****** Chats Show Charlottesville Marchers Were Planning for ********

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http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/charlottesville-********-******-chats/

Well before a white nationalist “Unite the Right” demonstration turned deadly in Charlottesville this month, attendees were planning for ********, according to ****** online chats. In private chat channels, they shared advice on weaponry and tactics, including repeatedly broaching the idea of driving vehicles through opposition crowds. After the vehicular ****** which ****** counterprotestor Heather Heyer, users of the channel celebrated the event.

The discussions took place on a private channel created using Discord, a service primarily intended for gamers. Hundreds of screenshots of the exchanges were released this week by Unicorn Riot, a left-wing activist group, which said they were shared by an anonymous source. The records also included audio recordings of planning meetings.

While much of the discussion centered on flags, chants, and other forms of speech, the ****** exchanges also included advice on weapon construction. “You want something designed for longitudinal stress,” wrote one poster. “[Three] whacks and that thing is breaking.” Other topics included body armor and shield design.
Users also shared memes alluding to using vehicles against opponents.

There’s no indication that James Alex Fields, the driver of the car that ****** Heyer and injured more than a dozen others, was part of the Discord discussion, but his act was celebrated and defended by users, including some who edited images of the carnage into memes that were intended to be humorous.

Organizers of the event told Wired that the ****** chats appeared authentic, but emphasized that they had repeatedly urged nonviolence. Nonetheless, a lawyer for two women injured in Charlottesville said that the ****** chats could form “the crux of the case” because they demonstrated a desire for ********.

The records could also have implications for future efforts to organize white supremacist events. While the First Amendment protects the right to speech and assembly for even the most heinous groups and ideas, it does not protect speech if it calls for and is likely to lead to “imminent lawless action.” According to legal experts speaking to Wired, signs of “preparation for ******* activity” could make it more likely that future events organized by related groups could be legally restricted.Following the protest and ******, Discord suspended the group's private chat channel.

 

[sean miguel]

nazis in America circa 2017 planned for ******** against counter-protests from antifa and others who are known for their non-********.


thank you for that insight.

 

[xfire]

It demonstrates intent, I apologize for the nuance.

 

[sean miguel]

as opposed to antifa's ******** which is just spur-of-the-moment reactionary.

and no apology is needed from you.

 

[xfire]

Antifa is a political stance, not an organization, and standing in opposition to Nazis and Fascism is kinda what we do as a Nation.

 

[sean miguel]

Antifa is a political stance, not an organization, and standing in opposition to Nazis and Fascism is kinda what we do as a Nation.

does that include ********? because they are after all, nazis?

 

[xfire]

People have the right to defend themselves.

 

[Mayhem]

does that include ********? because they are after all, nazis?

Yes animus, that includes ********. Against Nazis, against the Klan. Yes. Absolutely.

 

[meesterperfect]

In 1987 we thought the Morton Downey Jr Show was real.
In 1997 we knew the Jerry Springer Show was fake.
Then for a while nothing happened.
2017 we think its real again.

 

[Mayhem]

In 1987 we thought the Morton Downey Jr Show was real.
In 1997 we knew the Jerry Springer Show was fake.
Then for a while nothing happened.
2017 we think its real again.

We gotta part trails on this one pardner. No one I know thought the Morton Downey Jr Show was real. It was just entertaining.

But now that you thrust him back into my memory, he was kinda the grandfather of Alex Jones (although Downey would probably be repulsed at the thought).

 

[meesterperfect]

AJones is just a sensationalist as we know.
I **** when people say I follow him. Can't even stand his voice. Horrible.

We're about the same age. You didn't think those KKK guys Morton would bring on the show were real?
I did. Some of them probably were, or at least were KKK wannabees.
But most were just playing dress up probably for 50 bucks plus bus fare to the studio.