Thread by @igorvolsky

1/ The ties between armed vigilante & white supremacy groups are real

The armed demonstration at the North Carolina @Subway was organized by “Blue Igloo” a homophone for "boogaloo," a movement of online racists & xenophobes who are pushing for a race war

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@SUBWAY 2/ The term emerged in the summer of 2019 on social media platforms shared by gun activists & white supremacists. It is derived from the 1984 movie "Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo" and serves as code for a potential second civil war vice.com/en_us/article/…

@SUBWAY 3/ The "Blue Igloo" group that showed up at @Subway appeared at General Assembly in Raleigh, NC on Friday carrying firearms. To organize the event group's administrator tagged more than a dozen other boogaloo-themed Facebook accounts triad-city-beat.com/armed-boogaloo…

@SUBWAY 4/ As one user put it, “They’re called guns. Show up ready to use them. I’m tired of this shit."

Another said: “The boogaloo. The big igloo. The big luau. The show. Etc. Americans’ second revolution”

#FootlongsNotFirearms 

triad-city-beat.com/armed-boogaloo…

@SUBWAY 5/ Following demonstration at @SUBWAY, "Blue Igloo" told American Grit, "we are slipping further into tyranny, and there is only so much that the American people are willing to stand by and watch before folks start violently fighting back against it" americangrit.com/2020/05/12/san…

@SUBWAY 6/ A "Blue Igloo" person also appears to have terrorized an African American family walking with a stroller.

Below are snapshots of the family explaining what happened. Looking at their Facebook pages, they've received some harassment (and so I'm not including their names)

@SUBWAY 7/ Following the "Blue Igloo" demonstration at a @SUBWAY in NC, @GunsDownAmerica along w/ @shannonrwatts & @MomsDemand have been calling on @SUBWAY to ban open carry of firearms in their stores. 

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@SUBWAY @GunsDownAmerica @shannonrwatts @MomsDemand 8/ After multiple attempts to reach out to @SUBWAY and @SUBWAY execs over multiple days, @SUBWAY has not responded or condemned this kind of dangerous and intimidating behavior FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ITCHING TO START A RACE WAR.

WHY?!

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#HoagiesNotHandguns

@SUBWAY @GunsDownAmerica @shannonrwatts @MomsDemand 9/9 As long as @SUBWAY is CHOOSING to prioritize white nationalists wielding weapons of war over the safety of their customers and employees, we'll continue reminding everyone who @SUBWAY is siding with.

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#HoagiesNotHandguns

@SUBWAY @GunsDownAmerica @shannonrwatts @MomsDemand We need your help to get @SUBWAY to end open carry of firearms in their restaurants.

Here's what you can do: docs.google.com/document/d/1dJ…

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