conference, he seemed like a completely different person.

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Derek is a very refined person, he could be described as a really good and laid back person by others who don't know about his beliefs.

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Derek liked being at the conferences as a kid he would pay attention unlike the other kids.

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Don felt like a babysitter on the way to conferences because Derek was home all of the time after being taken out of public school.

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As a kid, Derek liked to listen to the speakers at the conferences his dad took him to

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Derek would sit and listen to the adults at the conference when he was younger

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derek went along to conferences with don when he was young and unlike the other kids actually listened instead of playing games

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Don has gone to more than 130 white power conference. He makes the conference trips as long as he can

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conference blown up on media

"fun" in dysfunctional
weird family reunion

blend in for safety
make an effort to understand to build a case against

research project
Mom? wear? agenda? assigned seats?
"old friend in FL"
are you a WN? how do you know DB?
asked her out?
exactly how did she feel about him
her reputation was a bit more important
rejected as kindly and honestly
"this is nice, let's let it be nice"

bed - couch
freak-outs to a 0
13 hours

130 power-white conferences

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Derek's life is completely consumed by his beliefs

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Derek and Allison got her ready for the conference. Like her name and what she should tell people. Derek also asked Allison out and he got rejected

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Derek asked Allison out over a text message. She did not want to been seen with him, or post pictures with him. She rejected him and did not want people to find out about them.

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allison rejected derek

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Allison cared about Derek and maybe want to be with him but she doesn't want to date him publicly.

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Prediction: Alison will friend zone Derek and he will think about his white nationalism and think hard about his views and beliefs. He will hear out her argument and second guess his beliefs.

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Derek asked Allison out but she said no

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Derek loves Alison, but Alison doesn't want to be associated with him

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Alison is def gonna freindzone this man

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Allison decided to go to the conference but has a lot of questions about what to do at the conference

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Self deportaions- should choose to leave on their own
Allison thinks it is nothing like a family reunion
She thinks she could earn her way into converstaions if she went to the confrence
She "quizzed" him over the confrence

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Derek asked Allison out on a date!

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Derek was trying to explain the conference as a family reunion. Allison was trying to explain that a family reunion is cousins gathering together and playing games, not listening to speakers.

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allison decides to go to the conference

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Allison felt that she needed to fully understand derek before she could argue against him

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she thinks she can blend in at the conference since she is white. She wants to earn his trust by trying to be open about his conversations and points and then create an argument against it.

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They compared the conference to a family reunion

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They changed the location in order to avoid potential protesters and law enforcement.
Security guards and Stormfront IDs
Derek and Allison argue about white nationalism.
She wants to dismantle his views.
The convention is like a "family reunion."
See if white stay together as a block

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The conference got some major media attention

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change location - smokey mountains

150 attendees
"true die-hard activists"

unsure of what he believes
racists=sexists

dishonest? watered down?
didn't sound like most users

wanted to see if he was the same at the conference

"i'm just freaking out"

2012 presidental election

"we'll see if white people start sticking together again"

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People have wanted to build walls for a while

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STORMFRONT CONFERENCE
location was changed to keep secretive and safe
150 attendees
security guards
volunteers watching for others

ALLISON
sent information about a lot of things against white supremacists
tempted to go with Derek to see what he said to others
was scared to go
told her it was a "family reunion"
hesitant to go with him

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Derek has respectable beliefs, such as respect for women. He just hold a prejudice about non-whites. "I respect my people, I just don't respect THEM (Blacks)" - BlackKklansmember

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Registration was open for 150 people and there were security guards and volunteers. Allison believed that Derek was being dishonest with his beliefs. She was tempted to go with him to the conference, to see if she could see his views.

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Allison is tempted to go to the conference to see what Derek's views really are. She is scared to go though.

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Allison was tempted to go with Derek to the conference

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derek is trying to get allison to go to the gathering with him

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Derek told Don that he would invite a classmate but "forgot" to mention the fact that she is not at all a white nationalist. I predict that they will find out about her and Derek will get in trouble somehow for this.

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Security Guard when a member doesn't say a slur

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The white meeting has guards

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There was 150 people that attended the conference. There was security guards at the front doors.

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He wanted the true heart white nationalists but Derek invited Allison.

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The conference got moved by Don for privacy reasons.

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The conference location got moved to the smokey mountains

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The conference was always kept a secret of where it was held. Don changed the location of the conference a few days before the event.

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Don changed the location to the smokey mountains

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secret stormfront gathering

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Derek is moving the get together into a secluded place

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The event location got changed last minute for security.

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Don changed the location right before the event

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Start of Chapter 7

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Start of chapter 7

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Derek wants Allison to go to his white nationalist conference.

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Derek's relationships after his past gets out

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Derek invited Allison to a convention

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derek asking allison to come to the conference

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Derek invited allison to the conference

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Derek wants Allison to come to the conference for White Nationalists.

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Derek thinking about his answers to any questions that Allison has.

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Derek told Alison to come to his conference

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New Stormfront shooters Referred to as very unfortunate events
New shooter
Rationalized the shooters motive
Allison heard about the rationalization and confronted Derek about it
He said that he did not say anything about it
It was still his radio show
Derek invited allison to his conference

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"these hurt us." rationalized the shooter's motive
"belong back in their own countries"

"Be careful how you say things"
calm down before responding

Allison felt linked in the terrible chain of events

good over bad in frienship
frienship is strong enough
what exactly does he believe- only have his family and radio show to go on. They make their own assumptions

has a million questions

2nd annual conference

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Derek doesn't directly promote murder, but doesn't directly hate it either. He is what we call a Schrodinger's Racist

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Allison called Derek out on how Derek hasn't talked about his beliefs openly and has to make people guess and assume

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Allison when derek didnt disagree with anything that was said

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Allison calls Derek out later that night

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Don and Truck Roy were defending the murderer.

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The school hates Derek, and the people involved with him

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everyone on the show justifying the shooter

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There are many killers on stormfront and Derek doesn't think what they did was good.

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Derek and the band boys singing about the gays

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"All the immigrants belong in their own countries instead of here"

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Don and Truck Roy rationalizing the shooters.

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"We must secure the existence for our people..."

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"why are we separateded?"
merits of debate
compromise "when the other is wrong"
made her laugh
french my friend

still on her mind
slowed on the radio

research about WN
scientific flaws
made her nauseous

She was angry at herself for being with him
doubts would multiply

happy dimension until the ugly

Stormfront shooter
"ethnic cleansing"
"very unfortunate coincidence"

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don when asked about murderers joining stormfront

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Derek struggling to understand his gay feelings