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A 2-for-1 for racists: Post hateful fliers, and revel in the news coverage

White supremacists have targeted college campuses, causing upset and gaining attention

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Ken Schwencke | ProPublica
The Houston man laid out the details of his triumphant plan during a podcast last July: He told listeners that he had wanted to paste white nationalist fliers across the city's downtown, and, just as importantly, he had wanted the Free Press, a local news and arts website, to write about the fliers.
"I want to trigger them into writing an article about me," the man said in the podcast.
He got what he wanted. On July 6, 2016, the Free Press posted, "White Nationalists Bring Hateful Garbage to Houston," noting the fliers downtown and printing their contents in their entirety.
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