Posted on 10/23/2005 9:59:10 AM PDT by Danae
Duo Considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement
Oct. 20, 2005 Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans.
They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the girls say they like that. But unlike the Olsens, who built a media empire on their fun-loving, squeaky-clean image, Lamb and Lynx are cultivating a much darker personna. They are white nationalists and use their talents to preach a message of hate.
Known as "Prussian Blue" a nod to their German heritage and bright blue eyes the girls from Bakersfield, Calif., have been performing songs about white nationalism before all-white crowds since they were nine.
"We're proud of being white, we want to keep being white," said Lynx. "We want our people to stay white we don't want to just be, you know, a big muddle. We just want to preserve our race."
Lynx and Lamb have been nurtured on racist beliefs since birth by their mother April. "They need to have the background to understand why certain things are happening," said April, a stay-at-home mom who no longer lives with the twins' father. "I'm going to give them, give them my opinion just like any, any parent would."
April home-schools the girls, teaching them her own unique perspective on everything from current to historical events. In addition, April's father surrounds the family with symbols of his beliefs specifically the Nazi swastika. It appears on his belt buckle, on the side of his pick-up truck and he's even registered it as his cattle brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
"Because it's provocative," explains April of the cattle brand, "to him he thinks it's important as a symbol of freedom of speech that he can use it as his cattle brand."
Teaching Hate
Songs like "Sacrifice" a tribute to Nazi Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy Fuhrer clearly show the effect of the girls' upbringing. The lyrics praise Hess as a "man of peace who wouldn't give up."
"It really breaks my heart to see those two girls spewing out that kind of garbage," said Ted Shaw, civil rights advocate and president of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund though Shaw points out that the girls aren't espousing their own opinions but ones they're being taught.
On that point, April Gaede and Ted Shaw apparently agree.
"Well, all children pretty much espouse their parents' attitudes," she said. "We're white nationalists and of course that's a part of our life and I'm going to share that part of my life with my children."
Since they began singing, the girls have become such a force in the white nationalist movement, that David Duke the former presidential candidate, one-time Ku-Klux-Klan grand wizard and outspoken white supremacist uses the twins to draw a crowd.
Prussian Blue supporter Erich Gliebe, operator of one of the nation's most notorious hate music labels, Resistance Records, hopes younger performers like Lynx and Lamb will help expand the base of the White Nationalist cause.
"Eleven and 12 years old," he said, "I think that's the perfect age to start grooming kids and instill in them a strong racial identity."
Gliebe, who targets young, mainstream white rockers at music festivals like this past summer's "Ozzfest," says he uses music to get his message out.
But with names like Blue-Eyed Devils and Angry Aryans, these tunes are far more extreme than the ones sung by Lamb and Lynx.
"We give them a CD, we give them something as simple as a stick, they can go to our Web site and see other music and download some of our music," said Gliebe. "To me, that's the best propaganda tool for our youth."
A Taste for Hate
Gliebe says he hopes that as younger racist listeners mature, so will their tastes for harder, angrier music like that of Shawn Sugg of Max Resist.
One of Sugg's songs is a fantasy piece about a possible future racial war that goes: "Let the cities burn, let the streets run red, if you ain't white you'll be dead."
"I'd like to compare it to gangsta rap," explained Sugg, "where they glorify, you know, shooting n****** and pimping whores."
Sugg shrugs off criticism that music like his should not be handed out to schoolyard children, arguing that "it's just music, it's not like you're handing out AK-47s."
Perhaps not, but Shaw says it's the ideas in the music that are dangerous.
"When you talk about people being dead if they're not white," said Shaw, "I don't think there is much question that that is hateful."
A Place to Call Home
Despite the success of Prussian Blue and bands like Max Resist within the White Nationalism movement, most Americans don't accept their racist message.
Like many children across the country, Lamb and Lynx decided to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina the white ones.
The girls' donations were handed out by a White Nationalist organization who also left a pamphlet promoting their group and beliefs some of the intended recipients were more than a little displeased.
After a day of trying, the supplies ended up with few takers, dumped at a local shop that sells Confederate memorabilia.
Last month, the girls were scheduled to perform at the local county fair in their hometown. But when some people in the community protested, Prussian Blue was removed from the line-up.
But even before that, April had decided that Bakersfield was not "white" enough, so she sold her home, and hopes that she and the girls can find an all-white community in the Pacific Northwest.
Well said. I hate double standards, but only because I want to critcize BOTH. Seems like others use the double standard to criticize NEITHER.
Sickening.
Watch the video clip posted earlier in this thread. They are blatantly throwing the Hitler hand salute at a musical performance with a bunch of Nazi skin-heads in attendence. Still think they are sweet little angels?
"Those are totally Photoshopped."
I don't know. The shirts are for sale on aryanwear.com, which appears as a link on the girls' website.
I have a strong desire to purchase one of the smiley-faced Hitler shirts, cut another silkscreen using a childish font, and add "Hitler Was a Doody-Head" under the design.
I know how you feel. I was shocked when I joined a year ago and saw posts like this. We have our own albatrosses around our necks. I do think its simply because they joined back in the day and have some seniority that they are tolerated. But it is disturbing. I've given up trying to reason with this strange pass given to Hitlerites.
Really? Thats bad. I was just taking a look at the picture and it looks like the edges of the face are blurry on both shirts, like they have been photoshopped on. Heck, I thought the China space flight pics looked fake too.
It seems the Stormfront sympathizers are out in full force today...
(Sorry, couldn't resist....)
