I almost never think of Stormfront. I've visited it a few times out of curiosity but bulletin board culture has never been something I was interested in. From what I remember I was put off by the violent hyperbolic comments — in that sense it was like an early version of Voat.

I am grateful however for the pioneers of WN 1.0 who, despite their crankiness, managed to see so early on the impasse iinto which our culture was being driven. Don Black, who established Stormfront was one of those pioneers.

From a Counter Currents review of Blood in the Face, an early documentary on the white nationalism.

Counter Currents:

Don Black, now known as the founder of stormfront.org but at the time still an obscure activist, gives the best speech. He accurately assesses that getting the message out is critical but one must be able to get around the mainstream media. His idea is direct-mail VHS tapes. One can see that Black has seen to the foundation of the issue. When the internet became a factor, he was positioned to exploit it.

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All racially aware activists prior to 1991 had to really go against the grain. The media and the government were against white advocates. Nearly all churches preached against their message. White advocates were blamed for every race riot and “civil rights” failure and the public believed it. It probably seemed to the participants that they were navigating an unending sea of failure, but these visionaries were on to something. The Michigan rally’s organizer Pastor Bob Miles (1925-1992) deserves the final word:

I won’t be here to see it — you will. I can only tell you that like Johnny Appleseed we have sowed the seeds. I told the FBI in the presence of my lawyer one time, (I said) “It’s too late we’ve done the work, and you can’t reverse it. And out there these seeds we know will grow into apple trees and they’ll bear fruit. Whether we see it or not we know it so. And we’ve done our job.”