THREAD: We need to talk about misogyny, intimate partner violence, and far-right organizing. It's all around us, and we need to acknowledge it:https://apnews.com/dea39b8b45d2471a8c0df817cb9656d0 …
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4) Meanwhile, in their secret chats, alt-right Patriot Front talks about organizing "ethnostate rape gangs" to punish white women who don't adhere to "traditional values": https://unicornriot.ninja/2018/americans-fascists-inside-patriot-front/ … (Shoutout to
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5) As researcher Matthew Lyons notes in "Insurgent Supremacists": "Because alt-rightists were explicitly white nationalist, many observers didn’t notice that they also promoted a misogyny so extreme that even many neonazis criticized it." https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=924 …
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6) This isn't accidental. When the alt-light and the alt-right are looking to recruit, they draw in members by appealing to the entitlement of traditional gender roles. This means they're bringing in abusers by the score.
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7) Worth noting-- the left definitely has unaddressed issues with gender-based violence. See the wonderful zine "Accounting for Ourselves" for more on that: https://ia902307.us.archive.org/21/items/AccountingForOurselves/accounting-for-ourselves_screen.pdf … But it's not a point of recruitment, like it is for the alt-light and alt-right.
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8) One of the Proud Boys' mottos is "Venerate the housewife," but there's strict and violent consequences for women who step outside those roles.
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@RoseCityAntifa has been tracking the intimate partner violence histories of Proud Boy and Patriot Prayer members in the Pacific Northwest:https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1047732983854116865 …
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10) And damn, there's a lot of them:https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1047732966523203584 …
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11) Like, really, a LOT a lot of them:https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1047732966523203584 …
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12) Scott Beierle, the misogynist who shot up a yoga studio in Florida yesterday? He's got a record. It looks to me like a history of intimate partner violence.pic.twitter.com/2YVRLssaJA
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13) The guys I tell you about every single day? A lot of them do, too. This is Alan Swinney, a Proud Boy who travels the country attacking protesters:https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1055456388800004096 …
THREAD: Proud Boy Alan Swinney showed up in Providence on 10/6 to attack protesters alongside his "brothers" in fascist-lite org the Proud Boys. He travels the country doing this. He funded the travel with his Patreon. Not anymore. It's all thanks to you folks.
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14) He's got a record for strangling a member of his family.pic.twitter.com/MxKTF3a6YY
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15) This is Trevor Carey, a Boston Free Speech member who runs a YouTube channel dedicated to male supremacy: https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1043135860869410816 … He also runs Marx Watch, which doxxes and harasses protesters.
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16) And yeah, he owns a gun, and has pulled it on counterprotesters:https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1043135885380923392 …
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17) Richard Spencer, too:https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1043135885380923392 …
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18) Those of us who deal with intimate partner violence have an acronym-- "DARVO." It describes how abusers deal with being confronted for their actions. It stands for: Deny Attack Reverse victim and offender
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19) And whenever I expose a fascist, guess what happens? Fashy commenters come crawling out in droves to deny basic material facts.pic.twitter.com/1yx9jlnuHg
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20) Even conservative, but fash-sympathetic media outlets get in on the game. And they DARVO hard. The "sword" they're talking about? It belonged to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.pic.twitter.com/rR2abX6nkM
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21) That dude you know who has some accusations swirling around him? But everyone in the scene is still cool with him because he books noise shows or whatever? Give him six months. He's all primed to be recruited by fascists.
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22) And by not confronting him, you're letting your scene get infiltrated by fash. Don't do that. I promise it's not worth getting your band on a shitty noise show.
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23) For more on this dynamic, check out Courtney Desiree Morris' "Why Misogynists Make Great Informants":https://incite-national.org/2010/07/15/why-misogynists-make-great-informants-how-gender-violence-on-the-left-enables-state-violence-in-radical-movements/ …
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24) Being cool with your bro because his ex is "crazy"? That's collaboration, you fucking quisling. Confronting abusers is anti-fascism. Supporting survivors is anti-fascism. Our strength is our community. So let's all be strong enough to shoulder this burden. </thread>
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