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'''Nathan Daniel Larson''' (born 19 September 1980) is a [[perennial candidate]] for public office in the US state of Virginia. He served 14 months in prison for the [[felony]] of threatening the [[President of the United States|President's]] life. He has advocated greatly curtailing women's rights and decriminalizing [[ |
'''Nathan Daniel Larson''' (born 19 September 1980) is a [[perennial candidate]] for public office in the US state of Virginia. He served 14 months in prison for the [[felony]] of threatening the [[President of the United States|President's]] life. He has advocated greatly curtailing women's rights and decriminalizing [[incest]] and [[child marriage]] and is a [[white supremacist]]. |
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==Political career== |
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Larson's 2018 on-line political manifesto, which has been taken down, advocates "benevolent white supremacy" and names [[Adolf Hitler]] as a "white supremacist hero".<ref name=Huff/> It calls for [[free trade]], "putting an end to U.S. involvement in foreign wars arising from our country's alliance with Israel", drug legalization,<ref name=USA/> protection of [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|gun ownership rights]], the legalization of [[child pornography]] and [[incest]], and repeal of the 1994 [[Violence Against Women Act]].<ref name=Huff/> Regarding women he states: "We need to switch to a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands";<ref name=Huff/> he has blamed school shootings on feminism, saying: "Guns don't kill people — feminists do."<ref name=USA/> On white supremacy, he says that whites are superior to other races because of "our cultural creativeness, our willingness to invest in the long term rather than living for today, and our conscientious desire to do the right thing even if it requires heroic self-sacrifice for the good of society".<ref name=USA/> |
Larson's 2018 on-line political manifesto, which has been taken down, advocates "benevolent white supremacy" and names [[Adolf Hitler]] as a "white supremacist hero".<ref name=Huff/> It calls for [[free trade]], "putting an end to U.S. involvement in foreign wars arising from our country's alliance with Israel", drug legalization,<ref name=USA/> protection of [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|gun ownership rights]], the legalization of [[child pornography]] and [[incest]], and repeal of the 1994 [[Violence Against Women Act]].<ref name=Huff/> Regarding women he states: "We need to switch to a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands";<ref name=Huff/> he has blamed school shootings on feminism, saying: "Guns don't kill people — feminists do."<ref name=USA/> On white supremacy, he says that whites are superior to other races because of "our cultural creativeness, our willingness to invest in the long term rather than living for today, and our conscientious desire to do the right thing even if it requires heroic self-sacrifice for the good of society".<ref name=USA/> |
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Larson created [[internet chat room]]s for self-identified "[[incel]]s" (involuntarily celibate men) and for pedophiles, ''suiped.org'' and ''incelocalypse.today'', and wrote posts on the sites endorsing child rape and describing himself as a "hebephilic |
Larson created [[internet chat room]]s for self-identified "[[incel]]s" (involuntarily celibate men) and for pedophiles, ''suiped.org'' and ''incelocalypse.today'', and wrote posts on the sites endorsing child rape and describing himself as a "hebephilic rapecel".<ref name=Huff/> Both sites were removed by the hosting company in late May 2018 after a complaint by the website ''[[The Tab#Babe|Babe.net]]''.<ref name=Huff/><ref name=USA/><ref>{{cite web |author=Harry Shukman |url=https://babe.net/2018/05/30/incelocalypse-62690 |title=How we took down a social network for pedophiles: It was called Incelocalypse |website=[[Babe.net]] |date=May 30, 2018 }}</ref> He told ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' in response to a question about whether he is actually a pedophile or merely writes about it online, "It’s a mix of both ... When people go over the top there’s a grain of truth to what they say."<ref name=NY/><ref name=Huff/> He described the term as "vague" and described men being attracted to underage girls as "normal".<ref name=Huff/> |
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In August 2010 he wrote to the federal prosecutor describing the mental health treatment he had received after his conviction as "a complete waste of taxpayer money" since he did not have a mental illness, and announced that he would violate the terms of his release from prison: "If you happen to hear the distinctive sound of gunfire of a Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm Anti-Tank Cannon emanating from my backyard, as cardboard cutouts of statist federal politicians, federal judges, federal prosecutors, and federal agents become riddled with large, ragged bullet holes, please know, that there is nothing amiss; it is just me engaging in target practice."<ref name=NY/> |
In August 2010 he wrote to the federal prosecutor describing the mental health treatment he had received after his conviction as "a complete waste of taxpayer money" since he did not have a mental illness, and announced that he would violate the terms of his release from prison: "If you happen to hear the distinctive sound of gunfire of a Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm Anti-Tank Cannon emanating from my backyard, as cardboard cutouts of statist federal politicians, federal judges, federal prosecutors, and federal agents become riddled with large, ragged bullet holes, please know, that there is nothing amiss; it is just me engaging in target practice."<ref name=NY/> |
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Revision as of 22:01, 6 June 2018
Nathan Daniel Larson (born 19 September 1980) is a perennial candidate for public office in the US state of Virginia. He served 14 months in prison for the felony of threatening the President's life. He has advocated greatly curtailing women's rights and decriminalizing incest and child marriage and is a white supremacist.
