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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Sun May 3, 2020, 09:06 PM May 2020

The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists

America’s extremists are attempting to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a potent recruiting tool both in the deep corners of the internet and on the streets of state capitals by twisting the public health crisis to bolster their white supremacist, anti-government agenda.

Although the protests that have broken out across the country have drawn out a wide variety of people pressing to lift stay-at-home orders, the presence of extremists cannot be missed, with their anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic signs and coded messages aimed at inspiring the faithful, say those who track such movements.

April is typically a busy month for white supremacists. There is Hitler’s birthday, which they contort into a celebration. There is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the domestic attack 25 years ago that killed 168 people and still serves as a rallying call for new extremist recruits.

But this April, something else overshadowed those chilling milestones. It was the coronavirus, and the disruption it wreaked on society, that became the extremists’ battle cry.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-coronavirus-becomes-a-battle-cry-for-us-extremists/ar-BB13wZQ4?li=BBnb7Kz

Hey if they want to catch the Coronavirus and die at least they can spare those who don't.

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The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
American jihadists? Drum May 2020 #1
Sick armies and rebels are worthless!! What don't they get about that??? Thekaspervote May 2020 #2
If it wasn't this, it'd be some other stupid thing. Bunch of crybabies kysrsoze May 2020 #3

Drum

(9,161 posts)
1. American jihadists?
Sun May 3, 2020, 10:18 PM
May 2020

“There is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the domestic attack 25 years ago that killed 168 people and still serves as a rallying call for new extremist recruits.”

Recruits for...?

kysrsoze

(6,021 posts)
3. If it wasn't this, it'd be some other stupid thing. Bunch of crybabies
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:41 AM
May 2020

Maybe they’ll get it and give it to their knuckle dragging friends and families.

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