white nationalists used to wear hoods to hide their racism, now they are emboldened in the Trump era
White nationalists are an amalgam of Kluxxers and Nazis.
Kluxxers and Nazis used to be mortal enemies because a lot of Kluxxers and/or their family members fought Nazis in WWII.
But as their respective numbers dwindled and WWII vets died off, the two groups joined forces and became the modern day "white nationalists".
I still just call them Nazis. It's what they are, moreso than Klansmen.
Over the past couple decades, I have observed with alarm the rhetoric of the WN community bleeding over into mainstream politics. A lot of the pseudocons on this board parrot Nazi rhetoric. I don't know if they are even aware that is the source of their belief system.