He's mates with another American migrant Brendan Keane, who was involved in pushing hate against - you guessed it - other migrants who they deem 'not Irish'
And Daithí Ó Fallamháin from Hermann Kellys Irish Freedom Party has already started. Remember the anti-DP protests in 2019? A series of secret FB groups were set up by IFP members
The admins?
Recognise anyone?
CW Racism
Yesterday Ó Fallamháin posted a video on the Irish Freedom Party YouTube channel called
"Who says “You don’t have to be Irish to be Irish”?
Its weak sauce.
The comments below it will give you a taste of who they cater for.
Ó Fallamháin and other admins have been setting up astroturf closed FB groups pretending to be from the area.
I wrote about that here.
Brendan Keane got booted out from the Galway tourist place he was working in cos racist organising is a bad look.
The Far Right Observatory has published this with extensive research looking at Cahill link to German far right movements involved in using the pandemic to recruit.
These folks planned this for weeks. This is a deliberate attempt to build movements pitting people living in Ireland against each other.
It's lies
It's disinformation
It's conspiracy
It's hate
Not by accident
By design
By Hermann Kelly
Hermann Kelly's political organisation is calling
💥For pickets and demonstrations at the *homes* of those working at NPHET
💥For people to *personally sue teachers* for asking kids to wear masks
💥For massive parties at home between now and Xmas inc with elderly relatives
You've seen the content today. You know what these people are about.
Make sure to remember this demo was promoted in advance by John McGuirks reactionary media project Gript. They promoted it across all their socials
In a piece reposted by the IFP themselves.
CW: Homophobia
Hermann Kelly is a vile nasty bastard whose political project is about normalising hate.
This is what he said about Leo Varadkar as a cheering mob lapped up.
These people need to be confronted in our communities and workplaces. No place for this shite.
CW Homophobia
Section of his speech about political parties. Kelly makes sexual reference about them all.
He also not only make a homophobic joke aby Varadkar but speaks about Varadkar sexuality itself and having no principles.
When we take the security of individuals seriously, or desire of people to not engage with media, it's normal that people filming will be asked about it. There are very real security risks for us. They take priority over unthinkingly speaking politely to everyone with a camera.
Do I support journalists feeling threatened? No.
Would I like journalist to be aware of the dynamics in these situations? Yes
Would I like the framing of yesterday to not be dullard horseshoe 'anti fascism is as bad as fascism'? That's not in my gift.
1/ MINI THREAD: Its easy to look at the wing nut reactionaries who have gracefully rolled into a rabbit hole, and who delight in the micro-celebrity that comes with that. Such as being aghast at Una McGurk and her power over peoples lives.
2/ But a media-cycle reaction doesnt address the structural nature of problems of IPAT or - pulling back to the wider picture - the entire process around state protection.
3/ Or pulling back further, the political and institutional forces which over time have shaped Ireland's response to both international obligations and the less technocractic concept of solidarity with people(s) seeking protection.
Far right Twitter accounts using the vicious stabbing in #Carrigaline should be understood for what it is.
The NP, Croft and multitude faceless Twitter crew actually *want* a 'race war' based on the import of US far right ideas. It's part of their strategy. Don't fall for it.
THREAD
The first Tweet to use the #Carrigaline hashtag in relation to a vicious stabbing incident was this account
#AggregateIQ is suspended from Facebook for snooping and storing peoples data. It held almost one million records including home address, telephone numbers and email addresses. Its was the sister company of Cambridge Analytica
Now being paid by Gript Media to snoop on you.
To clarify, perhaps 'snooping'isn't isnt the best phrase here.
Lets take a look at what #AggregateIQ have done in the past, which might make suggestions about what happening here:
Rule one: Follow the money
In 2016, #AggregateIQ were paid by the Democratic Unionist Party UP up north for targetted Brexit related adverts. The DUP paid for didnt target DUP voters.
They ran ads in a different country than where the DUP actually run themselves.