The Curious Case of Ken Klippenstein

Last year, we posted a number of links to manifestos throughout history in our article:

What About Manifestos?

We were all self-congratulatory, like, oh we're such a brave free speech site. But the person who did all the leg work with Luigi Mangione's Manifesto was Ken Klippenstein over at Substack. Did Klippenstein win the elusive Pulitzer? He did not. Back to our article from last year: "Now, according to Ken Klippenstein, the New York Times, CNN, NBC, and the Washington Post all have (Luigi's) Manifesto, but refused to publish it."

We published Luigi's Manifesto in its "entirety." (I don't believe it was really in its entirety, I believe I published what was released to the public).

Where are we going with all this? Last week, over at the Drudge Report, Ken Klippenstein claims that the FBI didn't appreciate him publishing the manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Assassin.

My first thought was absurd: Why didn't the FBI contact me? But I already know the answer to that. Klippenstein is a professional muckraker, I am a nameless provocateur.

And this is where Klippenstein and I diverge.

Even though I don't fundamentally have an issue with providing the link to the latest manifesto, the manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Assassin itself is factually wrong.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas declared war on Israel. Almost immediately, like a swarm of angry bees, Israel quickly struck back and killed Hamas' leaders and tens of thousands of civilians. They continue their carnage to this day.

You feel bad for the citizens of Gaza? The subtext from Gaza since October 7th is "why won't the Jews just die quietly? Why do they fight back so viciously?"

You know why Klippenstein didn't win a Pulitzer? Because the judges gave it to a Gazan Poet The Israeli Army came and the Poet's friend posted this poem on Instagram as Israeli troops approached:

If I must die,

you must live

to tell my story

to sell my things

to buy a piece of cloth

and some strings,

(make it white with a long tail)

so that a child, somewhere in Gaza

while looking heaven in the eye

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—

and bid no one farewell

not even to his flesh

not even to himself—

sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above

and thinks for a moment an angel is there

bringing back love

If I must die

let it bring hope

let it be a tale

Editor's Note: Junk. My Grandmother wrote better poems about my cousins when they were born. How do I know? She had them framed on her living room wall. As a teen, I remember thinking "I'm glad Grandfather got that Engineering Degree, that poetry was never going to pay the bills."

Hamas is losing the war. Badly. Now they're trying to portray themselves as innocent victims. They are portraying the Israeli Victory as a "genocide." Genocide victims don't have hostages to negotiate terms of a ceasefire. Genocide victims don't have a pipeline of weapons from Iran. That crappy poem above helped Mosab Abu Toha win a Pulitzer.

But let's focus on specifically Klippenstein for now. His image to promote his latest manifesto article is a scene from the Matrix where Agents interrogate NEO using psychological torture. What Klippenstein went through was hardly torture.

Klippenstein said he didn't appreciate the FBI's "tone" when they interviewed him in regard to where exactly he got the Israeli Embassy Assassin's Manifesto.

To me, that's a fair question. Any journalist can trip over a manifesto, or publish someone else's work. But if someone continually gets manifestos first hand, or becomes the "Manifesto Guy," all of a sudden different questions should be being asked.

Now does the Colorado Flamethrower have a Manifesto?

I'm looking at you Ken Klippenstein....