March 20, 2023
THE rIGHT EXISTS TO AMUSE NORMALS (profanity alert):
The Far-Right Is Scared Trump's Call to Protest Is a Trap (Tess Owen, March 20, 2023, Vice News)
[S]ome of Trump's supporters seem to be worried about the possibility of walking into a repeat of Jan. 6, which remains a very sore spot in MAGA-world. Many continue to believe the baseless "fedsurrection" conspiracy theory which claims that FBI agents orchestrated the riot with the goal of smearing Trump supporters. And some feel as though Trump abandoned his loyal flock when they needed him the most, and did little to intervene as more than 1,000 were arrested for their actions on Jan. 6.Infowars contributor Paul Joseph Watson polled 1,850 Truth Social users with the question, "Is the potential protest against Trump being arrested a J6-style trap?" to which 85% of respondents voted "yes.""Should you decide to protest the arrest of President Trump, be mindful of our brothers and sisters who have become victims of instigators," Gregg Phillips, leader of a right-wing election conspiracy group True the Vote who was jailed in November for contempt of court, wrote on Truth Social. "You will be arrested. They are already planning the assault on freedom of speech. Follow your own true north. If it seems odd, [it] probably is a set up."The Proud Boys, whose top lieutenants are currently on trial for seditious conspiracy in connection to Jan. 6, have been largely quiet on the matter of protesting--at least as far as their public-facing channels are concerned.Some Proud Boy chapters on Telegram have just shared an article by the far-right conspiracy website Gateway Pundit stating that "peaceful prayer protests" are being called for Trump nationwide. Others have circulated an image of Ray Epps, an Arizona man who unwittingly became the central focus of the "fedsurrection" conspiracy. "If you see this man at a protest next week do not follow him anywhere," North Carolina Proud Boy's chapter wrote on Telegram. "Contact your local Proud Boy chapter and report his whereabouts."QAnon influencer "Ghost Ezra" (real name Robert Smart), who has nearly 200,000 subscribers on Telegram, also suggested that any protests over Trump's this week would be teeming with federal agents.
Everything is a set-up--stay home from now on.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 20, 2023 5:49 PM
