An example
A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of “Antifa” was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said Monday. The company removed the account.
Before it emerged the account was run by white supremacists, Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s son, pointed his 2.8 million Instagram followers to the account as an example how dangerous Antifa is.
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The revelation of the account comes as President Donald Trump increasingly blames left-wing activists for violence occurring at protests across America.
Trump and Fox News and the Matt Gaetz types and all their fans.
The phenomenon of people on the right creating fake Antifa accounts predates the current wave of protests. The takedown Monday is not the first time a fake Antifa account linked to white supremacists has been suspended by Twitter, the spokesperson confirmed.
Is there anyone available to shout “FAKE NEWS!”?
Police plants and agents provocateurs have a long history of police use in crowd and dissident control, even if some of them are clearly stooges and not part of the movement they purport to speak and act for.
FAKE NEWS! FAKE NEWS!
Of course, the right won’t believe that. They will claim the fake news is that it was created by white supremacists.
And yet, I am reminded of the Porivil and abbeycadabra types who frequently call for violence in the terf warz.