The man who is recruiting in Winnipeg for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group holds a leadership position in the Canadian Army Reserve and is a trained explosives expert.
The Free Press has identified Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, 26, as the man responsible for the neo-Nazi propaganda posters that have been posted throughout the city in recent weeks.
The posters were part of a recruitment drive for The Base, a white supremacist network that’s active on three continents. Experts on hate groups say The Base represents the most radical, violent fringes of the extremist right.
Mathews is a trained combat engineer, which makes him an explosives expert, and is an active member of the army reserve. Combat engineers are responsible for conducting a number of construction and demolition tasks under battle conditions.
As a master corporal, he is considered to be in a leadership position and oversees and instructs privates who work under him.
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Holy shit, if he’s a reserve army combat engineer in Winnipeg, then my brother-in-law, who is 1) the child of Chinese immigrants and 2) a trans man, literally serves in his unit. I bet he could tell some fucked up stories about this guy. :/ has he been dismissed from the armed forces yet? (Will read article later, am currently heading in to work)
This is the Army’s response:
“While we cannot discuss any specific cases or investigations, we can say that we take these matters seriously. Hateful conduct, be it through words or actions, is completely incompatible with (Canadian Armed Forces) values and culture,” a military spokeswoman said in a written statement.
“Any form of hateful conduct erodes cohesion and esprit de corps, and diminishes our authority as a force for good in Canadian society and around the world. We will not tolerate it in any form.”
I know where their base is and I am marching the fuck down there to ask. I have three days off starting tomorrow and they are gonna hear from me.
We were (are?) paying this asshole’s fucking salary. This is not okay. I thought the military still had SOME fucking standards, and apparently I was wrong. :|