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Mike Cernovich Stole Photo, Lied About It On Twitter, Sold Trump Jr. On Yet Another Fake Conspiracy
Retweeted by Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel
Mike Cernovich supporters planted a "pro-pedophile" sign at a protest
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Mike Cernovich Stole My Photo, Lied About It On Twitter, And Sold Trump Jr. On Yet Another Fake Conspiracy
BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ IN NEWS ON OCT 31, 2017 12:08 PM
A banner planted by Cernovich supporters posing as protesters (Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist)
A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed from a student-led college protest to the immediate family of the president of the United States. As a result, Donald Trump Jr., along with countless others, now believe that Twitter is running interference for pro-pedophile antifascist student protesters.
Here's how that happened: On Monday night, Alt Right meme-maker and self-styled "national security reporter" Mike Cernovich was invited by the Columbia University College Republicans to deliver a speech about the rise of "alternative media." His appearance sparked protests from some members of the student body, who questioned the value of providing a platform to a speaker who critics call a rape apologist, white nationalist, and serial online harasser. An hour prior to the speech, as a few hundred people gathered to rally against the event, a group of counter demonstrators—disguised as protesters—briefly unveiled a NAMBLA-branded banner suggesting the anti-Cernovich crowd was also anti-"pedo bashing" (as in, pro-pedophile).
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"Someone said 'hold this real quick' and then they proceeded to snap pics," recalls Mistee Denson, a Columbia social work student and one of the organizers of the protest. "Someone quickly realized what it said and ran them off. Unfortunately, they got what they wanted." What they wanted was for people to share photos of the stunt online, which I did, noting in a tweet that the banner was planted by the Alt Right—pedo is a favorite term of Cernovich's crowd, which overlaps heavily with the pizzagate crowd; contemporaries of Cernovich, like Jack Posobeic, are known for such banner stunts.
BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ IN NEWS ON OCT 31, 2017 12:08 PM
A banner planted by Cernovich supporters posing as protesters (Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist)
A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed from a student-led college protest to the immediate family of the president of the United States. As a result, Donald Trump Jr., along with countless others, now believe that Twitter is running interference for pro-pedophile antifascist student protesters.
Here's how that happened: On Monday night, Alt Right meme-maker and self-styled "national security reporter" Mike Cernovich was invited by the Columbia University College Republicans to deliver a speech about the rise of "alternative media." His appearance sparked protests from some members of the student body, who questioned the value of providing a platform to a speaker who critics call a rape apologist, white nationalist, and serial online harasser. An hour prior to the speech, as a few hundred people gathered to rally against the event, a group of counter demonstrators—disguised as protesters—briefly unveiled a NAMBLA-branded banner suggesting the anti-Cernovich crowd was also anti-"pedo bashing" (as in, pro-pedophile).
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"Someone said 'hold this real quick' and then they proceeded to snap pics," recalls Mistee Denson, a Columbia social work student and one of the organizers of the protest. "Someone quickly realized what it said and ran them off. Unfortunately, they got what they wanted." What they wanted was for people to share photos of the stunt online, which I did, noting in a tweet that the banner was planted by the Alt Right—pedo is a favorite term of Cernovich's crowd, which overlaps heavily with the pizzagate crowd; contemporaries of Cernovich, like Jack Posobeic, are known for such banner stunts.
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