![]() ![]() Some argue he was a product of his time and locale in an era of sudden racial progress others say he’s the bastard son of Hitler himself, reincarnated with a vengeance Not much is known about Garrison’s early years, or what inspired him to racial violence. One painstakingly crafted fake profile of Garrison claims the following: They have spent years spreading the myth of Ben Garrison the white supremacist. The trolls are more dedicated to their craft than that. Like the bandit gang in The Magnificent Seven, who perpetually raid the same town for food and supplies, Ben Garrison’s trolls keep coming back for more.Īn original Ben Garrison cartoon on the left, and an anti-semitic remix created by trolls on the right.īut Garrison has more to worry about than just remixed comics. ![]() These are rapidly disseminated in troll communities and sometimes become more widely-shared than the originals. However, almost immediately after one is published, it is remixed into a new version that attacks Jews, African-Americans, or other minorities. Most Ben Garrison cartoons attack the government, corporations, and political movements. Garrison is, in fact, the victim of one the most extraordinary and longest-running smear campaigns on the internet.įor a mixture of amusement and spite, in a trolling spree that has lasted over six years, thousands of online pranksters and real neo-Nazis have been remixing his cartoons into racist caricatures. His true political leanings are libertarian, anti-elitist, and anti-globalist. He’s a polite, accomplished cartoonist, with no history of overt or covert racism. And those are just his milder nicknames.īut Montana-based artist Ben Garrison isn’t a violent Neo-Nazi, or even a white nationalist. Some call him Ben “One Man Klan” Garrison. To others, he is “Zyklon Ben.” Elsewhere, he is known as Ben “Not White? Shoot On Sight” Garrison.
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