The White Terrorism Thread

[Llevron]

2 hours ago, Gamebreaker said:

 

Done. 

Honestly conservative is probably more appropriate in the end. 

[China]

Ted advocating for more violence...

 

 

[EmirOfShmo]

**** Ted Nugent

 

 

[Larry]

3 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

**** Ted Nugent

 

 

 

Not sure he's all that "warmongering", either.  

 

Civil War mongering, maybe.  

 

But for example.  Based solely on that one post, I'd bet that he opposes giving aid to Ukraine, to fight Russia.  You know, actual self-professed communists?  

[Renegade7]

 

[Larry]

24 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

 

Haven't you heard?  

 

The only discrimination in America, is against straight, white, Christian, males,  

 

Just ask them.  

[China]

Follow the money:

 

The Evolution of the Tech and Fundraising Platforms for Extremists Kicked Off the Regular Internet

 

On Oct. 27, 2018, a mass shooter killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The shooter, Robert Gregory Bowers, was an active user of Gab, an alternative online social media platform favored by the far right where he posted nativist and antisemitic content. “Screw your optics, I’m going in,” Bowers wrote a few hours before commencing the attack. Bowers’ posts on Gab soon attracted media attention, and that’s when Gab’s founder and CEO, Andrew Torba, realized he had a serious problem.

 

With an estimated 800,000 users, Gab was one of the fastest-growing alternative-tech, or “alt-tech,” platforms on the internet at the time. It had also become infamous for serving as a haven for extremists motivated by racial and ethnic violence, due in large part to Torba’s philosophy about free speech (which has been echoed recently by Elon Musk in discussing his plans for Twitter, should his purchase go through): If it’s legal, it’s allowed. But for several of Gab’s key business partners, the Tree of Life shooting was a bridge too far. In response to the massacre, payment processors PayPal and Stripe announced a day after the shooting that they would ban Gab from their platforms. Gab’s web host, Joyent, and the domain name registrar, GoDaddy, followed suit, forcing Gab offline for a week.

 

Until that point, the promise of monetizing a new online ecosystem designed by and for conservative and far-right movements had electrified proponents of the alt-tech approach to online platforms. Along with Gab, platforms like Parler and Rumble were early experiments in blending the design features of mainstream services like Facebook and Twitter with an anything-goes attitude toward content moderation. But when major payment processors cut Gab off for good after the Tree of Life shooting, the viability of the alt-tech business model itself came into question.

 

Torba resolved his domain issue by switching to Epik, a Seattle-based domain registrar and web hosting company. Gab’s exile from mainstream payment processors, however, proved to be a stickier wicket, and one that cost the company significant revenue.

 

For many on the political right, Amazon’s decision to pull hosting for Parler following the Capitol attack was a clarion call to build a parallel web, and prominent players—including Trump’s own companies—have since flocked to the task. But in 2018 and 2019, movement leaders were still discovering how vulnerable their dependence on mainstream services rendered them.

 

The years leading up to the assault on Congress saw alt-tech finance evolve in dramatic ways, maturing from ad hoc arrangements and small-scale operations to sophisticated businesses backed by venture capital and hosted on private technology stacks. New America’s Future Frontlines program, where I work, has traced this evolution by plumbing several open-source data sets, including a tranche of Parler data published in the wake of the Capitol attack. (Disclosure: New America is a partner with Slate and Arizona State University in Future Tense.) This Parler data set contains many of the posts from the first iteration of the social network, sometimes referred to as Parler 1.0, and it is the source for all unlinked quotes and references from Parler posts throughout this article.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[EmirOfShmo]

Plot to Blow Up Democratic Headquarters Exposed California Extremists Hiding in Plain Sight

 

Years before law enforcement seized the contents of Ian Rogers’ safe, he earned a reputation as a talented mechanic and successful Napa Valley business owner. Rogers catered to an elite clientele of Jaguar, Land Rover and Rolls-Royce owners inside a garage off Napa’s main drag, a street spotted with boutiques and high-end bed and breakfasts.

