Greg Johnson

Gregory R. Johnson (pseudonyms: The Cat Lady, Dr. R. G. Fowler, T. C. Lynch, Trevor Lynch, Mike MeehanT.C. Lynch (The Racist Formerly known as "The Cat Lady") Vanguard News Network (archived from December 13, 2020).) is an American white nationalist notable for his support of holocaust denier and "esoteric Hitlerist" Savitri Devi. Johnson runs The Savitri Devi Archive under the pseudonym "Dr. R.G. Fowler".Contact The Savitri Devi Archive (archived from February 16, 2020). He also runs the Neo-Nazi website Counter-Currents under his own name.About Counter-Currents (archived from April 26, 2021). About his youth, Johnson stated, "I was a bit of a boy Objectivist, a bit of an asshole, for a couple of years because of that [watching Milton Friedman's Free to Choose program on PBS]." and "somewhat pro-Zionist".Between Two Lampshades: Michael Enoch Interviews Greg Johnson, Part 1 (June 15, 2015) Counter-Currents (archived from 5 Jul 2021 17:55:48 UTC) He's no longer a libertarian and he's now anti-semitic,"Greg Johnson and Counter-Currents" by Graham Macklin (2019) In: Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy, edited by Mark Sedgwick. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190877590. Pages 204-223. but he's become 100% asshole. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2001 ("A commentary on Kant's Dreams of a spirit-seer").Gregory R. Johnson Pacific School of Religion.A commentary on Kant's Dreams of a spirit-seer Worldcat. He taught at colleges for a few years, specializing in Swedenborgian Studies, (Morehouse College, Spelman College, Georgia State University, Pacific School of Religion) before leaving academia permanently.
Johnson was arrested in 2019 in Norway under the country’s immigration act. Norway's intelligence service told CNN that he was arrested because they considered him "to be a threat, not because of what he could do but because of his hate speech and his previously expressed support for Anders Breivik."Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference by Vasco Cotovio (1:36 PM EST, Sun November 3, 2019) CNN. Following his arrest, the Center for Swedenborgian Studies at the Pacific School of Religion issued a statement that they were unaware of of his extremist views during his term of employment (2002-2005) and that the Center condemned his views in no uncertain terms.Statement about Gregory R. Johnson by James F. Lawrence (November 5, 2019) Center for Swedenborgian Studies.
==Content of Counter-Currents==
The guiding principles of Counter-Currents are based on writings of crank metaphysician book, The Crisis of the Modern World.About Counter-Currents Publishing & North American New Right Counter-Currents (archived from March 31, 2020). The specific principles are pseudohistorical, specifically cyclical theory and the idea that there was a golden age:
Johnson's training is strictly speaking in philosophy, not history, although he has claimed legitimately to have expertise in the history of philosophy. This is a case of Ultracrepidarianism.
The idea of living according to "Golden Age principles in the depths of the Dark Age", is reminiscent of Ignatius Reilly, the protagonist of Confederacy of DuncesA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980) Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0807106577. that is even more pronounced in the neoreactionary movement.
The Counter-Currents was banned from Paypal and Patreon following the aftermath of Unite the Right, and it was also banned from the Amazon Affiliates Program.
===White genocide===
Johnson is a promoter in the crank white genocide conspiracy theory.White Genocide by Greg Johnson (September 15, 2015) Counter-Currents (archived from May 21, 2021).Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 138: “Set Aside Your Humility & Lead”. Ruuben Kaalep Interviews Greg Johnson (2015) Counter-Currents (archived from October 25, 2015). Although Johnson has eschewed overt calls for violence, such as from William Pierce's The Turner Diaries (a.k.a. "Day of the Rope"), he advocates "a well-planned, orderly, and humane process of ethnic cleansing."Restoring White Homelands by Greg Johnson (June 24, 2014) Counter-Currents (archived from January 28, 2021). This is duplicitous on the part of Johnson, who is effectively advocating violence by this statement because people do not willingly accede to being ethnically cleansed from their natal homelands and give up their citizenship. The United Nations defines ethnic cleansing as, "a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas."Final Report of the Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 (27 May 1994) United Nations Security Council.
===Hegemony of the white races===
Johnson is a fan of the Italian fascist philosopher and rape promoter Julius Evola.Steve Bannon’s interest in a thinker who inspired fascism exposes the misogyny of the alt-right by Annalisa Merelli (Published February 22, 2017; Last updated on October 6, 2017) Quartz. He approvingly republished Evola's article "The Hegemony of the White Races". Evola wrote in this article that:The Hegemony of the White Races by Julius Evola. Originally published in Corriere Padano on January 6, 1937. Reprinted in Counter-Currents (archived from January 27, 2021).
Johnson also believes that people who discuss past crimes against humanity committed by white people should be punished, essentially advocating for a memory hole:“Indigenous” Isn’t Our Term by Robert Hampton (September 29, 2021) Counter-Currents. Greg Johnson comment from September 29, 2021 at 12:37 pm.
==Bait-and-switch==
Johnson has engaged in bait-and-switch tactics by hiding his most odious views with pseudonyms. For example in 2003 under the pseudonym T.C. Lynch, he expressed support for ethnic cleansing of Jews on racist and anti-semitic website Vanguard News Network:
In an article with the same title ("To Cleanse America: Some Practical Proposals") by Johnson published on Counter-Currents in 2010, that paragraph was excised; there was no acknowledgement of the previous publication.To Cleanse America: Some Practical Proposals by Greg Johnson (October 27, 2010) Counter-Currents (archived from November 8, 2010).
==See also==
* Arnar Styr Björnsson
* Jack Buckby
* Michael Coombs
* John Fuerst
* Kevin MacDonald
* Patrick Little
==External links==
*Greg Johnson — Southern Poverty Law Center
*Greg Johnson (02/02/2019 - 20:07) FOIA Research
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