the savviest white nationalists are aware of the blind spot that observers often have when it comes to women, discounting their contributions to abhorrent causes because they prefer to think of them as humanity’s better angels. One of this book’s subjects put it this way: “A soft woman saying hard things can create repercussions throughout society,” Lana Lokteff declared at a white-nationalist conference in 2017. “Since we aren’t physically intimidating, we can get away with saying big things. And let me tell you, the women that I’ve met in this movement can be lionesses, and shield-maidens,
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