Gizmodo: Leaked Chats Reveal Evidence of Hate Crimes by U.S. Fascists - January 22, 2022

“ ‘Groups like Patriot Front can only advance their White nationalist agenda under cover of darkness,’ said Ben Lorber, research analyst at the Political Research Associates think tank. ‘By shining much-needed sunlight on the unapologetic neo-Nazism, unvarnished antisemitism A form of oppression targeting Jews and those perceived to be Jewish, including bigoted speech, violent acts, and discriminatory policy. Learn more , virulent anti-blackness Refers to the particular ways in which structural racism and White supremacy impact Black people. Learn more , homophobia A form of heterosexism that devalues and scapegoats gay, lesbian, and bisexual people and people in same-gender relationships. Learn more and other bigotry An attitude toward social identities that can be mobilized to justify discrimination, state/vigilante violence, and exploitation. Learn more undergirding their organising, this leak helps researchers attach a public cost to their toxic movement. With their unseemly innards now exposed to the public, Patriot Front will hopefully soon implode under pressure, following many similar groups before them. As White nationalist politics continue to move mainstream across an increasingly radicalized Right, next week’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds us of the need to counter groups like Patriot Front, and defend multiracial democracy in the U.S. in an uncertain future.’”

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