1/6. I decided to write an oped about the #couttsblockade seizure. @edmontonjournal published it today.
Among the items found in the #Coutts seizure is a vest emblazoned with the INFIDEL patch. It says much about where these guys are coming from. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
Among the items found in the #Coutts seizure is a vest emblazoned with the INFIDEL patch. It says much about where these guys are coming from. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
2/6. I tweeted before on how the INFIDEL patch is an Islamophobic symbol that first became a fashion statement in the US military.
I confirmed this with Chris Rodda of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in DC.
She said it's part of the military's "crusader subculture."
I confirmed this with Chris Rodda of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in DC.
She said it's part of the military's "crusader subculture."
3/6. The patch is very popular among Islamophobic, far-right groups.
As I note in the piece, some from the Wolves of Odin wore it to the Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton when they were trying to intimidate Muslims.
As I note in the piece, some from the Wolves of Odin wore it to the Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton when they were trying to intimidate Muslims.
4/6. Anyway, the patch was just part of the US military's extensive Islamophobia in the years after 9/11.
This included so many things, including courses telling service members to wage "total war" against Muslims.
wired.com/2012/05/total-…
This included so many things, including courses telling service members to wage "total war" against Muslims.
wired.com/2012/05/total-…
5/6. That kind of language has now being taken up by the Islamophobic far-right's conspiracy theory universe.
That includes the banned anti-Muslim militia, Three Percenters, which has been spotted in Ottawa.
That includes the banned anti-Muslim militia, Three Percenters, which has been spotted in Ottawa.
https://twitter.com/MarcCossette/status/1488168403575742470
6/6. Conclusion:
"Failure by leaders to challenge white supremacist or Islamophobic elements in any mvmt emboldens hateful actors to grow. This is the tough but obvious conclusion that our leaders, divided along partisan lines, refuse to admit." #couttsblockade #freedomconvoy
"Failure by leaders to challenge white supremacist or Islamophobic elements in any mvmt emboldens hateful actors to grow. This is the tough but obvious conclusion that our leaders, divided along partisan lines, refuse to admit." #couttsblockade #freedomconvoy
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