This was in 2011. Then in 2017 he popped up in medieval social media spaces where he decided he is the authority to discuss "race" & social justice in medieval studies. I asked in a FB group if he were the Tom McMaster who has been previously I.D. as Gay Girl from Damascus. 32/
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To air their white grievance & white rage. Ex. Guy Halsall, a medieval historian, who declares he is antiracist & leftist, but when MRO, I, or others have pointed to the racist term A-S, called two grad. students nasty names including "twat." 43/https://twitter.com/margiehousley/status/1182650126776578048 …
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He seems not to think this is not a problem but just a "joke" as he continues to make "jokes" about it after he erased the tweets. He continues to punch down at grad. students including
@AdmiralHip He has a pattern, it's been written-up about 44/: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/03/professors-tirade-against-students-who-skip-class-draws-attention …pic.twitter.com/WEBzzNY4ab
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But supporting, talking to, sharing toxic white grievance that often discusses ways to attack, harass, doxx, etc. BIWOC scholars, somehow is more a priority than the thin veneer of being a "liberal" antiracist. The group literally has violent, outed white supremacists in it. 45/
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The white supremacist, far right radicalization is pretty easy in medieval studies as you can see from that group. They can't even say the basic "no to violent fascists" b/c they need the medieval 4chan space to spew their medieval white rage & grievance that BIPOC scholars 46/
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are going to "replace them" even though there are less than 1% of us in the field, & as even the Harvard Business Review discusses about the statistics of hiring BIPOC ppl into positions, the curve is massively steep b/c structural racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia etc. 47/
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And as we have seen publicly, it just grows, spreads, mushrooms. The researchers on digital far right have told people to DEPLATFORM them. It is hard to stop them on 3rd party sites, but what about scholarly platforms like conferences, etc. 48/https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjbp9d/do-social-media-bans-work …
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You can disagree w/ me or MRO, but do it in good faith, & have evidence-based analysis. Otherwise, no matter what you label yourself, your friendship, support, circulation within the alt-medieval is just a sign that you are supporting violent white supremacist fascists. 49/
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So no matter if you say "I am antiracist, I am antifascist, I am against Violence against women," if you are supporting the alt-medieval, you are upholding WS. As recent events of doxxing MRO's parents have shown--talking, supporting, amplifying them means more violence. 50/
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S. Basdeo fits into this b/c he's been part of this for years. You can look at the threads already going that show his long history or look into medieval studies 4chan. All the receipts are available publicly. Fin.https://twitter.com/ISASaxonists/status/1396494025444691969 …
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"Anti-racist" is a phrase that only circulates among white people. White people call each other "anti-racist" as a weapon against non-white people.
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