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Exposing Matt Smaller as Patriot Front

September 10, 2018
That time that Matt Smaller got exposed as being a member of Patriot Front, and how Boston Free Speech knew about it the entire time.
Photo via @AntiFashGordon
· 9 Sep 2018

has a few issues. See, they claim to be a free speech organization, but they keep hanging out with open fascists. They share members with , a white supremacist spinoff from neo-Nazi org Vanguard America. <thread>

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· 9 Sep 2018

If you don't know Patriot Front, @ADL_National calls them "a racist, anti-Semitic white supremacist group." calls them "a white nationalist hate group."

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· 9 Sep 2018

In the American flag mask is Patriot Front member Chris Hood (@BDThanRed). Here he is at 's protest of the Harvard Coop. That's BFS founder Steven Verrette on the far right. The guy who took the photo? Proud Boy and BFS organizer @JohnnyMedlar.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Actually, here's a really nice selfie that organizer @JohnnyMedlar took of him and 's Chris Hood (@BDThanRed). It's worth mentioning that Hood was actually recruiting for Patriot Front by this time. (Thanks to 's Discord leaks for context!)

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· 9 Sep 2018

That's Chris Hood (@BDThanRed) in the center, posing like the dumb goon he is in a photo from this summer. And on the left is Matt Smaller. He lives in Rockland, and works at the in Hanover.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Chris Hood and Matt Smaller hang all the time, too. That's Chris on the left, holding the yellow flag. On the right, that's Matt Smaller, with the flag-and-phone combo. That's from March 2018.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Matt Smaller's part of the Blue Bloc. That's him in the light blue jacket above, specially picked for his flag-holding abilities. In the front, that's leader @JohnnyMedlar. This picture is from June 2018, by the way.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Matt Smaller's a raging anti-Semite, too. He uses the (((echoes))) when he's talking about Jews.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Here he is commenting "spicy" on literal Nazi propaganda from on-again, off-again Proud Boy Sal Cipolla.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Patriot Front isn't the only hate group has connections to. Prolific spokesperson rubs shoulders with many high-powered white supremacists. Here's Michael Moura (center, in black) with Boston Free Speech.

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· 9 Sep 2018

And here's friend of , 's spokesperson just causally talking to white supremacist Augustus Invictus on Facebook.

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· 9 Sep 2018

If you want more, you can read all about 's ties with neo-Nazi orgs here:

Exclusive: Leaks show how Boston ‘free speech’ group acts as a front for far-right organizing
Resist Marxism markets itself as a harmless conservative and libertarian group. But they have plenty of connections to the far-right.
thinkprogress.org
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· 9 Sep 2018

Or you can just look at this picture of at the 7/7/18 "Speak English Please" rally in support of racist lawyer Aaron Schlossberg. The guy he's posing with? That's Unite the Right 2 speaker Jovi Val.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Also, the Blue Bloc group within regularly stands with known white supremacists at actions.

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· 9 Sep 2018

Here's the Blue Bloc shoulder-to-shoulder with Jason Muscara at their 8/18 march in Boston. Muscara's a Proud Boy and part of the Connecticut American Guard, an designated hate group.

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· 9 Sep 2018

And here's Blue Bloc member @Adan_Tirith with NH American Guard President John Camden in June 2018. Camden is known for his prominent neck tattoo of a Wolfsangel, a prominent National Socialist symbol.

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· 9 Sep 2018

So if isn't a fascist organization, why are they spending so much time with open fascists like and the American Guard?

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· 9 Sep 2018

</thread> At least for today. I might get back on here and expose a few more Nazis tomorrow.

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