LOL!! You never know. I was in my twenties before I found out, or rather realized, I was Jewish on my mother's side. It is very irritating to be considered non-white by the American nazi socialists. And I am every bit as blonde and blue-eyed as these little braindead twits.
Victory Day
(by Hawthorne/Latvis)
Well sit down and listen, to what I have to say. Soon will come a great war, a bloody but holy day. And after that purging our people will be free, and sing up in the bright skies, a sun for all to see
.
Times are very tough now for a proud White man to live. And although it may appear that this world has no life to give. Times are soon changing, this cant go on or long. And on that joyful summers day well sing our Victory song
..
The women, theyll smile, on Victory Day. And the children, theyll laugh and theyll sing and theyll play. And the forests will echo our grace, for the brand new dawn of our Race
You are my brother and in war we proudly sing. Our Cause shall never tire. Our gift to you we bring: A holy creed of Racial purpose, A mighty Race to defend. And when we fly our holy flag Their oppressive reign shall end
.
And when we finally conquer, our people will be free. And all across this great land, the bold Truth we shall see. So as we march together, to avoid catastrophe, lets remember always our sacred Destiny
.
Sacrifice
(words and music by Lamb)
He fought so strong for our race. We're finally back in our place. It took his life, my dear son, and now it's over the war is won. Our Race was saved because the lives that were sacrificed: those men that died...
Sacrifice , they gave their lives. All those men who have died. Sacrifice, they gave their lives, all those men who have died.
Warrior poet, I sing his songs. Ian Stuart, with his voice so strong. Remember his words, as we sing along.
Rudolph Hess, man of Peace. He wouldn't give up and he wouldn't cease, to give his loyalty to our Cause. Remember him and give a pause.
Robert Matthews knew the Truth. He knew what he had to do. He set an example with Courage so bold. We'll never let that fire grow cold.
Dr Pierce, a man so wise, helped so many of us open our eyes, and see the future for what it could be: a future for our Races eternity.
Victory
(Words and music by Lamb)
Children are playing, we have won. Victory is ours, the war is finally done. Our peoples dedication is now complete, our enemies have finally been beat. The warriors are singing in Valhalla and in their homes. Our people are no longer afraid to walk lone.
We have won , we are done Victory is ours , VICTORY !!! We have won , we are done Victory is ours , VICTORY!!! Speak the Truth!
And a quick swim of the t-shirt at aryanwear.com, promoted by these girls, shows a lot of Nazi wear and lots of anti-police wear, together with perhaps the most tasteless and racially offensive t-shirt:
Two Curious Georgia monkeys, one who has picked up an "assault rifle"* and is vaguely pointing it at the other monkey. The writing says "Don't we have hurricanes to get rid of people like you?"
*Look, I have know idea what model of gun it is, and is probably isn't an assault weapon, but I know for dang sure that the media would call it one.
Real toe tappers. I can't imagine why these aren't Hit Parade favorites.
You know why their CD's don't sell. You guessed it. The JOOOOOOOOS.
That's the usual complaint.
This is disgusting...
I see nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage, but when it degrades another one, it's a different story. I also believe that there is no difference between this and the so called "gangsta rap." I just don't see why anyone would seek to promote this garbage or help put it into the mainstream, which more than likely won't be a problem with these girls.
"...What you are perceiving as racism is simply a lot of white people fed up with the abhorrent double standard. Nobody here loves Hitler or wants to join the Aryan Nation.
What is apparent is that there are many of us completely fed up with the toleration of blatant racism coming from some blacks, vs the instant condemnation of racism coming from some whites. Neither is right and both must be soundly condemned.
Yes, it's true that we should immediately condemn the white racist community such as the message coming from these girls (and their parents). I condemn it, we all condemn it. Don't label us as racists or idiots if we dare to point out the elephant in the room..."
That was an outstanding post that succinctly encapsulated what many have been trying to say. These girls and their family are nuts, but I'll defend their right to say what they wish to say.
~ Blue Jays ~
Yep, the Hitler smiley-face shirt is real. Among the other delightfully senstive t-shirts at aryanwear.com are a shirt with Hitler's photo and the quote "I was right," a "My boss is an Austrian painter" t-shirt, and a shirt with a take-off on the Tide box design with a logo for Zyklon B. The site appears to cater to seriously disturbed people (and a bunch of young neo-poseurs; hence the oxblood-colored stormtrooper boots) -- and the Prussian Blue girls promote it on their own website.
I must admit that, looking again, I found another t-shirt mildly funny (although I still want the Hitler smiley face shirt after I add, in a childish scrawl, "Hitler Was a Doodie-Head," underneath it).
The shirts says: "I went lootin durin da hurrycane an all I gots wuz dis b*tch *ss shirt . . . an a 40 oz." I found it mildly funny but would never buy nor wear it.
Thank you. I am probably going to avoid opining on any racial issues in the future because so many newbies apparently equate a frank and open discussion of racism with support of Nazis...somehow.
Their "message" so to speak seems to be inspired more from the frustration with double standards rather than some belief that one race is superiour to the other.
I find it sad that many in this thread would attack these girl's freedom of speech and yet fail to speak out against an organization such as the NAACP.
(Note: the "cross" hiphop boyfriend is wearing has nothing to do with Christianity, it is just bling.)
Understood.
I don't know--maybe I'm being oversensitive because I am a Jew by heritage, as is my eight year old daughter according to Jewish law, and these girls think me and my daughter should be gassed, shot, or otherwise snuffed. I'll try to remember it's not personal. But I don't think we were attacking their freedom of speech--I know I wasn't; just expressing our opinions about the message. No one here (I think) was advocating censureship. And can't we do both? Attack the racist message of both the NAACP and these twits?
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