Morning Briefing: Incelosphere a Caldron of Extreme Hatred of Women, Racism, and Glorification of Violence
Morning Briefing: Incelosphere a Caldron of Extreme Hatred of Women, Racism, and Glorification of Violence
The most influential forum for incels is filled with discussions promoting 'extreme hatred of women, racism, glorification of violence, and discussion of pedophilia,' according to a new report.
Morning Briefing: The discussions on the most influential forum for incels are growing more violent, according to a new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). The report analyzed 1.2 million posts over 18 months and found a “59% increase in the use of terms and codewords relating to acts of mass violence,” and ”89% of posters in relevant discussions were supportive of sexual violence against women.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded a $615,000 contract to Vertol Systems, Inc. ”to fly 48 Venezuelan migrants from the San Antonio, Texas, area to the chic Massachusetts vacation destination of Martha’s Vineyard, where they were left to fend for themselves.”
DeSantis claimed the political stunt was a success while in “Kansas during a leg of a tour organized by the conservative group Turning Point Action.”
Kari Lake, the far right Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arizona, is reportedly “closely aligned with several of the 11 ‘fake electors’ who were part of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona in favor of Donald Trump.”
The Presidential Election Reform Act (HR 8837), which would prevent subversion of the presidential certification process, was passed by the U.S. House with only nine Republicans voting for the bill, and “all nine are leaving Congress after this term, either because they lost primary challenges or are retiring.”
Laurie Cardoza-Moore, an “activist known for her fight against the establishment of a mosque in Tennessee a decade ago,” has been “reappointed to the state commission that reviews and recommends books and instructional materials for local school systems to adopt.”
Aaron Thompson, pastor at Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Vancouver, Washington, during a recent sermon “explained why he enjoys using anti-gay slurs while preaching the Bible.” Sure Foundation Baptist Church, which is part of the New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement (New IFB), is identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.
Jason Stanley pleaded guilty for participating in a hate crime and false statement charges, and joins three other white supremacists earlier pled guilty for their roles in this assault, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice. “The defendant, a known white supremacist, singled out and attacked a Black man because of his race – violent, hate-driven conduct that has no place in our society today,” Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement.
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Sarah Posner reports that training state lawmakers to implement a far right fundamentalist Christian ideology is the “top priority of the Family Policy Alliance, which has hailed the SAFE Act as a critical step to protect children from ‘dangerous medical experiments’ that amounted to ‘manipulation, malpractice, and abuse.’ In 2016, it launched the Statesmen Academy, a program which ‘provides pro-family legislators early in their career with the training, mentorship, support and coordination necessary for effective, Christ-centered public service,’ according to its website. Lundstrum is one of the Academy’s most celebrated graduates, and she’s part of a growing network of right-wing Christian legislators around the country who are tapping into the group’s resources.” [Type Investigations]
Hannah Allam reports that White Supremacists gangs “have carried out hate-fueled attacks both in and out of prison, with the bulk of their free-world violence targeting rivals and informants, authorities say. Because the gangs typically keep their business within the criminal underground, the attacks go largely undiscussed in the broader national conversation about rising violence by far-right groups. Oklahoma is a ‘problem state,’ with at least five significant white-supremacist prison gangs, said Mark Pitcavage, an Anti-Defamation League researcher who has monitored the groups for decades. He co-authored a 2016 study that called prison gangs the fastest-growing and deadliest sector of the U.S. white-supremacist movement, noting that they “combine the criminal intent and know-how of organized crime with the racism and hate of white supremacy, making them twice as dangerous.” [The Washington Post]
Adam Rawnsley writes that in “December, months after he’d announced his candidacy, Kent’s Gab account saw a sudden spike of over 7,000 new followers, according to analysis for Rolling Stone by Alethea Group, a tech firm that analyzes disinformation, and the Stanford Internet Observatory. Perhaps more surprisingly, 20 percent of all new Gab accounts created during that period followed Kent’s campaign. The sudden spike of new users to Gab immediately following Kent’s campaign account suggests the Gab platform was intentionally forcing new users to follow the account and drive up its readership — a potential sign that a notoriously antisemitic social media company could’ve been rooting for Kent’s candidacy.” [Rolling Stone]
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