9/ And this is the exact sort of rhetoric that Patriot Prayer is allowed to spread via the services of Facebook, Twitter, and @GoDaddy.
Watch this short video for examples. https://twitter.com/leftkist/status/1124354951826759680 …
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10/ And that's far from the last violent incident Patriot Prayer's been tied to. On June 30, 2018, Portland police revoked their permit to rally after declaring it a "riot."https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/06/portland_police_revoke_permit.html …
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11/ Just a month later, on August 4, 2018, members of Patriot Prayer established a "sniper's nest" on the rooftop of a garage overlooking a rally site, from which they planned to shoot protesters.https://www.newsweek.com/patriot-prayer-members-armed-snipers-positioned-themselves-roof-ahead-august-1171862 …
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12/ On October 6, 2018, Joey Gibson was the featured guest at a Resist Marxism rally in Providence, RI, where members of the Proud Boys waded into a crowd of protesters to attack people.https://upriseri.com/2018-10-07-ocean-state-against-hate/ …
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13/ On October 13, 2018, Gibson took a "flash march" to downtown Portland, where the group assaulted anyone they deemed a leftist.https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/15/patriot-prayer-again-brings-violence-portland-flash-march-downtown-rounding-out-weekend-far …
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14/ In January 2019, Patriot Prayer showed up at a DSA meeting at a Union Hall, attempting to start fights with members. Days later, they returned to vandalize the union hall.https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/01/24/25623138/union-headquarters-vandalized-after-patriot-prayer-attention …
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15/ Just days after that, Patriot Prayer associate Reggie Axtell issued a threat to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, saying, "I'm coming for you, you little punk."https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/01/25/proud-boy-threatens-portland-mayor-im-coming-you …
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16/ And here's a clip from Joey Gibson's livestream from May 1, 2019, showing Patriot Prayer's Ian Kramer beating a woman in the back of the head with a baton. Reports say she has a cracked vertebrae. https://twitter.com/AmericanSHARP1/status/1123986030128959488 …
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17/ This is kind of violence that results from giving groups like Patriot Prayer a platform to spread their hateful rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Please,
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18/ In 2017,
@GoDaddy stopped hosting The Daily Stormer, so there is precedent.https://www.newsweek.com/it-legal-hosting-companies-ban-hate-sites-654618 …1 reply 6 retweets 22 likesShow this thread
19/ @GoDaddy's Terms of Service prohibit "activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes [and] terrorism."
And that's exactly what Patriot Prayer does.https://www.godaddy.com/agreements/showdoc?plvid=1&pageid=Big_Send_EULA …
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20/ Please,
@GoDaddy, enforce your own Terms of Service and deplatform Joey Gibson and Patriot Prayer. They've been responsible for a years-long campaign of terror against the city of Portland. Please stop letting them use your services to spread their hate and violence.2 replies 27 retweets 78 likesShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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