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David Gilbert
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@MackLamoureux and I took a look at the reaction of the far-right to the fall of #RoeVsWade today and, as expected, they are urging violence in response to a non-existent threat
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The Far-Right Is Fearmongering About Abortion Activists Attacking Churches
Right-wing influencers and agitators are hyping up a so-called "night of rage" and calling on the far-right to go "defend churches" from fantasized marauders.
10:10 AM · Jun 24, 2022
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pgzg/far-right-believes-night-of-rage-abortion
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Some far-right influencers say they are expecting a night of rage from a large group of organized pro-abortion activisits, and others are urging their followers to go and protect the churches and streets from the imagined marauders, others are simply salivating over the possibility of violence.
It's a good thing the Supreme Court affirmed our right to conceal carry right before this night of rage you guys are planning, wrote right-wing commentator Matt Walsh. White nationalist internet celebrity Nicholas Fuentes simply wrote DEFEND YOUR CHURCHES TONIGHT! on his Telegram page. Right wing and church affiliated YouTubers have been creating videos for several days in regards to this idea some even giving step by step instructions for how to protect your church from the pro-abortion 'Night of Rage.'
Kristofer Goldsmith, a senior fellow for the Innovation Lab at Human Rights First, told VICE News that he saw the messaging for the night of rage being laid by far-right extremists for weeks and that it is now being filtered into the mainstream by far-right influencers. Goldsmith said that outside of vandalism there is no evidence of a far-left conspiracy to commit violence.
No one needs to go out and protect churches, said Goldsmith. That's what we have police for. These folks are looking to take advantage of what they perceive to be a politically permissive environment to engage in political violence.
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RKP5637
(67,108 posts)stupid gun ruling earlier.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)Who really cares?
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Idgaf if all of "gods" houses burned to the ground.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Beachnutt
(7,324 posts)they love to incite violence.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)chaos and division. The gun nuts are calling us fanatics????? I don't think so.
Just so pissed off today..........who's their next target/s????
Samrob
(4,298 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,653 posts)Torchlight
(3,332 posts)in the vast majority of church arson in America-- both the historical as well as the recent trends.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Here is the real quote:
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful
keep_left
(1,783 posts)...his "date" with Catboy Kami. Hey, it's a free country, but you don't get taken seriously by doing both things at once. You also don't get much street cred as a white supremacist when your name is Fuentes.
Duncan Grant
(8,264 posts)The right-wing is manipulating the evangelicals and fundamentalists like addicts.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,331 posts)Fight their fight.
Midnight Writer
(21,762 posts)"When America needs protection, a signal flashes in the night sky. A call for Kyle Rittenhouse."
FOXNews has already adopted this storyline. They are warning of Antifa firebombing Christian "crisis centers", and calling for special protection for anti-abortion activists. They described the protests at the Supreme Court violent Antifa crowds.
chowder66
(9,068 posts)Novara
(5,842 posts)If you intrude into politics your tax-exempt status should be immediately revoked.
aka-chmeee
(1,132 posts)clinic was protected, can a pro-choice protester expect to be protected while protesting at a church?