is Justin Boyer, of the National Socialist Movement. He’s the brains behind last weekend’s neo-Nazi demonstration in Fremont. Boyer is not familiar with The Stranger, and so when I informed him that one of my editors was gay and the other was Jewish, he expressed skepticism as to whether my article (see “In Other News” tomorrow) would be fair and balanced.

I assured the racist douchebag that The Stranger upholds the most rigorous standards of journalistic objectivity.

Boyer says his group of ten gathered at that spot on 36th Street to challenge this statue of Vladimir Lenin, just north and west of the Aurora bridge:

Try to follow the logic: Lenin was a communist and communists killed Nazis, and the Cold War teaches us to hate communists, and so the notion of a monument to Lenin in America is just outrageous. Boyer puts it more succinctly: “It’s an 8-ton piece of shit. We could have made bullets out of it.”

No celebration of ignorance-based hatred is complete without some inflammatory signage: “Hey Jew, we defy you,” said one. Another made a more thought-provoking point: “Race is a biological fact, not a social construct.” It’s a bitch to chant that one.

The real objective, however, was recruitment. Fremont is an arty, liberal neighborhood, so it wouldn’t seem to have much to offer the Aryan nation. Au contrare, says Boyer: “We get more leftists than we do from anywhere else.” Told that racism and liberal politics tend to be mutually exclusive, Boyer conceded that perhaps he didn’t know what a liberal was.

Overall, the demonstration failed to arouse the usual volley of epithets. Boyer says that his group was approached by hippies, lesbians, and a few Jews. “Most of them didn’t care,” says Boyer. “They said we have the right to free speech.” But it wasn’t a total loss. Boyer got the finger from a number of passing motorists, to which he responded (predictably) with the “Sieg Heil!” salute.

The next neo-Nazi demonstration is set for Olympia, though Boyer wouldn’t be more specific, saying only, “I pick my targets carefully.” My guess: A theater that is showing Brokeback Mountain, a film that Boyer and his Nazi minions are boycotting. After all, homosexuality is a “mental illness,” though Boyer is quick to point out that he loves his fellow male Aryan, “but I love him as a brother.” I don’t know all the euphemisms for gay sex acts, but that one sounds pretty freaky.