Thread by @QueerSatanic

Missed this one; h/t to @cwdefllc

The Satanic Temple (Inc) recently filed an amicus brief in support of St. Michaels Media Inc, otherwise known as "Church Militant"

wonder who that might be

@boboradoan, then with @freep, please tell us

freep.com/story/news/loc…

oh neat

Now, given all the things there are to do in the world, why would The Satanic Temple give one of its limited number of fucks on something like this?

Wouldn't you know it, Church Militant is represented by none other than lil ol' "free speech* lover" Marc Randazza

Have we written about Marc Randazza before? We have.

The most famous example of The Satanic Temple's collaboration with him was 2018, leading to the Great Schism that saw TST's most prominent local groups walk away then

https://twitter.com/QueerSatanic/status/1443880865273053186

But for an explanation of why utilizing some lawyer in particular might matter to The Satanic Temple's leftist and otherwise antifascist members, please do read any of @lukeobrien's pieces on Marc Randazza

huffpost.com/entry/marc-ran…

Anyway, here's the lower court docket:
courtlistener.com/docket/6038229…

And here is TST's amicus brief:
the.satanic.wiki/images/1/1a/38…

Feel free to read for yourself. (And pester @RECAPtheLaw about getting an appeals court extension; until then, thanks again @cwdefllc)

Now, we know what The Satanic Temple will say: they just love free speech *SO MUCH*

But ain't it funny how once again they're on the side of the likes of Randazza and Milo Yiannopoulus, as well as Donald Trump and Steve Bannon?

newsweek.com/baltimore-cant…

Ain't it funny how—despite claiming they just HAD to accept the pro bono help of Marc Randazza—they tried to raise $50,000(!!) for that same cause?
flipcause.com/secure/cause_p…

That's the same one where @LucienGreaves compared himself to Richard Spencer, btw

https://twitter.com/QueerSatanic/status/1412907274192838662

Speaking of pro bono, presumably Matthew Kezahaya and his team didn't file this amicus brief for free

How much $$$ did The Satanic Temple put in legal fees toward defending ultraconservative Catholic dominionists?

surely that's an answerable question

https://twitter.com/QueerSatanic/status/1457889976092225537

Pure principle and random chance that this keeps happening, huh?

Maybe @LucienGreaves will again claim he didn't bother to learn the views or circumstances behind his and @CevinSoling's decision to align with the interests of the ultra-right again

That's what Lucien Greaves says about August Invictus being disinvited from a speaking panel (for inviting people to stab him at it)
web.archive.org/web/2016031808…

By coincidence, August Sol Invictus is also a violent Neo-Nazi Satanist

https://twitter.com/QueerSatanic/status/1435688748340047874

Also note mention of The Satanic Temple's first "high priest" Brian Werner in that archived link:
web.archive.org/web/2016031808…

Wonder why TST doesn't talk about this guy who'd been close friends with Lucien Greaves so much anymore?

https://twitter.com/satanic_temple_/status/344117360636080128

"I'm not a fascist. I'm just willfully and repeatedly ignorant and constantly align myself with the interests of literal fascists" is certainly *a* defense Lucien Greaves could make

But at some point, it becomes a distinction without a difference, doesn't it?

In any case, lovers of free speech that #TheSatanicTemple are, TST continues to sue us in federal court & still claim slander despite a judge disagreeing on explicitly 1A grounds

If you've learned anything new from this thread, please toss us a few bucks
gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-f…

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At the end we're left with two questions:

1) how many more amicus briefs in support of reactionaries like this are out there that The Satanic Temple isn't telling anyone about?

2) how much has it cost TST (or more really, their donors)?