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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 06:39 AM Sep 2017

Shuttered Facebook group was linked to Russia

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-group-russia-texas-anti-immigrant-rallies-2017-9

Shuttered Facebook group that organized anti-Clinton, anti-immigrant rallies across Texas was linked to Russia

A Russia-linked Facebook group attempted to organize a series of anti-immigrant, anti-Hillary Clinton rallies across Texas last November, three days before the election and months after Russian operatives used the social-media platform to organize an anti-refugee-resettlement protest in rural Idaho.

The group, called Heart of Texas, had over 225,000 followers as of last summer. It was shut down last week as part of Facebook's takedown of accounts and pages "affiliated with one another and likely operated out of Russia," a Facebook spokesman told Business Insider on Wednesday.

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Several signs pointed to the page being a Russian influence operation, including a lack of contact information and ads, and a corresponding Twitter account created in November 2015 — right around the time Facebook experienced a surge in Russia-linked, fake accounts, Michel said. Its "about" section read only: "Texas's the land protected by Lord."

Perhaps the most revealing clue that Heart of Texas was not a project spearheaded by dissatisfied Texans was the language. The memes posted in the group contained typos, grammatical errors, and a general unfamiliarity with basic English phrases.


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Shuttered Facebook group was linked to Russia (Original Post) RockaFowler Sep 2017 OP
There are a lot of reasons we fought Russia in the Cold War. AllyCat Sep 2017 #1
+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #2
+10 Raster Sep 2017 #4
Is the alt right "fellow travelers' of the Kremlin? alfredo Sep 2017 #3
'fraid they are. Raster Sep 2017 #5
Let's troll alt right rallies by yelling "go back to Russia." ;) alfredo Sep 2017 #6
Yes - RandomAccess Sep 2017 #7
The traditionalist vs secularist is what is driving the Mideast wars. alfredo Sep 2017 #8

AllyCat

(16,189 posts)
1. There are a lot of reasons we fought Russia in the Cold War.
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 07:58 AM
Sep 2017

There are reasons now. We need to stop the infighting and recognize the real enemy.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
7. Yes -
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 11:56 AM
Sep 2017
Everything-You-Need-to-Know-About-Steve-Bannon-Breitbart-Russia
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/18/1601406/-Everything-You-Need-to-Know-About-Steve-Bannon-Breitbart-Russia

In other words, they think the future is not a battle between East and West (US vs. Russia), but Traditionalist verses Secularists and multiculturalists. The modern Alt-right has embraced Putin as an ally in their battle to install a “Traditionalist” worldview. The “Traditionalist” Alt-right believe that Republicans and Conservatives have abandoned them and embraced multiculturalism and allowed things like the acceptance of gays, gay marriage, and multiculturalism.

Because of this, they have abandoned hope in American Conservatism and crossed country lines. They have written articles about Putin being one of them. Here is an article by Pat Buchanan claiming that Putin is their ally: http://buchanan.org/blog/putin-one-us-6071 Also, here is an article by Breitbart describing that the modern alt-right sees themselves as modern “Pat Buchanan,” Traditionalist intellectuals seeking to defeat the Western multiculturalism and liberalism.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/

Because mainstream Republicans and conservatives have abandoned the cause and accepted things like gay marriage and multiculturalism, the Alt-Right Traditionalists needed to find a new ally and they found a powerful ally in Putin. The Alt-Right thinks that Putin will be their new Traditionalist hero as they have been marginalized by the Republicans and Conservatives of the West. Here are some articles on this alliance:

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-pat-buchanan-vladimir-putin-and-strange-bedfellows/2013/12/24/f8159f22-68bf-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html
2. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pat-buchanan-thinks-vladimir-putin-might-be-a-conservative-hero
3. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/19/why-pat-buchanan-loves-vladimir-putin.html
4. http://www.businessinsider.com/is-vladimir-putin-a-us-style-conservative-2013-12

The Alt-Right believes that Putin has done a good job imposing “Traditionalism” in Russia. They applaud him for his stance on gays and liberal Western multiculturalism. Putin’s Chief Strategist, Alexander Dugin, has become the intellectual hero of Alt-Right “Traditionalists” around the world.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)
8. The traditionalist vs secularist is what is driving the Mideast wars.
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 02:56 PM
Sep 2017

Saudi Arabia is funding the Muslim traditionalist, and Putin is funding the Christian traditionalist.

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