Posted on 01/05/2021 2:58:52 PM PST by ransomnote
Far-right online forums are seething with references to potential violence and urging supporters of President Trump to bring guns to Wednesday’s protests in Washington — in violation of local laws — as Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Many of the posts appear to be direct responses to Trump’s demands that his supporters pack the nation’s capital in support of his bogus claims that November’s national vote for Biden resulted from election fraud. Congress’s largely ceremonial role in confirming Biden’s victory has emerged as a catalyst for expected unrest that has D.C. police and the National Guard deploying on city streets to quell potential trouble.
Talk of guns and potential violence is rife on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, the conservative social media site Parler and on thedonald.win, an online forum that previously operated on Reddit before the company banned it in June after years of racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism and calls for violence.
Trump’s tweet last month pushing baseless fraud claims and promoting the “big protest” on Jan. 6 — “Be there, will be wild!” — has become a central rallying cry. It was the top post on thedonald.win Tuesday morning, and anonymous commenters saw it as a call to action: “We’ve got marching orders,” the top reply said. . .MORE AT LINK
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FR has lost readership since 2006 at its peak.
And this is one reason why. So many of you are just miserable, and you run us off.
However, I’ve know good people here, so I’ll let your hostility go.
EPU was too kind... He called you a "concern troll"
A gentle admonishment...
If I had read your post first, I would have been more accurate...
You are an "Eschoir"-type troll...
Drama queens gotta drama.
You must be real fun to live with.
Well, you better start or kiss your ass good by.
Fight or die.
You would go to the middle of the arena and get eaten by lions and rejoice while being devoured
This WaPo report may be fake news, but I’m seriously beginning to wonder when patriots will reach their breaking point.
oh geez, a feeding frenzy on FR. Nothing changes here.
My first post was a naive one. I admitted it.
My good guess is you are alone, too much pinned-up stress.
No, I am very happily married.
Violent threats?
Senator Hawley’s wife and child threatened
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3921550/posts
“...But Free Republic is a far right online forum...”
I wouldn’t call FR “far” right....I would call FR conservative ....
Funny, as you mention, the mostly peaceful riots were okay by them “barely any violence” as people were beaten by dem brownshirts.
I was away from Free Republic for a long time and came back after the election to follow the news. I’ve been flabbergasted at the number of “Concern Trolls,” “COVID Karens” and “RINO Whiners” that have infiltrated this site. I figure they must be paid posters because it’s never been this bad and I’ve been either lurking or posting here since 2001. I honestly think the entire Bush administration is posting here now, defending their “legacy.” I think I’ve seen Meghan McCain and Pierre, too.
The WaPo building should be surrounded and no employees allowed out during working hours.
They will have to set a fire in order to get the doors clear.
I have more chance of getting my virginity back than I would of getting a DC carry permit.
But when I worked in the war zone there in ‘92, I carried all the same.
You’re right. We should just look the other way at this blatant election fraud, chuck each other under the chin and vow “We’ll get ‘em next time, Goober!” As if there will be a next time if this is allowed to stand.
If the Japs in 1941 instead of bombing Pearl Harbor hacked our elections, would that have been less an act of war?
Enough’s enough, time to fight. This hill we die for.
“Stop it”
Screw you, Sunshine. You said “Pile on!”, so I shall.
What’s the matter with you? You want others to “pile on” but get scared and your feelings hurt if the pile on is on you??
CodeToad, this conversation is getting tedious.
Anyone who made it through over 10 years without being actually outed as a leftist gets the benefit of the doubt, in my opinion.
8 years, you’re still a newbie.
Actually, 9 or 10. I was stalked under another name. But I was here when the great Buckhead busted the GWHB dishonorable discharge mess with Dan Rather. Great times at FR then.’
And thank you, sir.
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