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You have no idea what you've done. How dangerous what you wrote was.
Not "dangerous" because it challenges power or holds people accountable.
Dangerous because you poured fuel on a fire.
People will wind up dead in no small part due to your "work." https://twitter.com/MReisen88/status/1279914432747855873?s=20
Not "dangerous" because it challenges power or holds people accountable.
Dangerous because you poured fuel on a fire.
People will wind up dead in no small part due to your "work." https://twitter.com/MReisen88/status/1279914432747855873?s=20
Imagine thinking folks are mad because the subject matter is "controversial."
They're mad that you did propaganda for a paramilitary group.
If you want the truth about NMCG, start with what we already uncovered.
Links in thread for those who can't be bothered to do research.
They're mad that you did propaganda for a paramilitary group.
If you want the truth about NMCG, start with what we already uncovered.
Links in thread for those who can't be bothered to do research.
Here's information on Bryce Leroy Spangler Provance, the founder of the militia.
This thread includes info like "why was Bryce the only one not carrying a gun in the ABQ Journal's propaganda piece?"
Spoiler alert, he has multiple felony convictions. https://twitter.com/abq161/status/1269385969729404930?s=20
This thread includes info like "why was Bryce the only one not carrying a gun in the ABQ Journal's propaganda piece?"
Spoiler alert, he has multiple felony convictions. https://twitter.com/abq161/status/1269385969729404930?s=20
If the ABQ Journal's "reporters" even asked Bryce why he did a stint in prison, or asked why exactly he needed a swastika tattoo "to survive," they sure as shit didn't publish it.
It sounds a lot like they talked to a member of a white power prison gang and took him at his word.
It sounds a lot like they talked to a member of a white power prison gang and took him at his word.
Info in this thread on three other early members, Nic Lomas, Oryan Mikale Petty, and Justin Owen. https://twitter.com/abq161/status/1259239793466228736?s=20
Here's info on new NMCG recruit, New Mexico Proud Boy, and National-Anarchist Tribal Alliance white nationalist Craig Fitzgerald, who joined them at the Oñate protest: https://twitter.com/abq161/status/1259239768564604935?s=20
Here's information on NMCG member and absolute lunatic Devon Bay, who was also at the Oñate protest: https://twitter.com/abq161/status/1278522824936886273?s=20
You cannot take these people at their word. Fascists, Nazis, racists: they are liars by nature.
If you trust them to tell the truth, they will use your naivete to their advantage.
ABQ Journal's "journalists" fell for it & gave NMCG exactly the kind of coverage they would want.
If you trust them to tell the truth, they will use your naivete to their advantage.
ABQ Journal's "journalists" fell for it & gave NMCG exactly the kind of coverage they would want.
I'm sure it must have felt so hard-hitting to mention in passing (and dismiss with a hand-wave) details like Bryce's lack of a firearm, his swastika tats, the group's "jokes" about white robes and goose-stepping.
So "controversial" to republish their veiled threats against protesters, in a time when car attacks strike protesters multiple times per day in cities across America.
"The members share a serious love of firearms, a nonstop harping on Antifa – a militant left-wing group opposed to fascism – and what they describe as a drive to “protect innocent life, liberty and property."
Imagine writing this and thinking it counts as journalism.
Imagine writing this and thinking it counts as journalism.
Imagine republishing right-wing conspiracy theories about what "Antifa" is, bizarre theories of group organization and uniformity of tactics.
Antifa means anti-fascist.
If these guys are anti-anti-fascist, how would you describe them?
Antifa means anti-fascist.
If these guys are anti-anti-fascist, how would you describe them?
"This isn’t something you do because you hate something,” said David Rice, a giant of a man with a gravelly voice. “This is an act of love, kindness and generosity."
Imagine thinking it's journalism to repeat at face value what fascists tell you about their motives and ideals.
Imagine thinking it's journalism to repeat at face value what fascists tell you about their motives and ideals.
You have given the New Mexico Civil Guard their biggest platform yet, and for what?
To hold them accountable? No.
To publish their names and faces and expose them for the threat they are? No.
To have a real public discussion about the threats these groups pose? Nope.
To hold them accountable? No.
To publish their names and faces and expose them for the threat they are? No.
To have a real public discussion about the threats these groups pose? Nope.
You gave a paramilitary organization (members of whom run in orgs that call themselves right wing death squads) exactly what they wanted, just so you could get your moment in the spotlight.
You did it to get your front page story in the Sunday edition of the @ABQJournal.
You did it to get your front page story in the Sunday edition of the @ABQJournal.
So I hope you are proud of yourself for what you've done.
No one else is.
You have failed to serve your community, and instead put your own interests first.
And when NMCG begin disappearing activists and killing those who criticize them, the blood will be on your hands, too.
No one else is.
You have failed to serve your community, and instead put your own interests first.
And when NMCG begin disappearing activists and killing those who criticize them, the blood will be on your hands, too.
