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* CompleteMonster: Everyone who's not racist is portrayed this way. [[DesignatedHero The racists are no better, not that the book would ever tell you that]].
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* CompleteMonster: Everyone who's not racist is portrayed this way. [[DesignatedHero The racists are no better, not that the book would ever tell you that]].
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* AcceptableTargets: *[[LongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, mixed-race people, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, interracial couples, and the "unfit".

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* AcceptableTargets: *[[LongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, mixed-race people, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, liberals, conservatives, libertarians, communists, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, interracial couples, and the "unfit".
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* AcceptableTargets: *[[LongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, and the "unfit".

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* AcceptableTargets: *[[LongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, mixed-race people, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, interracial couples, and the "unfit".
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* AcceptableTargets: *[[TheLongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, and the "unfit".

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* AcceptableTargets: *[[TheLongList *[[LongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, and the "unfit".
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* AcceptableTargets: *[[TheLongList inhales deeply]]*... Jews, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese, Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, bisexuals, crossdressers, fetishists, sadomasochists, rednecks, and the "unfit".
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* IdiotPlot: The plot kicks off with the US population, ''including the Supreme Court,'' accepting the outlawing of privately-owned guns, second amendment be damned. In fact, lets cut to the chase and say that ''everyone'' who isn't heroic is a moron nigh-on by default.

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* IdiotPlot: The plot kicks off with the US population, ''including the Supreme Court,'' accepting the outlawing of privately-owned guns, second amendment be damned. In fact, lets cut to the chase and say that ''everyone'' who isn't heroic racist is a moron nigh-on by default.
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* SoBadItsHorrible: '''It should really go without saying that this is a very bad book.'''
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* SoBadItsHorrible: '''It should really go without saying that this is a very bad book.'''
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the [[DesignatedHero heroes]] as "depraved, racist criminals".

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: To be expected in a novel with a white supremacist agenda. At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the [[DesignatedHero heroes]] as "depraved, racist criminals".
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the heroes as "depraved, racist criminals".

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the heroes [[DesignatedHero heroes]] as "depraved, racist criminals".
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* OvershadowedByControversy: This book is probably best known for its association with Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bomber.

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* OvershadowedByControversy: This book is probably best known for its association with Timothy McVeigh, [=McVeigh=], the Oklahoma City Bomber.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: This books is probably best known for its association with Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bomber.

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* OvershadowedByControversy: This books book is probably best known for its association with Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bomber.
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* IdiotPlot: The plot kicks off with the US population, ''including the supreme court,'' accepting the outlawing of privately-owned guns, second amendment be damned. In fact, lets cut to the chase and say that ''everyone'' who isn't heroic is a moron nigh-on by default.

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* IdiotPlot: The plot kicks off with the US population, ''including the supreme court,'' Supreme Court,'' accepting the outlawing of privately-owned guns, second amendment be damned. In fact, lets cut to the chase and say that ''everyone'' who isn't heroic is a moron nigh-on by default.
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Nightmare Fuel cleanup; see the thread for details


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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[ThePurge The Day of the Rope...]]


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* NightmareFuel: [[ThePurge The Day of the Rope...]]
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* BileFascination: This book's notoriety has drawn the attention of people unaffiliated with its political viewpoints

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* BileFascination: This book's notoriety has drawn the attention of people unaffiliated with its insane political viewpoints
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Dammit, Freud!


* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:All Jews and Non-Whites have been anihilated... in a lengthy campaign involving nuclear and chemical warfare that has reduced Earth to a tenth its population and is implied to have one hell of an aesop.]]

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* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:All Jews and Non-Whites have been anihilated... annihilated... in a lengthy campaign involving nuclear and chemical warfare that warfare, which has reduced Earth to a tenth its population and is implied to have one hell of an aesop.will most likely yield a severe fallout.]]



* IdiotPlot: Quite a bit. In fact, the plot kicks off with the US population accepting (and the Supreme Court upholding the obvious illegality of) the Cohen Act, which outlaws the private ownership of guns, which flies in the face of the 2nd Amendment (which, oddly, has not been repealed by said act). It also requires many of the minorities hated by the protagonists to be incompetent morons by default.

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* IdiotPlot: Quite a bit. In fact, the The plot kicks off with the US population population, ''including the supreme court,'' accepting (and the Supreme Court upholding the obvious illegality of) the Cohen Act, which outlaws the private ownership outlawing of privately-owned guns, which flies in second amendment be damned. In fact, lets cut to the face of the 2nd Amendment (which, oddly, has not been repealed by said act). It also requires many of the minorities hated by the protagonists to be incompetent morons chase and say that ''everyone'' who isn't heroic is a moron nigh-on by default.



* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is grossly misrepresented.

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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is grossly misrepresented.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Barring every attempt to make this book a SelfFulfillingProphesy, the climax of the book involves the protagonist flying a plane into the Pentagon.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Barring every attempt to make this book a SelfFulfillingProphesy, SelfFulfillingProphecy, the climax of the book involves the protagonist flying a plane into the Pentagon.

