“The responsible white separatist community condemns this. It makes us look bad.”

—John de Nugent, an acquaintance of James W. von Brunn, who opened fire at the Holocaust Museum.

Via Steve Waldman via The WaPo.

PS: De Nugent also called von Brunn a genius but described the shooting as the act of “a loner and a hothead.” The storyhas many good details, including von Brunn getting kicked out of Mensa for failure to pay dues.

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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