he was outraged by waco. somebody told me a lot of people would be scared. which he visited in person during the standoff. the fiery inferno there drove him to action. he finally decides that this government is so dangerous to its own citizens that it needs to be destroyed. holy cow. on april 19, 1995, the two-year anniversary of waco, mcveigh carried out what he considered to be his masterpiece. the attack was eerily similar to earl turner s attack on the fbi in the turner diaries. it was the same kind of target, a federal building. a similar kind of bomb. detonated at the same time of day, just after 9:00 a.m. mcveigh had become earl turner, his white supremacist hero.
the government in ruby ridge, idaho, and the branch of the davidian cult battling the feds near waco, texas. you are a disgrace to the white race. brought the movement to a fever pitch. while these incidents are happening, the number of groups in the united states is skyrocketing. the number of white supremacist groups is leaping in tandem with that. among those angry young men was a gulf war veteran named timothy mcveigh. he had been very interested in the turner diaries while he was in the army. when he first got it, he read it constantly, for three or four weeks. he kept wanting me to read it, you got to reit this book, you got to read this book. after mcveigh left the military, he radicalized even more, getting involved with a militia in michigan. he met with white supremacists across the nation while on the gun show circuit. where he also sold his favorite book. it just arrived today.
became a real life rebellion. powerful new white supremacist armies sprung up in the 1980s. boasting tens of thousands of hard core members. you could say we re the front line soldiers for the movement. many were directly inspired by the turner diaries. we ve offered ourselves up to try to save america. officially declaring war on the united states government. fire! one group actually took its name from the book, the order. there was a sea change in the kind of activity carried out by the white power movement. the groups adopted the book s terrorist tactics. they stole $4 million. including armed robberies to get funding. allen burr was murdered. and assassinations. ten defendants were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the u.s. government.
cause under threat. for years, the all powerful ku klux klan had led the charge. threats, beatings, rapings and, of course, murder. we shall overcome then came the civil rights movement. a crushing blow to the klan. free at last. free at last. thank god almighty, we are free at last. in its wake, klan membership declined. and white supremacists were divided. white revolution! among competing ideologies. pierce wrote the turner diaries hoping to unite the movement behind a story. pierce knew fiction would be more powerful than facts.
when he was arrested a few days after the bombing, he had pages of the turner diaries in his car, and that s how people were able to connect the dots on these things. today there are tributes to mcveigh and the turner diaries all over the internet. remember atomwaffen, the deadly group said to be planning attacks on nuclear plants? authorities discovered they had explosives, radioactive material and a framed photograph of timothy mcveigh, along with a copy of the turner diaries. for hairor this stunning, and healthy-looking every time you color powered by 60% oils olia propels color deep into hair, and without ammonia. it s in the oils. olia. brilliant color. visibly healthier hair. by garnier naturally. this is jamie.