What's fueling the spread of this meme? Undiluted racial hatred. Each time it is shared it's like a doubling down on white supremacy.
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I'm currently geotagging a sample of these shares. Vast majority in the U.S., but also in Canada, Australia, UK & Ireland.
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Aside: That "Irish Americans" FB page has a (I'll be kind) tenuous grasp of Irish history. One post placed the Tudor crown on the tricolour.pic.twitter.com/7bWFIDtmY8
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The people promoting the meme on their channels includes prison officers, firefighters, police officers, military, business owners, etc.
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The number of shares of this instance of the meme now stands at 423,000. Thus it has possibly appeared on 127 million Facebook timelines.
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I'm also noting its popularity among white South Africans.
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This is now the most popular month on record for "Irish slaves" searches on Google.pic.twitter.com/oJs5Gwt0cW
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So I've mapped a random sample of 1,500 Facebook users who have shared the meme in the last week. 100% of them were white.pic.twitter.com/qVZovpGCu1
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Ah, yes. Maps very well with settler colonialism.
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Kinda surprised it hasn't found its way to Israel yet?
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Okay, now that I'm thinking about it more, maybe this narrative is too awkward a fit for Zionist settlers
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