The article is incredibly long and image-heavy, but I think that OP is slightly wrong: the actual order of events is that he was found out (while a student) to be a secret white supremacist, and then (after completing his PhD) he was hired.
Tennessee residents pronounce the last name as "Pee," but I met a descendant of the former governor, and he pronounced it "Pay." He said the family is now in California, and he seemed uninterested in talking about the gubernatorial terms of a 1920s Southern governor (who wasn't actually the worst guy in the world).
3: I have to wonder about the psychology of someone who chooses to call himself, and his children and family, "pee." It sounds like "a boy named Sue", but worse on every level. Simply having that name while growing up would result in a chip on their shoulder, trauma, or both, and if as an adult he's choosing not to change it, or at least the pronunciation, then he probably has issues adapting to change and admitting he's wrong...
Similar to the guy who named his son, "Sue:"?
Sue Peay, or as his friends call him, Soupy.
The hiding in plain sight thing doesn't work as well with this decade's technology as it might have when we all signed on for this outfit.
Related, did everyone see the BBC tracking down the far-right nutter who was trying to encourage people to burn down hotels housing immigrants?
Turns out he was a Finnish far-right activist who posted pro-Hitler stuff on Telegram (the "how to commit arson" guide he posted was written by Russian far-right activists) but he had some, well, less predictable attributes as well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8l9gpp8yro
9: the BBC seems to have buried the (a?) ledge: that he's mixed-race Black ? I mean, I can't quite tell with his baseball cap and dark shades, but he sure looks Black to me.
"Clayton BigsbyCharles-Emmanuel Mikko Rasanen, the World's Only Black White Supremacist"
I guess we count Finns as "white" now. I mean in general.
OP: many ughs, but good investigation.
Chitchatting with the woman next to me at the hotel bar. She told me that her chiropractor in suburban Maryland started ranting to her the other day about women's right to vote.
It's so disturbing to me that things like this are getting mainstream traction. Hallin's spheres in action.
She could probably find a more feminist medical fraud.
4: See: the fortuitous nickname of early 70s APSU basketball legend, James "Fly" Williams.
"Williams is listed as the number two athlete on the "50 Greatest Streetballers of All Time" by the Street Basketball Association (SBA).
While playing at Austin Peay, Williams' nickname inspired a humorous fan chant: "The Fly is open, let's go Peay!" Fans still chant "Let's Go Peay" at all basketball games. Williams' number 35 jersey was retired by Austin Peay State University on February 5, 2009."
10: yes, I was struck by that - it isn't mentioned in the article or the piece to camera at all. I wonder what his heritage is? Finnish surname but Anglo or French first names.
17: googling I found this article. But to be honest the reason I even looked was you look at him and you say to yourself this isn't a white guy.
https://redflare.info/articles/mrag-mixed-race-finnish-neo-nazi-behind-uks-race-riots/
16: Yes but it's only available on peay-to-play.
I'd wait for 40, but it's been a while,* so I'll do it. I think some folks might enjoy this: https://catvalente.substack.com/p/wait-til-daddy-gets-home-americas
* As they say with oil changes, think months not just miles.