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Among the armed vigilantes intoxicated with conspiracy disinfo is fascist Proud Boys hate group associate Alan Swinney ( https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Arosecityantifa%20swinney&src=typed_query), who has assaulted dozens of Portlanders in front of PPB w/ complete impunity since the beginning of August. https://twitter.com/ryanjhaas/status/1304482945307090944
Many antifa-wildfire conspiracy posts circulating in far-right & conservative social media spaces cite an obviously-fake twitter account which was exposed as a right wing hoax in 2017. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/how-to-spot-a-fake-antifa-account.html
Many popular far-right disinfo websites have worked to spread this dangerous hoax https://twitter.com/alibreland/status/1304820126118744069
Despite the fact that numerous law enforcement agencies have been forced to denounce this dangerous disinfo campaign ( https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/11/antifa-wildfires-oregon-rumors-fact-check-debunked/), individual officers have still worked to spread it, and are defended in doing so by police unions. https://twitter.com/PDXzane/status/1304901036469940224
This week's far-right disinfo campaign is a continuation of the "ANTIFA BUSES" panic which swept the nation in recent months, and which sparked incidents of near-lynchings. https://twitter.com/annamerlan/status/1272968935860666368
As an aside, the "ANTIFA BUSES" hoax is regarded as a particularly nauseating projection by Portlanders, who have repeatedly weathered violent incursions by busloads of fascists from around the country who come here to assault residents with impunity. https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1304910905239416832
Battle Ground, WA alt-right organizer Sorbeah Almosa ( https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/a22/ ) spreads dangerous disinfo to her followers & encourages them toward violence. https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1297210185144885248
Facebook has done no favors with their shoddy approach to fact-checking ( https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-brings-in-rightwing-news-site-the-daily-caller-to-factcheck-articles), but it is also true that there is no standard of proof sufficient to dissuade the far-right from their resentful conspiracist beliefs. https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1304918247473467392
