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   Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 10:45:02 JST Brian Jopek

   I see terrorists showed up in Springfield, Ohio, today. Fuckers.
   #TheNazisAreTheEnemy

   https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/proud-boys-marching-in-springfield-amid-haitian-immigrants-pet-eating-claims-video-surfaces-article-113357365/amp

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:10:55 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @BrianJopek do you have any better reference for this? The times now news is an Indian paper. Any local journalists or anyone in government who saw it happen? Why is a pseudonymous Twitter account the only source?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:12:23 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @BrianJopek I have googled a bit. I don't see other sources, which makes this news pretty suspicious.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:22:28 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @BrianJopek did you find anything about the Proud Boys specifically? I agree, the essence of your post (Nazi groups in Springfield) seems true, but that TNN story stinks like shit. Especially when sharing a story about credulous oafs spreading racist rumours, it's good to have some solid foundations.

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     Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:22:29 JST Brian Jopek

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan I Googled as well beyond the X and other social media

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     Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:22:30 JST Brian Jopek

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:33:04 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @BrianJopek no, it's totally plausible

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     Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 11:33:06 JST Brian Jopek

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan Understood. From the Times article as one of the “key highlights:” “The Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, were seen marching in Springfield, Ohio, with their exact intentions and destination still unconfirmed.” I’m not real big on the by-line myself but I’m also NOT going to say at least a few PB assholes didn’t show up

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     J.H.Noyes (noyes@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:23 JST J.H.Noyes

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     @gimulnautti @AlgoCompSynth @BrianJopek @smkellat

     That's not an entirely accurate characterization of American populism. The politics of the Far Right arent inherently populist at all. Modern faux-populists like the Proud Boys and other supremacist groups is underwritten by the forces true populists would oppose: corporations and oligarchs. Calling the PBs populist is a lot like calling socialists communists even though socialism and communism have little true overlap.

     https://digital.lib.niu.edu/illinois/gildedage/populism

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     Toni Aittoniemi (gimulnautti@mastodon.green)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:25 JST Toni Aittoniemi

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     • Stephen Michael Kellat
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     @AlgoCompSynth @BrianJopek @smkellat I once heard a useful idiot on the internet say: ”But Proud Boys are just libertarian social policy!”

     My ass, they’re populist political thug scum. Just like all populist thugs and ecstatic lynch mobs across history have been.

     AnthonyJK-Admin repeated this.
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     Cranberry Sauce is People!!! (algocompsynth@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:27 JST Cranberry Sauce is People!!!

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     • Stephen Michael Kellat

     @BrianJopek @smkellat That's a shame considering how much Ohio got from Biden's economic policies.

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     Stephen Michael Kellat (smkellat@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:29 JST Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @BrianJopek @AlgoCompSynth Governor DeWine is having to deal with the Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost, independently **supporting** the conspiracy theorists. They’re elected independently of each other in Ohio so the Governor has fewer tools than we’d like without the AG’s support.

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     Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:29 JST Brian Jopek

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     @smkellat @AlgoCompSynth DeWine is still, from what I saw of him in an interview clip last night, still supporting tRump

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     Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:30 JST Brian Jopek

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     @AlgoCompSynth Apparently!

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     Cranberry Sauce is People!!! (algocompsynth@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 09:28:31 JST Cranberry Sauce is People!!!

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     @BrianJopek Where is the governor of Ohio? Nazis are OK now?