Ping.
LOL!
> So why did a young man take on all of these cloaks and identities? Potaka and McMahon say that if Joshua Goldberg did have an ideology, it was one based on an extreme interpretation of the idea of free speech. But his aliases were so many and so contradictory that it’s difficult to tell what he really believed, or even if online essays published under his own name really represent his views.
The guy thrives on creating discord using manipulation and deception. He’s also 20 and living with parents. Hardly the profile of a FR’per.
Oh indeed it does.
“Some people just want to watch the world burn” - Alfred
The reason for the arrest is well into the article. He was arrested for “providing the informant with detailed information about how to build a bomb.”
“Neo-Nazi, radical feminist and violent jihadist - all at once”
This amalgam of seemingly diverse political stances is one of the reasons we right-thinking people have such a hard time pinning down the left.
How can a Nazi be a Leftist?
How can a Jihadist be a Feminist?
How can a Left-Wing Atheist side with Islam?
How can a Feminist be a Nazi?
How can an Islamist be a Communist?
And on and on...
David Horowitz addresses this in his Book “Unholy Alliance” and Dan Greenfield speaks of it in the Sultan Knish Blog but the real crux of the matter is that all these groups are united by their hatred of the Judeo-Christian Ethic and Western Civilization. Their number one enemy is the God of The Bible, which means that all of these “isms” answer to the same boss.
Really need to do something about the job situation in this country.
Quickly.
A master troll is the most likely explanation.
“Does this not potentially explain many FReepers?”
Especially the intolerant ones who allege to support Cruz, yet post things like “Trump’s faker than a $3 Obama bill.”
Maybe Hillary or ValJar Stinks.
“Does this not potentially explain many FReepers?”
I’ve been here since 1998. In recent years I’ve seen a lot of posters with 1998 join dates whom I don’t remember and who pimp for the Satanic left.
My guess is that somebody knows how to hack join dates for trolls. Nobody else seems to think that likely, so I have to think I might be wrong.