Political career
An accountant, Larson has a degree from George Mason University,[1] where he was a student senator and a cannabis reform activist;[2] he was then a member of the Libertarian Party.[3]
In November 2008, Larson ran for Congress in the 1st congressional district of Virginia, as an anarcho-capitalist.[4] He received less than 2% of the vote.[5]
In 2009, he pleaded guilty to sending a letter in December 2008 threatening to kill either President Bush or President Obama, and was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release; he served 14 months.[4][6][7] In March 2017 he described the letter as "an act of civil disobedience".[7]
As a convicted felon, Larson was barred from seeking state office in Virginia, until Governor Terry McAuliffe restored voting and candidacy rights to thousands of felons in 2016.[4][7] The following year he stood as a candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 31st district,[7] again receiving less than 2% of the vote.[4] His candidacy was discussed in the 2017 campaign for the state governorship, with the Republican nominee, Ed Gillespie, using it to criticize McAuliffe's action.[8]
In 2018, he is running as a "quasi-neoreactionary libertarian" for election to Congress from the 10th congressional district of Virginia.[4][9] The Libertarian Party has said that he was expelled from the party's Virginia branch last year.[9]
Political views
Larson's 2018 on-line political manifesto, which has been taken down, advocates "benevolent white supremacy" and names Adolf Hitler as a "white supremacist hero".[4] It calls for free trade, "putting an end to U.S. involvement in foreign wars arising from our country's alliance with Israel", drug legalization,[8] protection of gun ownership rights, the legalization of child pornography and incest, and repeal of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act.[4] Regarding women he states: "We need to switch to a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands";[4] he has blamed school shootings on feminism, saying: "Guns don't kill people — feminists do."[8] On white supremacy, he says that whites are superior to other races because of "our cultural creativeness, our willingness to invest in the long term rather than living for today, and our conscientious desire to do the right thing even if it requires heroic self-sacrifice for the good of society".[8]
Larson created internet chat rooms for self-identified "incels" (involuntarily celibate men) and for pedophiles, suiped.org and incelocalypse.today, and wrote posts on the sites endorsing child rape and describing himself as a "hebephilic rapecel".[4] Both sites were removed by the hosting company in late May 2018 after a complaint by the website Babe.net.[4][8][10] He told The Huffington Post in response to a question about whether he is actually a pedophile or merely writes about it online, "It’s a mix of both ... When people go over the top there’s a grain of truth to what they say."[1][4] He described the term as "vague" and described men being attracted to underage girls as "normal".[4]
In August 2010 he wrote to the federal prosecutor describing the mental health treatment he had received after his conviction as "a complete waste of taxpayer money" since he did not have a mental illness, and announced that he would violate the terms of his release from prison: "If you happen to hear the distinctive sound of gunfire of a Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm Anti-Tank Cannon emanating from my backyard, as cardboard cutouts of statist federal politicians, federal judges, federal prosecutors, and federal agents become riddled with large, ragged bullet holes, please know, that there is nothing amiss; it is just me engaging in target practice."[1]
Private life
Larson is from Charlottesville[8] and lives in Catlett, Virginia,[4] as of June 2018[update] with his parents.[9] He admitted to raping his ex-wife,[1][4] who was transgender and committed suicide after the birth of their daughter.[11] In November 2015 a jury in Colorado denied him custody of the girl, and he announced the following month that he would seek legal termination of his parental rights.[12] He has remarried.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Virginia congressional candidate Nathan Larson admits he's a pedophile". New York Daily News. June 1, 2018.
- ^ Victorian, Michael (19 December 2002). "GMU student leader fights to reduce marijuana possession penalties". District Chronicles.
- ^ "GMU Student Senator Raises Controversy over Marijuana Bill". Libertarian Party of Virginia. November 26, 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Jesselyn Cook; Andy Campbell (June 5, 2018) [May 31, 2018]. "Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile". Huffington Post.
- ^ "2008 U.S. House General Election: District 1". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "Boulder man sentenced in presidential threat". Denver Post. October 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Antonio Olivo (March 8, 2017). "He threatened to kill the president. Now he is seeking public office". Washington Post.
- ^ a b c d e f William Cummings (June 2, 2018) [June 1, 2018]. "Nathan Larson is a pedophile and a white supremacist. And he's running for Congress". USA Today.
- ^ a b c Eli Rosenberg (June 3, 2018). "He's pro-incest, pedophilia, and rape. He's also running for Congress from his parents' house". Washington Post.
- ^ Harry Shukman (May 30, 2018). "How we took down a social network for pedophiles: It was called Incelocalypse". Babe.net.
- ^ J. Adrian Stanley (November 11, 2015). "Nathan Larson admits he has "sexual feelings" for children, seeks custody of daughter". Colorado Springs Independent.
- ^ J. Adrian Stanley (December 16, 2015). "Nathan Larson now says he won't seek custody of baby". Colorado Springs Independent.
External links
- "Nathan Larson for Congress campaign manifesto". 2018. Archived from the original.