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  • lad [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 years ago

    During opportune moments of vulnerability, these groups take advantage of social unrest over major events such as the Covid lockdowns and George Floyd’s killing. The target of much of the recent outrage in these events has been the most visible institutional manifestation of state authority and raw power: the police

    tfw anarcho-socialists (lol?) prey on the most vulnerable manifestations of state power, the uh… police.

    is there any group on earth better at playing the victim than the ultra militarized police forces of western countries? bunch of actual pussies

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    4 years ago

    Gems (also we should invite them to the discord where last night, 1 in 5 posts was about cum)

    Though activity in Reddit grew overall by ~20% over the course of recent quarantine (see Appendix figure 6), we find surges far outpace that in these communities with increases of over 400% in activity on both r/chapotraphouse and r/socialistra.

    Those are the numbers I like to see

    On page 3 there is a chart that compares “anarcho-socialists” to ISIS and Boogaloo, with check marks showing we all commit lone wolf and cell terrorist attacks, as well as have “Utopian legends/narratives”

    Anarcho-socialist militias which explicitly glorify Martyr narratives, classic authoritarian narratives, and revolutionary narratives are now formally organizing—and are growing.

    Anarcho-authoritarian here ready to do a utopianism

    Examining Twitter’s verified feed, we found that before the death of George Floyd, anti-police terms were not widely used on Twitter. By eye, the graph in figure 1 depicts a substantial change which occurs in the use of the term ACAB on the day the video of George Floyd’s death was circulated on social media.

    Gee I wonder why anti-cop sentiment would grow after a high profile murder by police?

    and socialist-leaning subreddit

    Akin to the content we found when investigating the Boogaloo, dehumanizing memes and cartoonish calls for violent insurgency were present in all three communities and, by eye, r/dankleft appeared especially productive and creative in sharing these memes.

    Meme subreddit likes memes, who knew?

    Willem Van Spronsen… died in a shootout with Tacoma law enforcement while firebombing an ICE detention facility

    Praise be upon him, but he certainly wasn’t a redditor.