My name is Riggin Scheer. For the last several years, as early as 2017, I have operated online under the pseudonym Gordon Kahl. I chose this pseudonym because the historical Gordon Kahl was a man from the Dakotas, a decorated war hero, and a patriot to his nation. He was unfairly persecuted and unlawfully imprisoned by the federal government because he spoke out against laws and practices that he found to be unjust, and was eventually unlawfully murdered by federal law enforcement.
I am not a war hero, I never served. But I have lived in South Dakota my entire life, and I am a patriot. I have a deep and abiding love for my people, and for my nation - especially for this region, the upper midwest - the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa. It is for these reasons that I chose to operate under the mantle of this great man.
For several years I have been the owner and operator of the website amerikaner.org - named to denote its purpose, as a cultural hub for "Amerikaners," the people of largely German and Scandinavian descent that settled this part of the country. In my time operating this site, I have produced hours of content promoting the idea of an Amerikaner identity - that people of common European descent in this region have common interests. I have never promoted nor engaged in any sort of illegal or immoral activity, and have in fact advocated for those that listen to me to follow a lawful and moral path.
My reason for doing all of this under a pseudonym, without the knowledge of even my own family members, was because I knew that if I were to speak out openly, the power of the liberal media apparatus would be brought down upon myself and those I love. Over the past several days, this has proven correct - my family members have been bombarded with articles that are produced by members of Antifa, a group that has been designated as a Domestic Terrorist organization by the Department of Homeland Security.
In addition, my workplace Bel Brands USA, where I have worked for 4 years with only a single write-up for a day's tardiness, unceremoniously fired me, declaring that because of the content of the article, I did not have the correct beliefs to work for their company. My beliefs are peaceful, lawful, and moral. I do not apologize for anything I have ever said, and do not intend to stop producing content for those that wish to hear it. If anything, these recent attacks and slanderous accusations made against myself, and the harassment of my family, have only reinforced my belief that what I am doing is not only moral, but necessary.
Every other racial group in America is both allowed and encouraged to speak up for its own group interests - whether it is Black Lives Matter, the National Council of La Raza, or the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, all of these groups are allowed to profess whatever beliefs they have, including blatantly racialized attacks, such as the conspiracy theory of White Privilege. Members of these organizations are not the subject of news stories or censure by their employers - it is only people of European descent, White Americans, that the news media attempts to crush and persecute when they speak out.
This state of affairs is immoral and a grave injustice, and is something that I will continue to advocate against, for as long as there are ears to hear it.
