Posted on 09/21/2015 6:24:15 AM PDT by 1010RD
To some he was an Islamist extremist, to others a radical feminist, to others a neo-Nazi. These are all online identities that seem to have belonged to Joshua Goldberg - but in reality he was none of these things.
They were simply online aliases used to whip up ideological hatred, with seemingly dangerous and even violent real-world consequences. In reality he lives in Florida, spent huge amounts of time online - and has now been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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It seems Goldberg wasn't just posing as a racist neo-Nazi. Earlier this year an Australian journalist, Elise Potaka, discovered that someone was impersonating her, and one of her sources, online. Potaka enlisted the help of another journalist, Luke McMahon, and together they started chatting with Goldberg's online personalities.
"It was immediately apparent to me that I was dealing with like a classic Internet troll, but one that was obviously quite sophisticated," McMahon says. "When I first started engaging with him… I thought I was dealing with a member of the far right. But as the conversation progressed and I worked out this wasn't about any kind of ideological crusade, but it was something much different."
One of Goldberg's alleged identities was called "Australi Witness" - a persona that claimed to be a supporter of the the so-called Islamic State, living in Australia. Improbably, "Australi Witness" also claimed to have worked for human rights organisations and to have links with liberal Muslim human rights activists.
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Or Trump(As Seen on TV).
CNN is that you?
No.
It’ll be okay though. Walker will be find. Lots of people like Walker, and many would kill to have him as their state’s governor.
Winter is coming. :)
You get it.
Spot on.
NAZI= National Socialist Workers Party.
How can a Jihadist be a Feminist?
I support the right of women to wear bomb belts!
How can a Left-Wing Atheist side with Islam?
Ask the USSR. They founded most of the mohmandian terrorist groups.
How can a Feminist be a Nazi?
She likes wearing leather.
How can an Islamist be a Communist?
See third answer above.
“How many 1997 Freepers do you encounter?”
Not many. For some reason, when someone’s posts set off my leftard detector, the join date is usually in 1998.
Of course, it could be all in my mind.
Of course I know all that.
The questions were rhetorical.
When they say Nazi, they usually mean fascist.
Do you recall me and Socks C. and . . .
TABLOID TRASH . . . Classics . . . such as . . .
“I’m Not a Fat Cheesy Slut”
Remember? I have to keep a card by the phone so if someone calls I know who I am.
Remember? I have to keep a card by the phone so if someone calls I know who I am.
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