Mark Dice

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Mark Dice, also known by the pseudonym John Conner is an author and culture jammer based in San Diego, California.

Dice founded an organization,[1] variously called The Resistance[1], The Christian Resistance or The Resistance for Christ, which professes conspiratorial beliefs about the illuminati, freemasons, Skull and Bones, Bohemian Grove, the 9/11 attacks and satanism, and which has been reported to "flood the airwaves of call-in radio and television shows"[2] to promote them.

Dice's activites have been covered by national media outlets. His focus is primarily on political activism, boycotts, and pop culture criticism.

He has called for the Georgia Guidestones to be removed from public property,[2][3] protested a Jessica Simpson music video,[1] called for a boycott of the VeriChip,[1][4] called for Duke University to change the name of its sports team (the Blue Devils),[5] called for rapper 50 Cent to stop wearing a cross,[6] and claimed that Tom Cruise worships satan.[7]

He recently launched a boycott against Starbucks, calling the company,"Slutbucks" after featuring a logo of a topless mermaid type figure. [2] [3] He also has started a campaign in which he send letters and other material supporting the theory that "9/11 was an inside job" to soldiers stationed in Iraq, the campaign was covered by Fox News who also interviewed Dice. [4] [5] "Operation Inform the Soldiers," as Dice has called it, prompted syndicated talk show host Michael Reagan to urge that Dice be found and killed for treason. [6] [7]

He markets an assortment of products on a website which, according to The Inquirer's Nick Farrell,[1] is "full of tin foil hat wearing paranoia" that is "carried off in an amusing way."

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  1. ^ a b c d Nick Farrell. "'Christians' call for VeriChip boycott: Is this a wind up or what?", The Inquirer, 27 July 2005. "A US site purporting to be a Christian resistance group is calling for a boycott of the VeriChip implantable microchip… There is footage of the Young Conner "proving" that his local Masonic hall is a meeting place for Satanists by holding up an inverted pentagram painted on a rubbish bin lid." 
  2. ^ a b Judi McLeod. "Dismantling "R.C. Christian's" Monument", Canada Free Press, 22 March 2005. 
  3. ^ Gary Jones. "The Georgia Guidestones: tourist attraction or cult message?", The Elberton Star, 18 May 2005. 
  4. ^ Ellen Sheng. "Tech Talk on the Web", SmartMoney.com, 29 July 2005. "According to the [Inquirer] report, while the web site is calling for a ban of the chip, it isn't clear if the web site is actually legitimate." 
  5. ^ Elizabeth Beavers. "Is excorcism at hand for devilish mascots?", The Daily Tar Heel, 13 April 2007. 
  6. ^ News feed. "50 Cent angers religious group", Channel 4, 3 May 2007.  “We aren't aware of this absurd request.” —Chris Lighty, the rapper's manager.
  7. ^ Staff & wires. "Cruise 'a satanist' as Germany blocks his film", ninemsn entertainment news, 26 June 2007.