The other day, I discussed Boston Free Speech's connections to racist/fascist groups, but so far, no one from @Boston_FS has responded. So today, I'll be talking all about their leader, @JohnnyMedlar, and his *personal* connections to bona fide hate groups. <thread>
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@Boston_FS-- you can't look at one of @JohnnyMedlar's associates without coming across a white nationalist.Show this thread -
Remember the "It's okay to be white" stickers that popped up around Boston last fall? That was Ary Ziegler, Medlar's fellow Proud Boy and
@Boston_FS member. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/01/stickers-saying-okay-white-posted-cambridge/IQrDmpt2zisM4Ka5nbOgHK/story.html …pic.twitter.com/4avVvL1owc
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Ary Ziegler admits to posting the "It's okay to be white" signs at 1:18:10 in this livestream of a
@Boston_FS from Medlar. Also, jfc, nice work doxxing your friend, @JohnnyMedlar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-4al01I1Q&feature=youtu.be&t=4688 …Show this thread -
If you want some history on how "It's okay to be white" crypto-Nazi propaganda,
@Newsweek had a good roundup here:https://www.newsweek.com/neo-nazi-david-duke-backed-meme-was-reported-tucker-carlson-without-context-714655 …Show this thread -
@JohnnyMedlar gives an extended defense of the signs at 1:19:18: https://youtu.be/vq-4al01I1Q?t=4758 …
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Here's my point-- scratch *any* associate of @JohnnyMedlar's, and a Nazi will bleed. Just look at his Facebook friends list. This is a random screenshot, and there's two members of
@PatriotFront_, Matt Smaller (also a Blue Bloc member) and Connor Raymond aka Chris Hood.pic.twitter.com/h2QvtxJcbd
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Let's go through this screenshot, person-by-person. They're all fascists.pic.twitter.com/0tuSnckZ2s
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Top-right is Jen Loh, a co-organizer of the National March Against Far-Left Violence. The screenshot above is her inciting violence against anti-fascist protesters in Portland on 8/4/18.pic.twitter.com/7HdrS2mQtx
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Middle-left is Salvatore Holiday, Proud Boy and anti-Semitic piece of shit. Here's a selection of the stuff he posts-- anti-Semitic cartoons that he likes so much he *reposts* them.pic.twitter.com/F9Foo3jFtx
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Middle-right is Matt Smaller, who, as we covered two days ago, is a member of
@PatriotFront_ and@Boston_FS. Smaller's also an anti-Semite who uses the (((echoes))) just like his buddy @JohnnyMedlar. But in case you forgot: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1038998774981578752 …pic.twitter.com/9YLCrayrYr
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Bottom-left is
@ResistMarxism spokesman@_lilmike93_, who apparently just talks to white supremacist and Holocaust denier Augustus Invictus. (P.S. @JohnnyMedlar invited Invictus to speak at the Boston Free Speech rally in August 2017.)pic.twitter.com/0blWCPKyan
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BONUS
@_lilmike93_ screenshot, where he cheers on Holocaust denier Augustus Invictus.pic.twitter.com/XZ2kryTLjG
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Finally, bottom-right is Unite the Right 2 speaker Jovi Val. Unite the fucking Right 2, folks.
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Here's my point-- this goes *way* beyond support for free speech @JohnnyMedlar and
@Boston_FS are personally and materially connected to all kinds of fascists, and it's important to document that.Show this thread -
Anyway, tagging some folks who might be interested in this. @RIagainsth8
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