The 47-year-old from Sonoma County, who appeared to have a passion for guns, according to Facebook posts where he dissed prominent Democrats, was also a loving husband and father who paid his bills on time, according to his family and friends.

In the fall of 2020, in the weeks after Joe Biden was declared the next president of the United States, Rogers sent an ominous text to someone he trusted, according to court records.

“Ok bro we need to hit the enemy in the mouth,” he messaged.

“Yeah so we punch Soros,” Rogers’ former employee and gym buddy, Jarrod Copeland, texted back, referring to billionaire investor George Soros.

Copeland, a Kentucky native, had been a mechanic at Rogers’ shop nearly a decade earlier.

“I think right now we attack democrats. They’re offices etc. Molotov ****tails and gasoline,” Rogers continued.

Copeland replied, “We need more people bro. Gonna be hard.”

The day after Thanksgiving, the chatter kindled a plan. Text messages contained in court records show the two men agreed to burn down the headquarters of the California Democratic Party in Sacramento, a building diagonal to the California Highway Patrol office tasked with protecting state lawmakers and daily visitors to the Capitol. Also nearby: a youth center, a gym and a popular bookstore.

Rogers: sent link to the address of the California Democratic Party office…
Copeland: Right next to CHP
Copeland: gotta be cautious
Rogers: Only takes 3 minutes
Rogers: Take a brick break a window pour gas in and light

 

https://www.kqed.org/news/11913965/plot-to-blow-up-democratic-headquarters-exposed-california-extremists-hiding-in-plain-sight

[Ball Security]

6 hours ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Plot to Blow Up Democratic Headquarters Exposed California Extremists Hiding in Plain Sight

 

Years before law enforcement seized the contents of Ian Rogers’ safe, he earned a reputation as a talented mechanic and successful Napa Valley business owner. Rogers catered to an elite clientele of Jaguar, Land Rover and Rolls-Royce owners inside a garage off Napa’s main drag, a street spotted with boutiques and high-end bed and breakfasts.

The 47-year-old from Sonoma County, who appeared to have a passion for guns, according to Facebook posts where he dissed prominent Democrats, was also a loving husband and father who paid his bills on time, according to his family and friends.

In the fall of 2020, in the weeks after Joe Biden was declared the next president of the United States, Rogers sent an ominous text to someone he trusted, according to court records.

“Ok bro we need to hit the enemy in the mouth,” he messaged.

“Yeah so we punch Soros,” Rogers’ former employee and gym buddy, Jarrod Copeland, texted back, referring to billionaire investor George Soros.

Copeland, a Kentucky native, had been a mechanic at Rogers’ shop nearly a decade earlier.

“I think right now we attack democrats. They’re offices etc. Molotov ****tails and gasoline,” Rogers continued.

Copeland replied, “We need more people bro. Gonna be hard.”

The day after Thanksgiving, the chatter kindled a plan. Text messages contained in court records show the two men agreed to burn down the headquarters of the California Democratic Party in Sacramento, a building diagonal to the California Highway Patrol office tasked with protecting state lawmakers and daily visitors to the Capitol. Also nearby: a youth center, a gym and a popular bookstore.

Rogers: sent link to the address of the California Democratic Party office…
Copeland: Right next to CHP
Copeland: gotta be cautious
Rogers: Only takes 3 minutes
Rogers: Take a brick break a window pour gas in and light

 

https://www.kqed.org/news/11913965/plot-to-blow-up-democratic-headquarters-exposed-california-extremists-hiding-in-plain-sight

This is awful and I hope bad things happen to Rogers.  However, I read this too quickly and thought it said that Soros was Rogers’ former employee and gum buddy.  And I thought, yeah, that’s not true.

[EmirOfShmo]

6 hours ago, Ball Security said:

This is awful and I hope bad things happen to Rogers.  However, I read this too quickly and thought it said that Soros was Rogers’ former employee and gum buddy.  And I thought, yeah, that’s not true.

