Whitmer becomes target of dozens of threats on private Facebook groups ahead of armed rally in...
Metro Times gained access to four private Facebook groups that can only be seen by approved members. The pages, which have a combined 400,000 members, are filled with paranoid, sexist, and grammar-challenged rants, with members encouraging violence and flouting the governor’s social-distancing orders.
On Sunday, after being contacted by Metro Times, Facebook removed one of the groups, Michigan United for Liberty, and deleted posts on others for violating the company’s policy against inciting violence. Facebook announced last month that it will remove groups and events that encourage people to defy social-distancing measures. Facebook also is investigating the other groups.
“We removed one group for violating our policies and will remove any other violations as we continue our review,“ a Facebook spokesperson tells Metro Times.
Assassinating Whitmer is a common theme among members of the groups. Dozens of people have called for her to be hanged.
“We need a good old fashioned lynch mob to storm the Capitol, drag her tyrannical ass out onto the street and string her up as our forefathers would have,” John Campbell Sr. wrote on a group called “People of Michigan vs. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,” which had nearly 9,000 members as of Monday morning.
Steve Doxsie had the same idea: “Drag that tyrant governor out to the front lawn. Fit her for a noose.”
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The comments are especially disturbing because some of those calling for violence are planning to attend an armed rally at the Capitol building in Lansing on Thursday. On April 30, hundreds of protesters, some of them heavily armed, descended on the state Capitol“ during the “American Patriot Rally,” and there were armed protesters as part of ““Operation Lansing” on April 15. A two-day rally is also planned for the weekend.
“We could’ve taken over the capital last time if we wanted,” Chris Coffey said. “This was just a display. Next time won’t be!”
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/05/11/whitmer-becomes-target-of-dozens-of-threats-on-private-facebook-groups-ahead-of-armed-rally-in-lansing
My god.
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Apparently, the Zoom call was receiving racist and threatening comments, one commission member said.
Link to tweet
OMG.
FB is great for organizing our local elections. IE I'm an elected Democratic Committee Member and we are reaching a lot of the Democratic Voters in our two for the July Primary. They are coming to our page - to get information on Vote by Mail, Town Quarantine info (we have a Democratic Mayor and Majority in our blue town county seat of a red county), info on local election, how to contact their assembly members.
Oh and I belong to a nonsense women's group that when our descendants pull it down from the cloud in 80 years - mine are going to be like . . .
Seriously - my great great aunt spent Covid sharing and laughing at obnoxious memes? 
Good for you. It's not a necessary thing to have 'FB' unless it puts you in contact with people you know. Our family is global so that's how we keep in contact with each other.
Too many use it for evil.
These people are not very fine people. They're nazis, hatemongers, and psychopaths. We should be shunning them. 
