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Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates

Joshua Bates

Husband | Father | Former far-right extremist Twitter: @realjoshbates1

Editor of Starting Over: My Journey Into and Exit From the White Nationalist Movement
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Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates
Mar 10 · 13 min read

My Spiritual Journey

As part of the requirements of my Beit Din I was asked to write an essay on my personal spiritual journey. The following is a shortened and revised version of what I submitted.

Keep in mind that these are my own thoughts, opinions, and experiences and nothing said…

Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates
May 13, 2019 · 1 min read

Identity, Introspection, and Leaving the Movement

Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates
Jan 3, 2019 · 9 min read

My Time in the National Socialist Movement

Pretty soon you’ll begin to notice a pattern with these “My Time In [insert org here] posts:

  1. My time in them was typically brief
  2. I never really did much at all while a member/supporter

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Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates
Dec 16, 2018 · 1 min read

Burning White Nationalist Paraphernalia

For the past ten years I was a racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-Semitic extremist on the far-right. My journey through the White Nationalist scene saw me joining and associating with may different far-right organizations and wearing just as many uniforms…

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Joshua Bates
Joshua Bates
Dec 12, 2018 · 8 min read

My Time in the Ku Klux Klan

Everyone is familiar with what the Ku Klux Klan is. There isn’t a single person on Earth who hasn’t heard…

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