Let's hope he gets the maximum - from the article:

 

The Napa County District Attorney’s Office also is prosecuting Rogers, for 28 felony counts over the numerous pipe bombs, and unregistered assault rifles authorities allegedly discovered inside his business, home and RV. He is also being charged with converting firearms into machine guns.

If the case goes to trial, Rogers faces a statutory maximum of 45 years in prison. Copeland faces a statutory maximum of 25 years, if convicted on all charges.

Their attorneys have been negotiating plea bargains over their alleged involvement for months.

Copeland has entered a no-contest plea and is awaiting sentencing, his attorney, John Ambrosio, said.

[China]

Republicans vow to kill domestic terrorism bill in Senate

 

Senate Republicans are lining up against a House-passed bill that would authorize special offices within the government to investigate and monitor domestic terrorism, which is being pushed in the wake of a racist shooting in Buffalo that left 10 people dead.

 

The GOP compares the proposal, which sets up offices in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the FBI to target domestic terrorism, to the recently paused disinformation board set up by the Biden administration.

 

“It sounds terrible,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) of the House-passed bill, predicting it won’t get 10 Republicans in the Senate.  

 

“It’s like the disinformation board on steroids. Another way to look at is the Patriot Act for American citizens,” he added, referring to the law passed immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that expanded the government’s power to monitor phone and email conversations and collect bank records.  

 

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will bring the bill to the floor this week as a response to the killings at a Buffalo supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood. The bill passed the House 222-203 on a mostly party-line vote, with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) casting the only GOP vote in favor.  

 

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So will Manchin and Sinema vote against it?

[GhostofSparta]

You know what? I'm kinda glad Republicans are trying to kill this one. Otherwise, in 2025 when Republicans are back in full control this bill will get turned on BLM, Antifa, and basically any group The Right hates. There's no way giving the government this kind of power will be used on more than a token number of occasions on right-wing terrorism.

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[China]

Group of men storm Drag Queen Story Hour in California in possible hate crime

 

Authorities in the San Francisco Bay area are investigating a possible hate crime after a group of men stormed into a library where a drag queen was hosting a children’s reading event, and allegedly shouted homophobic and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs.

 

Panda Dulce was hosting a Drag Queen Story Hour at the San Lorenzo library on Saturday in celebration of pride month when a group of five men disrupted the event, shouting “tranny” and “pedophile”. The men “attempted to escalate to violence”, Dulce said, and “totally freaked out all of the kids”.

 

Law enforcement believes the group is affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys. The incident came after Joe Biden recently warned of “rising hate and violence” targeting LGBTQ+ people. Over the weekend, police in Idaho arrested 31 members of a white supremacist group who planned to riot at a pride event there.

 

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[China]

Idaho Patriot Front member arrested in Coeur d’Alene a National Guard member with a WSU scholarship

 

The 21-year-old Genesee man who was arrested with a white supremacist group in Coeur d’Alene over the weekend is a cadet in the Idaho National Guard and a Washington State University ROTC student who had been awarded a scholarship for room, board, books and a monthly stipend.

 

Winston Durham was one of 31 Patriot Front members arrested Saturday on misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. He was released on a $300 bond the next day.

 

Authorities allege that the group planned to disrupt an LGBTQ pride event at a downtown park. They had baseball bats, riot shields and other equipment that, according to Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White, indicated some clear “ill-intent.”

 

Idaho National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Borders said Durham enlisted in the Guard in February 2019.

 

“His position is somewhat unique,” Borders said. “He was also enrolled in Washington State University’s ROTC program, so basically he’s still on training status. At this point, he’s considered a cadet, not a guardsman or an officer.”

 

Durham is assigned to a field artillery unit. Were he to successfully complete the ROTC program, Borders said, he would become a National Guard officer.

 

Saturday’s arrest, however, may have ended that career path before it began.

 

“We were notified of the arrest on June 13 (Monday),” Borders said. “On June 14, his file was flagged. That’s another way of saying he’s barred from any favorable personnel action while this is underway.”

 

WSU officials said Durham is listed as a senior.

