The quarantine has already become a focal point for hard right celebrities, like conspiracy theorist, plagiarist and serial hoaxer Jack Posobiec, who achieved fame in right-wing circles for live-streaming a children's birthday party at Comet Ping Pong in promotion of the Pizzagate hoax. Another called for Portland and Eugene to be burnt to the ground, though far more common was the invocation of the Second Amendment, with gun violence, including "Vietcong style ambush" brought against fellow Oregonians described as "anti-American traitors" and "globalists." Media Matters archived dozens of similar comments from the subreddit. "None of this gets fixed without people picking up rifles," one comment with 49 upvotes read. In the fight over the climate change bill, threats from right-wing militia groups temporarily shut down the Oregon capitol, while Republican legislators fled the state, promising violent reprisals of their own against any police sent after them.Ĭomments on The_Donald endorsing terrorist violence against lawmakers-including Governor Kate Brown-and/or a full-scaled uprising found wide support in the community.
This week, the Oregon legislature gave up on plans to pass a cap on greenhouse gas emissions-a necessary precondition for curtailing the catastrophic loss of life projected by climate science-after enough Democratic legislators failed to come onboard against universal Republican opposition. Long known as a hotbed of racist, misogynistic, islamophobic and antisemitic online discourse, Reddit found The_Donald community crossed a line with repeated calls for violence against state officials in Oregon. Most recently the violations have included threats of violence against police and public officials." "It is restricted due to significant issues with reporting and addressing violations of the Reddit Content Policy. "Are you sure you want to view this community? This community is quarantined," the warning from Reddit reads. Going to r/The_Donald now leads to a quarantine warning page.
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