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The membership of the neo-Confederate group Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) has leaked, revealing that the organization boasts military officers, elected officials, public employees, and a national security expert.
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Several members are also loyal to the violent neo-Confederate group League of the South (LoS), as reported by
The Guardian. The publication obtained the national SCV membership data from a self-described hacktivist whose identity is being withheld for their safety.
According to the report, the data reveals the names and personal details of almost 59,000 SCV members, including 91 individuals associated with government agencies and 74 people involved with branches of the armed forces.
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As Changing America previously reported, the presence of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is growing in population thanks in part to their aggressive stance on preserving statues, namesakes and memorials of Confederate soldiers in public settings, as is the case in the relocation of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis, Tenn.
The group’s leader in North Carolina, Kevin Stone, someone who was described as recruiting associated with extremists, co-founded the SCV Mechanized Cavalry, a motorcycle gang affiliated with the SCV. Reportedly, members of the biker gang pushed out members of the main SCV for not having far enough right values.
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One thing that has become incredibly apparent in recent years is that a certain portion of the population seems to be sincerely shocked to find out that white supremacists have decent paying jobs. Considering that we just had a white nationalist president only two seconds ago, it shouldn’t come as too much of a shock that the online database for a neo-Confederate group revealed that its members included elected officials, professors, and service members.
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Please, hold your shocked gasps.
According to the Guardian, an anonymous hacktivist took advantage of a security exploit in the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) website and found that of the 59,000 former and current members, 74 registered with emails associated with various branches of the armed forces, and 91 used emails associated with government agencies.