Like a lot of you, I feel some dread when I think about potential violence unfolding tomorrow & this week. That’s why I think it’s high time for @invisionps to stop providing a platform to one of the biggest vectors of violent rhetoric online - mymilitia dot com. 1/
As the name suggests, it’s a gathering space for members of illegal paramilitaries to find one another and gin one another up towards civil war -- with the help of tech company @invisionps, which provides the technical mechanisms to do so. 2/
As @misstessowen chronicled for VICE, mymilitia is a clearinghouse and meeting space for members of militias -- and also offers info useful for those who seek violence, like manuals with info on bomb making, chemical weapons, gun assembly. vice.com/en/article/y3g… 3/
Worried about violence during & after the election? One tech company that’s facilitating violent right-wing organizing: the walkie-talkie app @Zello, which enables armed, far-right militias to organize on their platform. Here’s a thread with action items for you to take. 1/
As @ozm reported, it’s easy to join the platform & find militia folks preparing for civil war. Here’s a screenshot of the far right militia groups I joined in 1 day this week, all of which proudly operate on @Zello. 2/ onezero.medium.com/banished-from-…
If you want to help, tag @Zello and pressure them to oust militia groups. A spokesperson says @Zello is working to “update their TOS,” but working to save the election means there’s no more time and we need to ramp up the pressure. 3/
Not to answer a sarcist tweet genuinely, but: Becuase they cloak themselves in the plausible deniability of their own absurdity, and it is self-conscious absurdity; they do it to make people pointing out how genuine the threat is seem ridiculous, and to amuse themselves