Neo-Nazis, Accelerationists, And White Supremacists Celebrate North Carolina Substation Attack, Claim That Attack Was Done To Prevent Drag Queen Story Hour Event, Call For Future Attacks

On December 4, power substations in Moore County, North Carolina were intentionally sabotaged, leaving over 45,000 customers without power, which then spurred looting and caused numerous car accidents across the county. The substations were shot at with a firearm, and the extensive damage will take a significant time to repair, with some customers estimated to be without power for up to four days.

Online neo-Nazis and white supremacists have reacted to the news, celebrating the attack. In neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles attacks on substations have been widely discussed and past incidents, such as the 2013 Metcalf sniper attack in Coyote, California, have been propped as examples to emulate.

 Neo-Nazis have also attempted to link the attack to drag queen story hour that was taking place in Moore County. While the drag queen story hour event still took place, neo-Nazis and white supremacists lauded the idea of an attack of this kind being used to shut down such an event. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists have also called for more similar attacks.

The following report covers neo-Nazi and white supremacist reactions to the Moore County substation attack.

Extremists Celebrate Moore County Substation Attack

A neo-Nazi account forwarded a post containing a screenshot of a news article about the recent attack and a message reading: "Last night's magnificent sabotage attack on Moore County's electrical grid marks a beautiful escalation and sends a terrifyingly clear message to f**gots, trannies and all other degenerates in their little 'community': PUSHING YOUR SICK AND PERVERTED SEXUAL AGENDA ONTO OUR PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN, HAS CONSEQUENCES. THOSE CONSEQUENCES WILL VARY, BUT THEY WILL BE SEVERE. YOU MIGHT GET MOORE COUNTY'D. YOU MIGHT GET CLUB Q'D. FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT, F**GOTS.

In an ultranationalist group online a user posted a link to an article about the attack and commented approvingly "The more pervsion the greater the citizen response will be."

A neo-Nazi account  posted a reaction to the attack writing, "The reason why the system has been pining after legitimate anti-gay/White supremacist terrorism, yet completely buried that story out of NC of someone damaging a power station to stop a drag show is because they don't want you to know that there is a universal "fuck you you're not doing that" button within a 10-15 minute drive of your house at all times."

A Texas-based neo-Nazi responded to power substations being attacked in Moore County, North Carolina writing "Things are escalating. There is only so much that normal people can stand. Expect to see much more of this soon.\

A neo-Nazi allegedly operated by someone in Florida posted a link to an article about the attack and commented "Ok. This is based [cool]."

A neo-Nazi account shared a post about the attack and commented: "I don't think that this will immediately precipate anything, but it is the largest proof of concept of a tactic that has been floating around in this spaces that has ever been showcased."

On an ultranationalist forum a user an article about the attack. In the comments users celebrated the attack and one user called for killing drag queens and transgender people instead.  

One user called for more violence writing "Accelerate. Force the issue on our terms, or they will on theirs."

A user repeated the unfounded claim that the attack was in response to a drag queen event writing "They just tried claiming someone did this to shut down a drag show." "Justified if so" one user wrote. Another added "B A S E D." One commented "Yeah works for me. Maybe we'll see more of it if its that effective."

After a user discussed other options to shut down the drag queen story hour event one user hinted at murdering the drag performers themselves writing "True. If you're gonna use a gun, you might as well stop it at the source."

An alternative news social media account an announcement about the attack. In response, a user wrote: "Perhaps the ADL and pedos should stop pissing off the other 98% of the population."

The founder of a neo-Nazi terrorist group posted a link to an article about the attack and commented, “If no one takes credit, this didn't accomplish anything. Even using a fake group name is better than nothing.”