Where are the "Black Helicopter" militia types now?

[yellowcanine]

For years they brayed about UN black helicopters, unidentified military thugs, etc. Now Barr and Trump are doing it in real time and nary a peep from the Bundy boys and their ilk.

[gratuitous]

1. They are damned by their silence, aren't they?

Turns out they're only concerned with repressive government (you know, like paying for the land you're grazing your cattle on) when it affects them.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

2. There are a few RW memes floating around about this

Not going to post them here, I didn't save any of them. Essentially one guy is asking where all the 2A warriors are now that the government is gassing protesters and bringing in troops. And the other guy responds with some variation of "why should I bother defending people who protest against guns with my guns?" There's a few variations out there. It generally matches the sentiment I am seeing from those types. One told me on FB if you protested for gun control then enjoy the results when only the gov has the guns.

So as usual, it's the "screw everyone else, as long as I'm ok" attitude. No surprises here.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. They're in the White House and NYPD, tweeting lies about about "antifa rocks"

White House, NYPD Share 'Fake' Video Suggesting Looters, Antifa Planted Bricks at Protest Sites

The White House just tried and failed to pin the blame on protesters and anti-fascist groups. In its latest attempt to build a case against Antifa and professional anarchists, the official Twitter handle of the White House tweeted a video on Wednesday, June 3, saying they were committing "domestic acts of terror" by "staging bricks and weapons to instigate violence."



The video, which has since been deleted by the White House, showed what appears to be a cage of bricks on the side of a street. However, it was later revealed that what the White House tweeted was actually video footage of security barriers outside the Chabad Jewish Community Centre in Sherman Oaks, California.

The cages, which are normally filled with rocks, have been placed outside the synagogue to prevent car-ramming attacks in the wake of the deadly antisemitic shooting at the Chabad of Poway in April last year. The bricks have since been removed "to alleviate people's concern that they may be vandalized and used by rioters," the Chabad house clarified in a Monday Facebook post.
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) was caught doing something similar on Wednesday morning. Commissioner Dermot Shea posted a video of plastic containers filled with bricks placed at a street corner in New York City.
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"This is in my district. I went to the site. This construction debris was left near a construction site on Ave X in Gravesend. Could be evidence of a developer breaking law since phase 1 hasn't begun, but there was no evidence of organized looting on X last night that I'm aware of," he tweeted.

https://www.ibtimes.sg/white-house-nypd-caught-sharing-fake-video-suggesting-looters-antifa-planted-bricks-protest-46255

Link to tweet

This is a real problem; after years of far right conspiracy theories, those gullible or malicious enough to spread them are now at the highest level of the right wing, with power over real organisations.

This time, the Bexar County Republican Party chair crossed an invisible but unmistakable line.
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The icing on this crazy cake came with a suggestion from Brehm that former President Barack Obama (whom Brehm called the “Supreme Race Baiter”) was involved in the conspiracy effort and that 89-year-old Democratic donor George Soros (a longtime bogeyman of the political right), orchestrated the whole scam.

“You can draw your own conclusions,” Brehm concludes, “but this appears to have all the earmarks of George Soros. Please open your eyes!!!!”

https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/gilbert_garcia/article/Garcia-Brehm-is-now-an-outcast-in-her-own-party-15318608.php

Fox News political analyst references Soros-antifa conspiracy theory to baselessly speculate that he could "face some charges" https://www.mediamatters.org/crime-and-criminal-justice/fox-news-political-analyst-references-soros-antifa-conspiracy-theory

And, of course, the president of the USA is a birther. And his hatred of the UN is shown by him cutting funding for the WHO, UNESCO, UNRWA and UNHRC: https://theprint.in/world/paris-deal-to-who-the-11-organisations-donald-trumps-us-has-pulled-out-of-weakened/432486/ .

[Blue_Tires]

4. yep...

[inwiththenew]

5. Just because they hate the government doesn't mean they like minorities or liberals

In fact they may hate them more than the government. They are sitting back and letting two groups they don't like fight it out is my take on it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. They're busy harassing multiracial families, calling them "Antifa" and felling trees to trap them

Authorities say a multiracial family camping on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state was harassed and confronted by people who accused them of being political activists with antifa and trapped them at a remote campsite in the woods.

Sgt. Shaun Minks of the Clallam County Sheriff's Office says the family of four arrived Wednesday in the town of Forks, Washington, in an old converted school bus and stopped to buy camping supplies at a local store.

He said as they were leaving the store, the family was confronted by people in several vehicles who asked them if they were from antifa -- short for "anti-fascists"-- an umbrella term for leftist militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations.

The family told the people they weren't associated with any group and were camping. Minks said the family was able to drive out of the parking lot and head for a campsite off a logging road about five miles outside of Forks. The Peninsula Daily News reports the family told deputies that at least four vehicles followed them as they drove away. They said that two of the vehicles had people in them carrying what appeared to be semi-automatic rifles...

Read more: https://apnews.com/c7f6d65e4c1b76c784f63e547403cca9

*Related: > 'Antifa Bus’ Hoaxes Are Spreading Panic Through Small-Town America.' Misinformation leads to panic and suspicion and even police action. The Verge, June 5, 2020.

Mythical buses full of bloodthirsty antifa protestors are causing panic in rural counties throughout the country — even though there’s no evidence they exist. The Associated Press has catalogued at least five separate rural counties where locals have warned of imminent attacks, although none of the rumors have been substantiated.

Notably, the rumors are often tailored to a specific local region, a “hyperlocal” approach sometime used to boost the spread of misinformation on social media platforms.

NBC News first reported on the recent surge of antifa-related misinformation, some of which was promoted by white nationalist groups posing as antifa accounts. But even after the rumors were debunked, they continue to spread on Facebook, often inspiring real-life confrontations and instances of violence...

Read More, https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281581/antifa-bus-hoax-trump-misinformation-protests-police

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142508349

And we know who is leading the accusation that "antifa" are a terrorist group that will stop at nothing. Militia paranoia is now directed at innocent families.