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still_one

(92,201 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:02 AM Jun 2020

Twitter suspends account of white nationalist group posing as antifa

The account sent a tweet calling for violence at US protests.

A Twitter account posing as an antifa group and pushing violence at protests across the US was linked to white nationalist group Identity Evropa, as previously reported by NBC. The account was suspended after sending a tweet inciting violence, the microblogging site confirmed to CNET.

"This account violated our platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts," the spokesperson said in an email.

Antifa, which is short for anti-fascists, is a general description of far-left groups that confront white supremacists and neo-Nazis at rallies and other events.

https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-suspends-account-white-nationalist-group-posing-as-antifa/

At least twitter is trying. What a contrast to FB


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Twitter suspends account of white nationalist group posing as antifa (Original Post) still_one Jun 2020 OP
and obviously the white nationalists were trying to instigate violence mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #1
How long did they allow it to be up? maxsolomon Jun 2020 #2
Good point. crickets Jun 2020 #22
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #3
Expose every known member of Identity Evropa perhaps? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #4
You'll LOVE this Twitter account Mike 03 Jun 2020 #7
These are bold people, their own website, who needs to work finding them at all? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #8
K & R malaise Jun 2020 #5
Identity Evropa Mike 03 Jun 2020 #6
+1000 Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #10
finaly AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #9
Just Proves That the "Progressive" On the Internet Anonymously... TomCADem Jun 2020 #11
Deception. still_one Jun 2020 #12
Absolutely. The #walk away folks are still around. ancianita Jun 2020 #19
From what I've learned of antifa, they're just everyday working class Americans & not "far-left." ancianita Jun 2020 #13
This. So tired of the misinformation that is even convincing Democrats of their lies LiberalLovinLug Jun 2020 #17
+1000 THIS. ancianita Jun 2020 #18
All of us who oppose Moscow Mitch and the Grotesque Orange Pustule are "far left" Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #27
And it's not sticking. They've used "commie" against all civil rights orgs 4 so long it's played out ancianita Jun 2020 #28
Not surprised DIVINEprividence Jun 2020 #14
I'm telling y'all, "Antifa" is being coopted for right wing purposes. It's Baltimike Jun 2020 #15
no kidding still_one Jun 2020 #16
My husband was reading me headlines of the unrest... Whatthe_Firetruck Jun 2020 #26
Suspended, not deleted? Twit is full of shit as usual. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #20
WAIT A MINUTE.... louzke9 Jun 2020 #21
That "Boogaloo Bois" page is still up at Farcebook Warpy Jun 2020 #23
I've seen a few of these over the past couple years Sapient Donkey Jun 2020 #24
Of course this lie traveled around the world Jakes Progress Jun 2020 #25
Thank you for that Twitter. Cha Jun 2020 #29
........... still_one Jun 2020 #30
Aloha! Cha Jun 2020 #31
I mean, it's pretty easy to pose as an organization that actually doesn't exist. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #32
... demmiblue Jun 2020 #33

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
4. Expose every known member of Identity Evropa perhaps?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:10 AM
Jun 2020


Meanwhile.... some virus still doing it's own chaos?







Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. You'll LOVE this Twitter account
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jun 2020

This is all they do: expose Identity Evropa members!

https://twitter.com/identify_evropa?lang=en


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Director of Activism for Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement Justin Wayne Peek giving a Nazi salute. You can read more about him here: <a href="https://t.co/EN9Y7C4eIl">https://t.co/EN9Y7C4eIl</a> <a href="https://t.co/qH7LMxaWDr">https://t.co/qH7LMxaWDr</a></p>— IdentifyEvropa (@Identify_Evropa) <a href="


?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. Identity Evropa
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:18 AM
Jun 2020

This is important: we are beginning to procure the names of the organizations behind this.

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
11. Just Proves That the "Progressive" On the Internet Anonymously...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jun 2020

...urging you to sit out the next election, vote for the Green Party or engage in violent acts may actually be the fascist you oppose or a tool of the right.

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
13. From what I've learned of antifa, they're just everyday working class Americans & not "far-left."
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:15 PM
Jun 2020

If people read about them, they'll see that they hold day jobs, have families, and only meet up when neonazis publicly show their faces.

Just wanted to point that out that they're not far left.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
17. This. So tired of the misinformation that is even convincing Democrats of their lies
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:03 PM
Jun 2020

Are there some "far left" more radicalized young people that join up, sure. Are there anarchists and even simply bored youth entering marches for the excitement?, I guess. Vandals that cover their faces in black and are there simply to smash windows and destroy property? Unfortunately yes.

