White sheets and burning crosses have given way to Web servers and URLs, to Aryan chat rooms, and electronic archives of paranoid propaganda. In this new age of intolerance, the Webmaster is the real grand dragon. The men behind these Web sites are increasingly educated, articulate, and shrewd. Instructions for bomb making, for instance, are easily available on the Net. With its infinite ability to create virtual communities, the Internet has also provided an unprecedented psychological link for once-isolated White supremacists.
People come into it and get really consumed by it.
They're told, 'We're gonna win, we're gonna accomplish our goals,' then they get frustrated and move on. The Nationalist Alliance is led by William Pierce , a physicist who is the author of the notorious right-wing extremist bible, The Turner Diaries , considered the inspiration for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The record company not only makes it easier for Pierce to reach young people, it helps finance his operations, which include a Web site and a weekly radio broadcast. And then there is Martinlutherking.org. In fact, the site is a cleverly disguised collection of attacks on King's integrity, including some selective material from legitimate sources such as Newsweek.