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* BileFascination: The only reason anyone outside the white supremacist movement would want to read it.
* DesignatedHero: And how...
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:All Jews and non-whites are exterminated after the epilogue]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: '''To say the least.'''
* HarsherInHindsight: The climax of the book involves the protagonist flying a plane into the Pentagon. In 1978. And this is without mentioning the terrorists such as Timothy [=McVeigh=] who invoked this trope deliberately...
* IdiotPlot: Quite a bit. In fact, the plot kicks off with the US population accepting (and the Supreme Court upholding the obvious illegality of) the Cohen Act, which outlaws the private ownership of guns, which flies in the face of the 2nd Amendment (which, oddly, has not been repealed by said act). It also requires many of the minorities hated by the protagonists to be as dumb and incompetent as many RealLife racists believe them to be for many things they do to succeed.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The entire work requires one to believe in fifty five gallons drums of this to buy anything depicted could actually come to pass.

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* BileFascination: The only reason anyone outside This book's notoriety has drawn the white supremacist movement would want to read it.
attention of people unaffiliated with its political viewpoints
* DesignatedHero: And how...
DesignatedHero[=/=]DesignatedVillain
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:All Jews and non-whites are exterminated after the epilogue]]
Non-Whites have been anihilated... in a lengthy campaign involving nuclear and chemical warfare that has reduced Earth to a tenth its population and is implied to have one hell of an aesop.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: '''To say the least.'''
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Barring every attempt to make this book a SelfFulfillingProphesy, the climax of the book involves the protagonist flying a plane into the Pentagon. In 1978. And this is without mentioning the terrorists such as Timothy [=McVeigh=] who invoked this trope deliberately...
Pentagon.
* IdiotPlot: Quite a bit. In fact, the plot kicks off with the US population accepting (and the Supreme Court upholding the obvious illegality of) the Cohen Act, which outlaws the private ownership of guns, which flies in the face of the 2nd Amendment (which, oddly, has not been repealed by said act). It also requires many of the minorities hated by the protagonists to be as dumb and incompetent as many RealLife racists believe them to be for many things they do to succeed.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The entire work requires one to believe in fifty five gallons drums of this to buy anything depicted could actually come to pass.
morons by default.



* NeverLiveItDown: When the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, [[EvenEvilHasStandards the writer publicly stated that he didn't approve, and wished very hard to disassociate himself from the incident]].
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Organization uses many of the same tactics as their enemies. Of course, it's justified when ''they'' do it, but when their foes use those techniques, it shows how evil and depraved they are
* StrawmanHasAPoint: At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the heroes as "depraved, racist criminals". It might be a strawman argument if it weren't completely true.
* UnfortunateImplications: Not so much implied as [[AuthorTract gleefully screamed in your face at loudest possible volume]].
* ValuesDissonance: This book is seen as vile and monstrous outside the White Supremacist movement
* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.

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* NeverLiveItDown: When the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, [[EvenEvilHasStandards the writer publicly stated that he didn't approve, and wished very hard to disassociate himself from the incident]].
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Organization uses many of the same tactics as their enemies. Of course, it's justified when ''they'' they do it, but when their foes use those techniques, it shows how evil and depraved they are
* StrawmanHasAPoint: At one point, the attorney general of the United States government comes on television to describe the heroes as "depraved, racist criminals". It might be a strawman argument if it weren't completely true.
* UnfortunateImplications: Not so much implied as [[AuthorTract gleefully screamed in your face at loudest possible volume]].
criminals".
* ValuesDissonance: This Partially because of the extreme political values, the book is seen as vile and monstrous outside the White Supremacist movement
incredibly divisive.
* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Organization uses many of the same tactics as their enemies. Of course, it's justified when ''they'' do it, but when their foes use those techniques, it shows how evil and depraved they are
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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.

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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Apparently, we are supposed to believe that the US Army would allow military discipline to sink below Vietnam War levels at their worst and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.be utterly incompetent at stopping a right wing terrorist group from getting their hands on nuclear launch control codes and working nukes.




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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.
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* IdiotPlot: Quite a bit. In fact, the plot kicks off with the US population accepting (and the Supreme Court upholding the obvious illegality of) the Cohen Act, which outlaws the private ownership of guns, which flies in the face of the 2nd Amendment (which, oddly, has not been repealed by said act). It also requires many of the minorities hated by the protagonists to be as dumb and incompetent as many RealLife racists believe them to be for many things they do to succeed.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The entire work requires one to believe in fifty five gallons drums of this to buy anything depicted could actually come to pass.
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* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The depiction of Judaism is flagrantly misinterpreted, with everything about it taken grossly out of context and distorted to make it sound depraved as possible.
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* YouFailLawForever: The Cohen Act that bans all private ownership of guns would never pass in any US legal body with half a skull for starters.

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* NeverLiveItDown: When the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, the writer publicly stated that he didn't approve, and wished very hard to disassociate himself from the incident.

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* NeverLiveItDown: When the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, [[EvenEvilHasStandards the writer publicly stated that he didn't approve, and wished very hard to disassociate himself from the incident.incident]].

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