The guy who used his racist agenda to raise money and defraud people
and sent to prison for tax evasion is back at it. Maybe he's got a
Tiffany's thing like Newt or Herman Cain's entertainment budget.

Former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke is making an online appeal for
financial support after his arrest in Germany prevented him from
speaking at a nationalist gathering.

The ex-Louisiana state legislator, 61, who was dubbed an “undesirable
foreigner” and detained in Cologne before he could address a group
called Outside the Network on Friday, said he needs the money to stay
in German and wage a battle “for my rights and the rights of the
people of Europe to hear me.”

“As much as I would like to, I can’t just go back to Louisiana right
now as I have to fight this improper action against me and our
brothers and sisters,” Duke, who is now free but reportedly facing
deportation, declared on his official website. “The truth is that I
and all who stand up for the heritage and freedom of the European and
American people… and the right to preserve their identity and unique
human rights.”

While most of you will be getting ready for the warmth and love and
friendship and family of Christmas, I will be far from home fighting
the good fight… Please remember me and this sacred struggle for our
people at this beautiful time of year that is such an expression of
our exquisite culture and values... I believe you will come through
with great generosity, even sacrifice at this time, even with all your
personal needs during the Christmas season."

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit that tracks hate groups
and fights discrimination cases, describes Duke as the “most
recognizable figure of the American radical right, a neo-Nazi,
longtime Klan leader and now international spokesman for Holocaust
denial.”

“Because the person being persecuted was a pro-White advocate … his
arrest has so far been ignored by the mainstream media, and the U.S.
government remains quiet about this too,” wrote James Buchanan, who
describes himself as an advocate for white civil rights, on the site
Whitelaw Towers.

Grounds for Duke's arrest are unclear. The German embassy in
Washington, D.C. directed enquiries about Duke to the U.S. embassy in
Germany.

In Germany and several other European countries, laws prohibit hate
speech that may incite violence against any racial or religious group
and speech that denies or minimizes the Holocaust perpetrated under
the Nazis. He was arrested in Prague in 2009 on suspicion of denying
the Holocaust and promoting the neo-Nazi movement, and expelled from
the country hours later. Duke denied the charges, saying he was there
to lecture about Israeli control of U.S. foreign policy.
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Duke served as grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the
1970s. He gave the organization a make-over — shedding the white robes
for business suits and arguing that the organization was “not
anti-black” but “pro-white” and pro-Christian.” Duke was elected to
the Louisiana Legislature, where he served from 1990-1992 before
making an unsuccessful run for U.S. president in 1992.

In 2002, he served 15 months in prison term and paid a fine of $10,000
after being convicted of federal tax fraud.

He now travels regularly to Europe touting his books espousing white
separatism and opposition to what he views as Jewish control of media,
government and financial institutions.

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