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FBI affidavit from undercover agent on "The Base" expected on VA tomorrow. (Original Post) nolabear Jan 2020 OP
Yeah. A goat. Igel Jan 2020 #1
I don't see why an Arab can't be a Nazi and a Nationalist/White Supremacist. If you follow the abqtommy Jan 2020 #3
He was involved in Wisc+ Mich synagogue attacks, so haters often seek out other like haters lunasun Jan 2020 #4
WaPo says that they got info from social media that helped to find and arrest them. ancianita Jan 2020 #2

Igel

(35,332 posts)
1. Yeah. A goat.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jan 2020

What's mildly surprising is that a Jordanian by the name of Barasneh was involved. Either "white supremacist" now freely includes Arabs or "neo-Nazi" doesn't entail "white supremacist."

Sounds like something moderately more complex than I expected has been simplified for public consumption.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. I don't see why an Arab can't be a Nazi and a Nationalist/White Supremacist. If you follow the
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 10:58 PM
Jan 2020

news photos on The BBC, The Guardian and Reuters it's obvious that many mid-easterners/Arabs are
quite light-skinned. The original Aryans were located in central Europe and they got around all over the place.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
4. He was involved in Wisc+ Mich synagogue attacks, so haters often seek out other like haters
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 12:45 AM
Jan 2020

and as far as the stupid group accepting him, they probably needed all the bodies they could gather and their enemy was the same . All of them are evil

ancianita

(36,126 posts)
2. WaPo says that they got info from social media that helped to find and arrest them.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 09:26 PM
Jan 2020

"... In recent weeks, militias and extremist groups across the country have urged thousands of people to descend on Richmond on Monday to protest.

Law enforcement officials say they’ve been monitoring threatening language on websites and social media, including promises of violent insurrection and civil war..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gun-rights-group-files-challenge-to-northams-ban-on-guns-outside-va-capitol-judge-to-rule-quickly/2020/01/16/7ec8a764-388d-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

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