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'''Matthew Colligan''' is an online personality who posted [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] memes under the handle '''Millennial Matt''' alongside [[white nationalism|white nationalist]] [[Baked Alaska (activist)|Baked Alaska]]. His identity was revealed through his participation in the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]. One of Colligan's repeated memes is the phrase "Hitler did nothing wrong", which he has said in radio, tweets, and videos.<ref name="Gizmodo-Aug2017-TellNeoNazi">{{cite news|last1=Novak|first1=Matt|date=August 15, 2017|title=How to Tell If You're a Neo-Nazi|work=[[Gizmodo]]|url=https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-neo-nazi-1797849935|url-status=live
== Unite the Right rally attendance and doxing ==
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== Social media ==
Colligan spent several years leading up to the [[Unite the Right rally]] posting white nationalist advocacy and neo-Nazi slogans such as "Hitler did nothing wrong". He was friends with and often interacted online with [[Baked Alaska (activist)|Baked Alaska]].<ref name="Gizmodo-Aug17-VeryConcerned">{{cite news|last1=Novak|first1=Matt|date=August 14, 2017|title=White Supremacists Suddenly Very Concerned About Tolerance After Getting Maced|work=[[Gizmodo]]|url=https://gizmodo.com/white-supremacists-suddenly-very-concerned-about-tolera-1797811701|url-status=live|archive-url=https://
Following Unite the Right, Colligan joined ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'''s [[Lucian Wintrich]] and Ali Akbar on the outlet's podcast. During this podcast, the group discussed Unite the Right, Richard Spencer, and the distinction between the New Right and the alt-right. During the show, Colligan described white nationalist [[Richard B. Spencer]] as a "good guy", showed Nazi flags and "Hitler did nothing wrong" memes, and argued that he himself was not a member of the alt-right. Akbar described Colligan as "a little bit racist" but "so funny" in a now-deleted [[Periscope (app)|Periscope]] video promoting the dialogue.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holt|first1=Jared|date=October 19, 2017|title=‘New Right’ Activists Pivot Backwards, Share Laughs With ‘Unite The Right’ Demonstrator|work=[[Right Wing Watch]]|url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/new-right-activists-pivot-backwards-share-laughs-with-unite-the-right-demonstrator/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516201100/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/new-right-activists-pivot-backwards-share-laughs-with-unite-the-right-demonstrator/|archive-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
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