had any remorse or guilt about beating Ryan, Goad said, "Absolutely not. I enjoyed it." While Goad was in prison, author Jim Hogshire started a "Free Jim Goad" website, claiming that Goad told him he was innocent. After his release, Goad disputed the concept of the website, calling Hogshire a "nutty Muslim junkie." He stated that while he had said Ryan was lying, he never claimed innocence, but was not able to speak freely while incarcerated. 2000s Upon his release from prison in 2000, Goad returned to Portland and was on parole for a time. He wrote for Exotic, a free guide to the sex industry of the Northwestern United States and worked as a country music DJ. In 2008 Goad became a father. He currently maintains his website, JimGoad.net, and writes for Taki's Magazine. Career Writing style and beliefs As a writer, Jim Goad has been called the "poster boy for the transgressive school of writing." Chuck Palahniuk describes Goad's writing style as being "brutally honest without worrying about being correct." Goad's work examines American culture, often popular and political culture. His early work reads anti-politically correct and as shock value, while his later work, like the Redneck Manifesto, and journalism contributions have marked Goad as a political and societal commentator. In his political commentary he has described conservatives and liberals in the United States as "two asscheeks surrounding the same hairy bunghole," and that politicians know how to take advantage of lower- and middle-class people because of a human's innate tribalism. He has stated his support for Donald Trump. ANSWER Me! From 1991 to 1994, Goad self-published four yearly issues of the zine ANSWER Me!, with then-wife Debbie Goad. It featured illustrations by Nick Bougas. With a circulation of 13,000 the magazine sought to upset politically correct thinkers by covering subjects about race and feminism. The publication was banned and seized by customs officials in several countries, and the final Rape Issue was rejected by some bookstore owners. The zine, called "massively influential" by Bizarre, would also be credited as an inspiration by Francisco Martin Duran, who took 29 shots at the White House, influencing the suicides of three British Neo-Nazis, and a possible influence on Kurt Cobain's suicide. The Redneck Manifesto In 1994, Goad signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster for $100,000. The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats was