THREAD: The insurrection we saw in #WashingtonDC yesterday was an example of how political violence isn’t limited to the fringes of the far-right: it permeates even mainstream spaces.

Insurrectionist and right-wing accelerationist dogma that insists on the utility of political violence and terrorism that has flourished within the far-right for decades emerged in our nation’s capital yesterday.
https://t.co/VZtWdafyov
For almost 2 years, while mostly ignoring the Proud Boys, federal authorities and law enforcement have focused on white power accelerationists as the predominant terror threat on the right, where insurrectionist dogma has played a role.
https://t.co/7yCXfvzi8w
This includes Atomwaffen and The Base, two violent hate groups. More about The Base #SoundsLikeHatePod https://t.co/bcX6c0g9iR
These apocalyptic visions of war and revolution permeate all corners of the hard right, and the violence implicit in those visions can become very real — as we saw yesterday.
Photos from yesterday showed far-right extremists standing on the daïs in the Senate chamber. That’s intense propaganda because members of these movements always insist that they can and will bring politicians to heel.
Taking actions to reduce others’ faith in stabilizing institutions within a society is vital to accelerationist thinking. Those photos do just that.
.@hatewatch has been reporting on accelerationism for a long time. We’ve seen it spread from a fringe far-right belief to one that influences the mainstream right. Read more about it here: https://t.co/nIp7FiAdRZ
We saw these events coming. In November, far-right forces were talking about heading to DC in an attempt to keep @realDonaldTrump in office.
Using the hashtag "Stop the Steal," these groups claim #Trump won the 2020 elections, despite the reality that @JoeBiden is the legitimate president-elect.
https://t.co/e2grbqcfYh
Yesterday’s violence was not only predictable, it was preventable.

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I don't normally do threads like this but I did want to provide some deeper thoughts on the below and why having a video game based on a real world war crime from the same people that received CIA funding isn't the best idea.

This will go pretty in depth FYI.


The core reason why I'm doing this thread is because:

1. It's clear the developers are marketing the game a certain way.

2. This is based on something that actually happened, a war crime no less. I don't have issues with shooter games in general ofc.

Firstly, It's important to acknowledge that the Iraq war was an illegal war, based on lies, a desire for regime change and control of resources in the region.

These were lies that people believed and still believe to this day.

It's also important to mention that the action taken by these aggressors is the reason there was a battle in Fallujah in the first place. People became resistance fighters because they were left with nothing but death and destruction all around them after the illegal invasion.

This is where one of the first red flags comes up.

The game is very much from an American point of view, as shown in the description.

When it mentions Iraqi civilians, it doesn't talk about them as victims, but mentions them as being pro US, fighting alongside them.

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