When Identity Evropa was "auditing" University of California classes in 2018, they were harassing students in ethnic studies courses in exactly the same way the "anti-CRT" astroturfing is playing out today
Watching this play out every couple of years over and over and watching it get reported as though it's not exactly the same people doing it every single time has been a real frustration!
On a personal note, one of my best friends was in one of those classes that day and she was so upset and disturbed by the whole thing that she almost didn't return to the campus at all. Which was, of course, the point.
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Which is setting the stage for the far right to steal all future elections and accuse Democrats of any number of weaponized and outlandish things to befuddle reporters and cover their tracks. It's obvious by now, no?
Step 1: Flood social media with astroturfed bullshit
Step 2: Tap a few dozen useful idiots to show up at events and harass Dems
Step 3: Harass journos who accurately report facts by accusing them of political bias and worse
Step 4: Wildly accuse everyone else of what you're doing
So the tactics you can identify here are: Firehosing, Gaslighting, and Distraction. There's a fourth disinfo tactic that's starting in again today, which is Disheartenment ("it's too late to do anything.") Don't listen to those assholes, either.
You all ready to acknowledge the role of disinformation in swaying elections yet?
For those of you thinking you're informing me that the media was in on it, this tweet is actually intended for the people who have the nerve to call themselves my colleagues in journalism and who repeatedly keep shitting the bed when disinformation campaigns present themselves
(And blocking me when I call them out, not that I blame them for that, I am fully aware I have a terrible personality and do not give a fuck any more)
This story uses the Poway Unified School District as its example. I have written about my own experiences as a high school student within that district in the past npr.org/2021/10/26/104…
Then again, getting to work through your teenaged bullying traumas on the national stage -- and for the greater good -- is a rather large privilege that I'll be savoring every step of the way as I take all these motherfuckers down
People really should start listening to the shit I say. I'm not saying it because it's my feels. I'm saying it because I have years of experience dealing with these exact people. It was just invisible to much of the rest of the country, as it was limited to the border region.
Look at these visuals, read these quotes. You might even recognize some of the names. They were blocking a bus full of children seeking asylum kpbs.org/news/border-im…