Emma G who declared war on Graham Linehan, and seemingly compared him to US neo-Nazis
See here:
mobile.twitter.com/Glinner/status/1087617063277993984
"Here's a thing I want
@Glinner
to know:
Graham, I am well-known for devastating the neo-Nazi movement in the US. I've helped swing US Military policy. People have gone to jail. They're afraid of me. They've kept me busy, but not for much longer.
And you're in my sights next."
mobile.twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1087297309388562432
Has now written a thread on their activism tactics.
Which sound... familiar. I can understand why Graham may want the thread reported for encouraging harassment, but maybe it should stay up to show everyone their tactics. Let's look and learn.
Thread:
mobile.twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1087785050857504769
archive.fo/eqCSq
(I think I've archived the whole thread there ?)
Since we're apparently being called Nazis, fascist, alt-right etc... Lol.
Or "other movements" .
Also, we have excellent reasoning.
Anyway, these are the tweets, pretty revealing:
- "There’s a playbook for undermining movements that works particularly well when those movements aren’t rooted in reason but in exclusion and mutuality. This playbook works for fascist groups, but also works for reflexive patriotism, hateful religiosity, and other movements."
- "The important thing to remember is you cannot debate in good faith with someone who will not debate in good faith. You cannot win on those terms."
- "Any debate is for the benefit of the unaffiliated external observer, so you have to frame the matter in the appropriate context, and that context should be tailored to the virtue centers of the audience. Exclusion and bigotry vs inclusion and civil rights."
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"Even still, you’re really not in a high-efficiency activity here. You’re far better off doing direct outreach."
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"Beyond that, there are a number of tools at your disposal. First, you recognize that their sense of identity is unity-focused, so your goal should be to sow distrust among the in-group to factionalize and divide."
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"Identifying and pressuring existing stress fractures is key. Frame the internal divisions and try to make them appear even larger."
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"Undermining trust also can take direct forms. I’ll leave it to your imagination here."
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"Next, remove the pillars of support of the movement. This means engaging with the things they rely on most heavily. This is hard, because this feels like an uphill battle."
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"If they rely on the media, you find inroads with the media. If they rely on the state, you (carefully and wisely) use the state. Turn their best tools against them. Undermining the trust in their foundations further exacerbates the internal divisions."
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"Then, shape their message as much ado about nothing. Seal off newcomers joining them because they look like zealots waging a very serious war against an absurd opponent."
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"While you do this, deny all forms of comfort. Undermine the sense of security in the spaces they feel most comfortable. Again, it’s left to your imagination here."
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"Each of these things will come with a pushback that will lead to a backlash. Don’t let that surprise you. Predict it and preempt it."
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"This allows you to start shaping the narrative of your choosing. Do not react. No story about your movement should come as a surprise. Preact. You should always have a response plan."
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"Finally, leave them in a state of perpetual uncertainty. Make sure they never have any confidence in what you know or what you’re about to do next. Always hold a promise of a bigger backlash against them. This takes time but they’ll learn after a few blows to be more cautious."
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"If they think you’ve got nothing, always have something. If you have something, make them think you’ve got nothing."
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"This is precisely the playbook that was implemented after UTR to good success. The effects weren’t immediate but they only took about 7 months to effectively neutralize several key alt right movements and leaders."
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- I have no idea what they're talking about ( also got no idea what UTR is/was above, I included that because "7mnths to "neutralize") so not going to copy those here.
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"Fascistic movements think that unification around their identity is what makes them strong, but it’s not. It makes them weak. While cringing a bit by even brining this up, this is precisely how Russia exploited American identitarianism to manipulate our democracy."
I think we can recognise some of these tactics trans activists have employed. If we had outlined what they were doing like this, we'd probably be called paranoid conspiracy theorists. Thanks Emma, for laying it all out in the open.