Far-right pro-gun Facebook trio behind anti-quarantine protests.

[Cattledog]

A trio of far-right, pro-gun provocateurs is behind some of the largest Facebook groups calling for anti-quarantine protests across the United States, offering the latest illustration that some seemingly organic demonstrations are being engineered by a network of conservative activists.

The Facebook groups target Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and they appear to be the work of Ben Dorr, the political director of a group called Minnesota Gun Rights, and his siblings Christopher and Aaron. By Sunday, the groups had more than 200,000 members combined, and they continued to expand quickly, days after President Donald Trump endorsed such protests by suggesting citizens should "liberate" their states.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/far-right-pro-gun-facebook-trio-behind-anti-quarantine-protests-20200420-p54ldx.html?fbclid=IwAR3XiHSO1U1YVrbl6QX3FpJVqI40GAGriTcs0sIZ68e7oMittAb1jBtle60

[kimbutgar]

1. So is Facebook going to shut down these groups?

[GemDigger]

2. If they can't have a 2a rally then that is a good way to show off your guns

and be safe from covid by wearing a mask. Win/win.

[stillcool]

3. I was just reading about them..

they seem to have found a niche, in shaking things up, and passing around the hat around while doing it, through contibutions, and the email lists they garner. Guess any right-wing issues come to the fore-front, they're all over it. I did see a page where they have seminars, teaching people how to rile up the right in various states. Didn't have a year though. Interesting, because I'm bored.

[rockfordfile]

4. Biden today had a great discussion on the gun problem

[Baked Potato]

5. Valuable data for Parscale.

[dalton99a]

6. The Dorr brothers:

Ben, Chris, and Aaron Dorr