Posted on 03/16/2019 9:27:21 AM PDT by MNDude
Forty-nine people were gunned down in a mass shooting on Friday. Before suspect Brenton Tarrant allegedly opened fire on the attendees of a Christchurch, New Zealand mosque, he apparently published a hate-laden manifesto outlining his reasoning. In the 70-plus-page manifesto, posted to the controversial forum 8chan before the attack, Tarrant made multiple references to memes—even encouraging readers to create and spread more of them.
Another portion of the manifesto contains the entirety of the “Navy Seal copypasta,” which is a facetious message swirling with intentional toxic masculinity.
There are a number of memes he may be referencing in his claim about their importance. Trolls among the alt-right, an untethered collective of white supremacist internet agents of chaos, have long used memes to their advantage. It is from this portion of the internet that memes like Pepe the Frog, the NPC meme, and a number of other racist and xenophobic memes snowball into radicalized propaganda that slowly goes mainstream.
It is likely this evolution that Tarrant is referring—the viral power that memes have to drive a conversation.
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It really smells like a False Flag. I had hope that the new CIA director would put a stop to this kind of thing.
Oppression is always the goal.
A “meme” is not dangerous. The shooter WAS dangerous. The memes did not MAKE him do anything anymore than reading Koran would MAKE me Muslim.
-NOT a "conservative"
-Yes, a Fascist, an eco-fascist
-Aligns most closely with the Peoples Republic of China
-Detests Trump policies
This chick is an unhinged mishmash of every extremist-leftist cliche, amplified by meth abuse.
Yes. Its almost like his actions were a made-for-TV propoganda film.
In this case oppression is the cover to gain acceptance and sympathy for Muslims. As in Trojan Horse.
Did he ever read the NYT, Washington Post, or LA Times? If so, these organization should certainly be shut down.
“It really smells like a False Flag. I had hope that the new CIA director would put a stop to this kind of thing.”
Notice there seems to be a decrease in false flags in USA for the past year or so?
Btw, guess who just happened to be in New Zealand as this happened? Good old John Skippy Podesta.
So he is more aligned wit AOC, Sanders and Gore than Trump.
The dims wanted to make it so foreigners could vote in our elections.
Maybe this is the kind of guy they had in mind?
So, a cartoon image of Pepe the Frog forced these guys to plan and commit mass murder. It wasn’t that they were evil scum. Banning semi-automatic cartoons will fix everything.
A new, more intense wave of internet censorship is coming. Get your Gab account now. And use a good VPN.
Yes, environmentalism, workers right, anti imperialism, these does not get rolled into the list of evils.
Notice there seems to be a decrease in false flags in USA for the past year or so?
Btw, guess who just happened to be in New Zealand as this happened? Good old John Skippy Podesta.
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Good observations/points.
Saying a “meme” is dangerous is like saying the printed word is dangerous.
Excuse my ignorance on most things regarding the internet...what is a VPN?
Virtual Private Network. It hides your web activity from your ISP A good one does not keep any records of what websites you visit. It is a service you pay for (~$30-40/yr). A google search will help you find information about it.
How does anyone really KNOW that the VPN providers themselves aren’t keeping your info, and even providing it to the NSA or others?
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