 

He was also the recipient of a Minuteman Scholarship, which provides $10,000 per year for tuition or room and board. It also includes $1,200 for books and a monthly stipend of $420.

 

Scholarship recipients are required to remain active with the Guard, meaning they take part in an annual two-week training camp and train one weekend a month for the remainder of the year.

 

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[LadySkinsFan]

6 minutes ago, China said:

Idaho Patriot Front member arrested in Coeur d’Alene a National Guard member with a WSU scholarship

 

The 21-year-old Genesee man who was arrested with a white supremacist group in Coeur d’Alene over the weekend is a cadet in the Idaho National Guard and a Washington State University ROTC student who had been awarded a scholarship for room, board, books and a monthly stipend.

 

Winston Durham was one of 31 Patriot Front members arrested Saturday on misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. He was released on a $300 bond the next day.

 

Authorities allege that the group planned to disrupt an LGBTQ pride event at a downtown park. They had baseball bats, riot shields and other equipment that, according to Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White, indicated some clear “ill-intent.”

 

Idaho National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Borders said Durham enlisted in the Guard in February 2019.

 

“His position is somewhat unique,” Borders said. “He was also enrolled in Washington State University’s ROTC program, so basically he’s still on training status. At this point, he’s considered a cadet, not a guardsman or an officer.”

 

Durham is assigned to a field artillery unit. Were he to successfully complete the ROTC program, Borders said, he would become a National Guard officer.

 

Saturday’s arrest, however, may have ended that career path before it began.

 

“We were notified of the arrest on June 13 (Monday),” Borders said. “On June 14, his file was flagged. That’s another way of saying he’s barred from any favorable personnel action while this is underway.”

 

WSU officials said Durham is listed as a senior.

 

He was also the recipient of a Minuteman Scholarship, which provides $10,000 per year for tuition or room and board. It also includes $1,200 for books and a monthly stipend of $420.

 

Scholarship recipients are required to remain active with the Guard, meaning they take part in an annual two-week training camp and train one weekend a month for the remainder of the year.

 

Click on the link for the full article

 

Time to root out these white supremists in any part of the military, National Guard, and law enforcement. They all need to go. And they need to lose their 2nd Amendment rights. It's been going on for far too long. 

[The Sisko]

On 5/15/2022 at 5:38 PM, Gamebreaker said:

Done. 

Just out of curiosity, what was the original title?

[Captain Wiggles]

Bye bye ROTC scholarship. 🖖

 

My dad was one of them there ROTC scholarship types. Paid for his college education then they shipped him off to Vietnam. 

[Gamebreaker]

On 6/18/2022 at 1:06 PM, The Sisko said:

Just out of curiosity, what was the original title?

 

I think it was "The Non-terrorists commiting acts of terrorism thread" or something like that. 

[Larry]

Re: thread title:  

 

I'd really prefer a title that doesn't specify a race. Granted, the entire thread might consist of only one race, (and political party).  But not mandate that it be so. 

[The Sisko]

That kind of gives it a pass by implying that its' prevalence is on par with other types of domestic terrorism. Besides, having an "Other Domestic Terrorism" thread would enable a (purely non-scientific) comparison between the number of posts in each over time.

Edited June 20, 2022 by The Sisko

[tshile]

I’m white. I’m ok with it. Carry on. 

[GhostofSparta]

11 hours ago, tshile said:

I’m white. I’m ok with it. Carry on. 

[The Sisko]

40 minutes ago, GhostofSparta said:

Half of me seconds it.

[China]

Proud Boy Brings a GUN to Protest Drag Queen Storytime at Nevada Library

 

As a group of children and their parents gathered for an entirely voluntary Drag Queen Storytime at Sparks Library in Nevada on Sunday afternoon, another group gathered outside of the building: Proud Boys members, protesting against LGBTQ rights. WRAL-TV reported that police were monitoring the small protest from a distance, but left when protesters began to disperse. At that point, however, a person in Proud Boys garb and carrying a gun approached the library, causing everyone outside—including children—to run into the building for protection. It’s unclear if the man was arrested or charged. 

 

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