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EJ Gibney
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THREAD: I tend to take anonymous commenters with a grain of salt, particularly when they're contributing to the conversation on Breitbart but I feel it's important to draw attention to how Breitbart's audience has responded to the President's "Civil War" tweet.
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The comments in this thread were taken from the first 1/4 of the article's comments. I grabbed about 100 before needing to step away. It's disheartening and alarming to see an entire community drift toward violent extremism without seemingly any accountability.
The comment section on Breitbart is powered by @disqus. In 3 years of documenting Breitbart's comment section, I've flagged about 5,000 comments that violate Disqus' TOS. They know it's a cesspool and they've chosen to ignore it. I'd like to know why. help.disqus.com/en/articles/17…
Lastly, if any folks from @ATT or @Xandr76 (parent company of @AppNexus) come across this thread, please help me understand how any of this "meets your requirements" for reinstatement on your ad network?
theverge.com/2019/8/21/2082…
Had this been a one-off incident, I would have understood the reinstatement but the pattern of misleading/rage-inducing articles has existed for years. Without fail, Breitbart's community has consistently responded with a desire for violence. Please reconsider.
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THREAD: This past week, I ventured into the comments section of Breitbart’s article documenting the timeline of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. In total, I collected about 500 comments. Roughly 10% of the total comments on the article. Here’s what I found. 1/
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EJ Gibney
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Last week Breitbart announced planned legal action against @slpng_giants. In their statement, they believe SG made false claims about their content. I thought I'd take another dive into the Breitbart comment section to see how their content inspires and motivates hate.
The article seen here was published yesterday (10/31) and it looks to have been an effective dog-whistle. In total, I documented nearly 100 comments from this article that would be classified as "targeted harassment" or "threatening content" according to @disqus TOS.
In Breitbart articles that target @CNN, it's common to find the same kind of rhetoric that motivated Cesar Sayoc to send more than a dozen pipe bombs, three of which were intended for CNN.
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EJ Gibney
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THREAD: Until recently, I worked hard using whatever free time I had to document and share thousands of examples of violent hate speech found beneath Breitbart articles. Breitbart has used their influence to steer their audience toward hate in a consequence-free environment.
Here are several threads that I've put together over the past two years demonstrating the threats of violence and hate that I've found in Breitbart comments.

January 2018 - After reports of threats toward CNN
April 2018 - This Immigrants "taunting" Trump article resulted in hundreds of comments threatening violence.
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