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Sep 25, 2026
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
People think all of a sudden he was political.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
No, he was doing work with the Silver Legion, with the German-American Bund, with the America Firsters under Lindbergh.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
At that time, it really seemed like America was going to go in a more traditional direction, in a more genuinely right-wing direction.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
He was working with all of them, and all of that was crushed.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
People think all of a sudden he was political.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
No, he was doing work with the Silver Legion, with the German-American Bund, with the America Firsters under Lindbergh.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
At that time, it really seemed like America was going to go in a more traditional direction, in a more genuinely right-wing direction.
Paul FahrenheidtGUEST
He was working with all of them, and all of that was crushed.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
Yeah.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
So in the 1930s, Nazi groups were gaining a foothold in the United States, groups like the Silver Shirts and the German-American Bund.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
And they were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden, attended by thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations in New Jersey.
Molly DonlanHOST
I could, I could have spent an entire episode on this man, but I had to frame him in the context of star seeds, because otherwise he would not fit into this fucking podcast.
Molly DonlanHOST
So 1933, within a day of Hitler taking power in Germany, Pelley founds the Silver Legion of America in Asheville, North Carolina, and everyone calls them the Silver Shirts.
Molly DonlanHOST
This is modeled after Hitler's Brown Shirts.
Molly DonlanHOST
The uniform is silver shirt, blue tie, corduroy trousers, and a scarlet L over the heart for loyalty, liberation, and legion.
Madison LillianHOST
Oh, of course
Molly DonlanHOST
... part of the whole story, not favorite because it was good, but just favorite because of the outcome of it.
Molly DonlanHOST
His running mate was Willard Kemp, the Silver Legion commander in Southern California.
Molly DonlanHOST
Their platform calls for the registration and persecution of American Jews, which is not okay and not cool.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
So the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, uh, groups like the German American Bund Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden attended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
So the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, uh, groups like the German American Bund Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden attended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
So the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, uh, groups like the German American Bund and Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden attended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
So the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, uh, groups like the German American Bund, Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden attended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
Samantha BarabásGUEST
So the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarabásGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, uh, groups like the German American Bund Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarabásGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden attended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarabásGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
Yeah, so the 1930s is really kind of a key decade in this history of hate speech law.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
In the 1930s, hundreds of Nazi groups were taking root in the United States, groups like the German-American Bund, Silver Shirts.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were holding rallies in Madison Square Garden, tended by tens of thousands.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
They were conducting demonstrations.
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