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I honestly wonder where these protests are being planned. I've been scouring all the places that the implied crowd frequents as I have for years (social media a

I honestly wonder where these protests are being planned. I've been scouring all the places that the implied crowd frequents as I have for years (social media and it's impact fascinates me) and I've seen few mentions of a planned activity and all such mentions have been in the vain of, 'Do not go to any armed protest on inauguration day it is a false flag'. I imagine if people are actually planning things which we should believe because the FBI has said it is true it means that the plotters have moved off of public social media and into the shadows of various end to end encrypted tools.

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
I saw them. They were found on 4chan, Parler, Twitter, TD.win, and other similar sites before the suppression and current psyop campaign kicked in. That's part of why most of those sites either got shut down or purged many of their right-wing users.
offby37years 6y ago
The "conspiracy theorist" would see these warnings as further pretext to instate the Patriot Act 2.0[1], this time under the guise of domestic terrorism. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-urged-to-take-fresh-look-at-domestic-terrorism-11605279834 https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-urged-to-t...
onecommentman 6y ago
You forget how young and Bay-Area-centric this platform is until you read a comment like this. Social media is a biofilm blip on the actual peer-to-peer communication network of the US. Ex-military, hams, church groups, school groups, softball teams, public safety, fraternal organizations, book clubs, trade organizations, retiree organizations, even just large corporate types or anyone born before 1990...your screen is not reality, and they knew it and know it. COVID didn’t and won’t leave a dent in the fender. They never left the old ways, in part because they saw social media as “the shadows”. They never left social media because they were never on social media. Can’t say they were wrong... BTW, they are the builders and doers, not the “influencers”. They know how to physically accomplish things, like build the modern world, and take things apart (appropriately) when necessary. “You really don’t want them angry, you wouldn’t like them when they get angry,” to paraphrase Bruce Banner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Marvel_Cinematic... Nobody was stupid enough to make them angry, were they?
- unityByFreedom 6y ago
  This type of "us" vs "them" rhetoric never leads to good conversation.
- TearsInTheRain 6y ago
  No armed protest is going to be planned in "church groups" or "softball teams". Social networks have been significant players for 15 years now and the internet longer. If there are "armed protests" being planned they will likely be happening on the internet on various message boards on fringe sites.

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago

I saw them. They were found on 4chan, Parler, Twitter, TD.win, and other similar sites before the suppression and current psyop campaign kicked in. That's part of why most of those sites either got shut down or purged many of their right-wing users.

offby37years 6y ago

The "conspiracy theorist" would see these warnings as further pretext to instate the Patriot Act 2.0[1], this time under the guise of domestic terrorism. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-urged-to-take-fresh-look-at-domestic-terrorism-11605279834 https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-urged-to-t...

onecommentman 6y ago

You forget how young and Bay-Area-centric this platform is until you read a comment like this. Social media is a biofilm blip on the actual peer-to-peer communication network of the US. Ex-military, hams, church groups, school groups, softball teams, public safety, fraternal organizations, book clubs, trade organizations, retiree organizations, even just large corporate types or anyone born before 1990...your screen is not reality, and they knew it and know it. COVID didn’t and won’t leave a dent in the fender. They never left the old ways, in part because they saw social media as “the shadows”. They never left social media because they were never on social media. Can’t say they were wrong... BTW, they are the builders and doers, not the “influencers”. They know how to physically accomplish things, like build the modern world, and take things apart (appropriately) when necessary. “You really don’t want them angry, you wouldn’t like them when they get angry,” to paraphrase Bruce Banner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Marvel_Cinematic... Nobody was stupid enough to make them angry, were they?

unityByFreedom 6y ago
This type of "us" vs "them" rhetoric never leads to good conversation.
TearsInTheRain 6y ago
No armed protest is going to be planned in "church groups" or "softball teams". Social networks have been significant players for 15 years now and the internet longer. If there are "armed protests" being planned they will likely be happening on the internet on various message boards on fringe sites.