But that is a tiny minority. And they exist in ANY large protests. Of course they make the most sensational news clips. And a few individuals can reek a lot of damage. But lets not forget that the basic requirement for (unoffocial) membership is simply a desire to quell the rise of white nationalism and fascism in America. To be a counter protest to any gatherings of neo-nazis. And give visibility to what those groups represent. To call them out, and force them to visibly see there are many that are against the filth they preach.

Its all part of The Big Lie strategy. A way to paint the most ardent opposition to them as the enemy of the people. To intimidate anyone else from being "anti-fascist".

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
18. +1000 THIS.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:21 PM
Jun 2020

The Big Lie strategy, which is so Nazi, right? -- that strategy wants all Americans (and so some Democrats buy into it, too) to think anything left of their well established right wing rule in this government is "far left." We Democrats can't even be adjacent to that hype.

If so, then I and every American who support the Democratic Party platform and important organizations like Indivisible, Black Lives Matter, the ACLU, SPLC, NAACP, etc., etc. are ALL far left.

Being adjacent unwittingly allows a platform for right wing doubt and microagressions, constantly "answering to" them -- political dominance behavior they want to normalize. That's where the Right propagandists have been pushing Americans for the last three years.

No platform for right wing language and doubt. Draw the line and stay on the "far left" side of it. No butbutbuts about it.



Hermit-The-Prog

(33,347 posts)
27. All of us who oppose Moscow Mitch and the Grotesque Orange Pustule are "far left"
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jun 2020

Sometimes we're tagged as "radial left" or "socialists" or sometimes "do-nothing Democrats". When there's a lot of shit hitting the fan, we get tagged all of those in a day.

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
28. And it's not sticking. They've used "commie" against all civil rights orgs 4 so long it's played out
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 03:04 PM
Jun 2020

Even the slow learners among Americans doubt that's true now, especially when people laugh on social media about it.

 

DIVINEprividence

(443 posts)
14. Not surprised
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:18 PM
Jun 2020

There is no doubt my mind Umbrella Man and the initial provocations that incited these riots were white nationalists. The political motivation is obvious. But let us not be naive and pretend there are not zealots on the left who are so whacked, they are almost indistinguishable from the right wing extremists. They gleefully jumped on board. They both want to burn it all to the ground so that their white nationalist or socialist utopia rises out of the ashes. Delusional extremist nonsense all of it. A lot of these “leftists” let us not forget, voted for Trump because they thought Clinton was a corporate sellout. These same folks think Biden is part of the problem and is a racist. They argue that there is there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans, both are corporatist shills. You know the rap. These folks are not our friends.

Whatthe_Firetruck

(557 posts)
26. My husband was reading me headlines of the unrest...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jun 2020

...and pronounced the word as 'an-TEE-fa', which is kinda meaningless sounding, and hides it's connotations.

I told him that wasn't right, and best way to say it was to remember that it's short for anti-fascist. I pronounce it 'an-tee-FAH' which is the true pronunciation of the term minus the last syllable. If we're gonna use their term, say it so they know that we know what it stands for.

And the term they've crafted itself is a tell, a kinda verbal flinch. They don't want to call us anti-fascists cuz that would admit that they're fascists. Nazies. Some of them may not be ashamed of that but for others, I bet it makes their stomach crawl that to know that the real America symbolized by the marvel character Captain America would not be on their side.

louzke9

(296 posts)
21. WAIT A MINUTE....
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:57 PM
Jun 2020

They weren't suspended for inciting violence. If that were the reason, Twitter would have to suspend Trump's account also. This account was suspended because it was fake. I had start a new twitter account because I called Brit Hume a "dumb nitwit" for MAKING FUN of Biden's appearance and for being responsible for wearing a face mask. Twitter told me I was harassing Hume (sure, he cried in the dark because of my harassment) YET by far Hume was harassing Biden.

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
23. That "Boogaloo Bois" page is still up at Farcebook
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:02 PM
Jun 2020

I checked a couple of hours ago and they have done nothing about it.

Until and unless people leave that platform, Zuckerberg and his buddies will keep violent right wing organizations and allow them to organize violence at that site.

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
24. I've seen a few of these over the past couple years
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:07 PM
Jun 2020

To me they looked obviously fake and trollish, but amazingly enough there were plenty of people who didn't seem capable of or willing to pick up on that. It's as if people shutdown their reasoning skills if they see/hear something that confirms what they want to believe.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
25. Of course this lie traveled around the world
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jun 2020

before the truth got up for breakfast.

It will be on facebook feeds, neighborhood sites, and fox lies without any correction.

When you have to tell lies to advance your cause, you are already admitting you are full of shit.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
32. I mean, it's pretty easy to pose as an organization that actually doesn't exist.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jun 2020

Other than in the brains and fever dreams of right wingers as some sort of paper tiger.

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