Out of all the texts we have read, I think the Turner Diaries by William Luther Pierce made me feel the most disgusted and disturbed. Turner Diaries provided a disturbing look into white supremacist thought and made me feel utterly ill. The ease with which Pierce wrote about mass genocide, killing everyone on Earth except for whites, especially considering how the Holocaust was so clearly documented—although, considering Pierce was a raging anti-Semite, he probably did not believe it happened—it is revolting to me that one would write a novel in which mass genocide is a happy ending. It is a highly influential text that inspired many horrible texts, and within it there is so much distorted information that I feel angry. It also makes me angry to know that Pierce lived a long life without, from what I can tell, any repercussions for the hatred he produced and encouraged. I did find it very interesting that what set off the events of the Turner Diaries was the banning of firearms, considering gun control is such a hot topic today in the United States.
I am curious about where the idea of a race war in the United States originates. I had first heard of it in association with Charles Manson, and of course it plays a large role in the Turner Diaries, but I would not be surprised if it has been around for much longer.