So the real reason for the rally was to get a lot of left wing folks gathered in one spot to hurt as many as possible?
That’s ONE of the reasons, yes. Also those rallies are huge recruiting tools.
“Leak” is the wrong word to use here. Unless Discord strongly restricts those who open accounts, the chats were conducted in public. Anyone with a Discord account could see them. There was no legitimate expectation of privacy. It’s akin to someone eavesdropping on a conversation in a restaurant. It might be rude to expose the conversation, but those speaking put it out there.
Right. more like “culled, curated & published”
Gosh, people discussing violent crimes prior to committing . . . violent crimes. Let’s arrest everyone in their address books and hold them as material witnesses for a few months.
Oh, wait.
What baffles me is that these guys think of themselves as tough, manly men, but they are actually fearful cowards. People who protest peacefully with signs and t-shirts are the brave ones.
These folks seem to have fallen into the same trap as the Trumps. That of thinking they are smarter than they actually are. A symptom of white privilege.
RICO anyone?
Next up: Justice Gorsuch explains why, although it’s “heartbreaking”, the Founders considered gunshots to be a form of free speech.
Not to mention the sales of t-shirts and coffee mugs…
Among the chats, poster DJT45 was found to have said several times, “Do whatever you want and remember the guy who luvs you.”
However, it remains to be seen if the “leaked chats” are legitimate and unedited. One of the nightmares of truly fake news is editing legitimate data and/or adding fake data, such as taking a legitimate a credit card bill and adding services for prostitutes or whatever to it.
The mixing of fake news with real news is a nightmare propaganda tool that can be used against the left and right.
“…the white nationalists who descended on Charlottesville, Virginia were well-organized and came with the intention of committing brutal violence.”
I’m so old, I can remember when they called that sort of thing “terrorism”.
Those were the days…
Can we expect the DOJ to issue a warrant for all of Discord’s server logs and other records? You know, like they did for the site service that may possibly have hosted anti-Trump discussions?
But, but, but, what about the meanie antifa thuugs… Trump said many sides
Ah, I see they’re relying on the “we were only joking” defense here:
Mosley says his political opponents get hysterical over the “dark humor” of the alt-right. “The idea that little tractor meme is somehow a call to run people over is ridiculous,” he says.
The right’s usual Get Out of Jail Free card.
People intent on peaceful protest don’t bring bats, guns, shields, helmets, and an array of weapons to the protest. They never intended to be peaceful, they were quite obviously spoiling for a fight, and they got one.
If they were not cowards in the first place, they would not be members of the KKK or Nazis.
Brave people don’t do things like this or belong to hate groups.
Their hyper-masculinity, racism, and misogyny are all symptoms of deep-seated self-loathing BECAUSE they are cowards, and they are terrified that others will uncover their carefully hidden fears and use it against them.
FEAR creates Nazis. Bravery in the face of threats defeats them.
We have to make sure they never gain the levers of power in our country or the horrors of the past will be repeated.