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dana_b

(11,546 posts)
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:20 PM May 2016

A real threat of violence?

There's a guy on twitter who is trying to recruit a group of 50 from each state to go to Philly to cause real damage.
His name on twitter is Alex Verba and here is his delightful little tweet:



What a charmer, eh? Someone else pointed him out and I asked if he had been reported on yet.

Now he's saying it was a joke. No one's laughing.

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surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)
5. either that or a Republican ...
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:31 PM
May 2016

... or an actual Anarchist. There's a lot of crazy people out there. Thankfully, this is not the sort of "plan" that could actually happen.

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
4. Oh, the PTB will guarantee there will be a real violent debacle in Philly so they
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:30 PM
May 2016

can blame it on Bernie, to fit the narrative. I am sure of that.

agracie

(950 posts)
6. Please report it. He has many posts encouraging violence. And then there's this...
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:50 PM
May 2016

@jackiemccaffrey @LisaToddSutton Not since Nevada. 2/3 wants to beat the shit out of the old senile Bastard~!~ @AP @ajam @CNN @MSNBC @CBS

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
9. the guy posted a few tweets to him from others saying that they
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:56 PM
May 2016

had reported him so I guess he has been reported. Of course he is telling all of them "you're so gullible" "stupid berniebots are gullbile" and saying it was a joke.

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