It seems that in addition to the Goudreau, who recently came to our attention after a lengthy absence, another character whom we had once been keeping close tabs on but whom we lost track of has reappeared on our radar:
We found Benson again quite by accident, but we immediately recognized him despite his Russified name as it now appears on Facebook:
Andrew Benson has been somewhat of a political chameleon over the years. He started out as a self-proclaimed Trotskyist....
.... followed by a lengthy stint as a bonehead:
The last time we heard from Benson, he had begun to style himself as a free market libertarian acolyte of Ayn Rand and Ron Paul, though his association with Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute certainly strongly suggested he retained his antisemitic and racist views:
“I am not a fan of political correctness,” said Andrew Benson, 28, who had traveled from Canada to attend. Wearing a black suit vest, red collared shirt and black cargo pants, he looked more like he’d come to his conclusions as part of a teenage rebellion. “I have always had an odd attraction to things that are taboo.”
No kidding?
It seems that Benson is still enamored with this particular brand of nationalism and like other members of the so-called "alt-right" (who are, at the core, neo-Nazis) is a supporter of Donald Trump:
Benson with Milo Yiannopoulos. Photo first posted on Benson's page July 2016. |
We found Benson again quite by accident, but we immediately recognized him despite his Russified name as it now appears on Facebook: