They call themselves a “fraternity” to give ideological cover to their far-right beliefs and history of violence.
Instead, why not use the designation of a professional third-party, like the @splcenter, which calls them a “hate group”?
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Replying to @katemshepherd @splcenter
(1) The lede of a story sets the reader’s view of the actions described, and you used your lede to call them a “fraternity.” (2) In what sense are they a “fraternity”? Are they connected to a college? Do they have Greek letters? Or do they simply call themselves a “frat”?pic.twitter.com/CWHFgr6Jsl
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Replying to @leftkist @katemshepherd and
I get that there's this ongoing tension but u gotta admit that a bunch of ppl piling on to tell a woman journalist what a frat is ... it's interesting...
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Replying to @areidross @leftkist and
You call two people with similar polite criticism a “pile on”? Go fuck yourself if you want to make unsubstantiated accusations of sexism, Alex.
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Replying to @AntiFashGordon @areidross and
I feel like you recently suggested I was being sexist when I thought another journalists characterization of Atomwaffen ignored their white supremacy.
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Replying to @shane_burley1 @areidross and
I did because you were, Shane. You jumped in to mansplain Atomwaffen to a female far-right researcher, like she had no idea what she was talking about. Making that kind of bad-faith assumption is sexist. Taking issue with someone’s word choice is not.
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Replying to @AntiFashGordon @areidross and
I deleted my comment because I certainly don't want to come off that way, and I'll take the criticism seriously. It does feel as though this could be happening here. A fraternal organization just generally means a closed ritualized group, definitely not benign.
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I have no issue with “fraternity,” but as I spent all night going over with @areidross, why leave out that they’re a hate group?
Do we just call Skrewdriver a “rock band” now? Is the KKK just some cosplay enthusiasts?
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