2/ Super Happy Fun America, the group that sponsored the Straight Pride Parade, was kicked off of PayPal in July, but they're back, in violation of @AskPayPal's Terms of Service.pic.twitter.com/OEiZQTdcaX
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1/ Hey @AskPayPal and @PayPal--
An anti-LGBTQIA hate group with ties to violent far-right organizations is raising money on your platform.
They just sponsored the Boston Straight Pride Parade, featuring members of the Proud Boys and the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement.pic.twitter.com/7XD1RFZa1n
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3/ They're skating the ToS violation by using the PayPal account of Burkco Marketing, LLC to solicit donations. So what is Burkco Marketing?pic.twitter.com/azbZ7Td9Db
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4/ Meet Robert Burke, a longtime affiliate of Resist Marxism.pic.twitter.com/94yNoVqXO0
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5/ Robert was a speaker at Resist Marxism's June 2, 2018 2nd Amendment rally, where he shared the stage with Unite the Right 2 organizer Rickey Entwistle.
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6/ At the time, Resist Marxism had recently been exposed as a conservative front for antisemitic far-right organizing.https://thinkprogress.org/resist-marxism-front-for-far-right-organizing-9bd959325ae1/ …
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7/ Since then, Resist Marxism recently rebranded as Super Happy Fun America, after being connected to a string of violent incidents. In October 2018, the Proud Boys crossed a police line to attack protesters at an RM rally.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/27/1859465/-Far-right-street-brawlers-just-can-t-escape-their-violent-hateful-and-bigoted-roots …
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8/ In January 2019, Resist Marxism appeared at the Boston Women's March with members of the Proud Boys and the American Guard to attack attendees.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1086649648666853377 …
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9/ And in the Spring of 2019, Resist Marxism planned a Providence rally with the Proud Boys as Security. In leaked chats, the Proud Boys planned to attack protesters, posting pictures of the weapons they'd use.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683 …
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10/ In those chats, Shaun Hufton, a Proud Boy in Saco, Maine, planned to assassinate me.pic.twitter.com/rRmpkQEvgQ
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11/ This was all reported by
@AndyBCampbell in the HuffPo. Despite knowing this, the Super Happy Fun America organizers still asked Shaun Hufton to be a part of their Security detail at the Straight Pride Parade.pic.twitter.com/M71pIhB5PR
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12/ Super Happy Fun America also had Sarah Flynn, a member of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, carrying a banner selling their t-shirts at the Straight Pride Parade. Note the swastika tattoo on her left arm.pic.twitter.com/Olsikf6ok7
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13/ Super Happy Fun America is an anti-LGBTQIA group with violent neo-Nazi ties,
@PayPal and@AskPayPal. Please do not let them use your services to continue to fundraise.pic.twitter.com/VYan6S1wjM
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14/ So how can you help at home? Share this thread, and ask
@PayPal and@AskPayPal to enforce their Terms of Service, and the ban Burkco Marketing, LLC, from accepting donations on behalf of a violent hate group like Super Happy Fun America.Show this thread -
15/ As we saw at the Straight Pride Parade, where cops beat peaceful protesters and sprayed them with pepper spray, the police are only going to protect the far-right. Who protects us? We protect us.
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