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A screenshot of a reply to @gregolear’s retweet of mine. The 2 emojis in that account’s handle are violent White Supremacist self-identifiers. They code themselves like this, and it’s important for every American to learn their codes.
= Pepe = Alt Right
= political violence https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1311282358470012933
= Pepe = Alt Right = political violence https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1311282358470012933
The call for his White Supremacists to “stand by”, coupled with his call for his people to go guard/“watch” polling sites for him are part of a long-standing pattern of coordinated signaling btwn the administration, campaign, & domestic terrorists.
It’s important to grasp that. https://twitter.com/lincolnsbible/status/1163105423991296007
It’s important to grasp that. https://twitter.com/lincolnsbible/status/1163105423991296007
Deploying the symbols & language of White Supremacy is a strategy of radicalization to maintain power within our democracy.
It’s a tactic of societal erosion. An offering on the altar of absolute power.
These are not one-off slips or dog whistles for donald.
It’s strategy. https://twitter.com/lincolnsbible/status/976100913260544001
It’s a tactic of societal erosion. An offering on the altar of absolute power.
These are not one-off slips or dog whistles for donald.
It’s strategy. https://twitter.com/lincolnsbible/status/976100913260544001
By and large, cable news & larger new publications do not grasp the strategy or threat. And when it’s brought to their attention, they either compartmentalism it or dismiss it.
I understand this instinct/reaction.
It is very difficult to accept the strategy of evil. (Cont)
I understand this instinct/reaction.
It is very difficult to accept the strategy of evil. (Cont)
So it’s up to all of us to grasp it. Like so much else with this moment in our history, we are on our own. The institutions we rely on - like the 4th estate, are incapable of illuminating this threat beyond pointing at individual pieces.
You must see this threat as a SYSTEM.
You must see this threat as a SYSTEM.
Questioning the coordination btwn domestic terrorists & administration is fuel. Your doubt, & ignorance of symbols, is their strategy - that you can’t grasp the system itself.
Think of donald & these individual events (incl Gaetz trotting out Chuck Johnson) as aspen trees...
Think of donald & these individual events (incl Gaetz trotting out Chuck Johnson) as aspen trees...
What you see on the surface are individual trees - shooting up from the earth, as if independent of one another. Sure, they’re clustered - like any forest. But you see them as individual acts of nature, that help spread seeds for new individuals.
This is false. AND...
This is false. AND...
...it’s also part of a defense mechanism - so that you can’t see the singular organism beneath the earth, that is sending up each of those “individuals”. What you see are not independent acts, but branches of a singular organism that only survives if it’s hidden underground.
So..
So..
You must learn their symbols, language, key players (coordinators/leaders), incitement tactics, & points of contact with the administration. Learn it, because it’s real. Because it’s a threat to democracy - and for either you or your fellow citizens, a threat to your body...
