Trans activist shares their activism tactics

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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:

1. "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."

2. "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."

1. "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."

4. "Even still, you’re really not in a high-efficiency activity here. You’re far better off doing direct outreach."

5. "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."

6. "Identifying and pressuring existing stress fractures is key. Frame the internal divisions and try to make them appear even larger."

7. "Undermining trust also can take direct forms. I’ll leave it to your imagination here."

8. "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."

9. "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."

10. "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."

11. "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."

12. "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."

13. "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."

14. "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."

15. "If they think you’ve got nothing, always have something. If you have something, make them think you’ve got nothing."

16. "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."

17. 18. 19. 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.

18. "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.

That tweet! Is Emily on glue?

Emily evidently doesn't understand what 'fascism' or 'Nazi' mean either. There's a surprise.

To me it looks very much like a call to violence. I am actually worried that people may be hurt because of stupidity like this.

What does being white (or not), have to do with it?

This is supposed to elucidate the link between wanting to protect women’s rights and white supremacy.

The projection is intense - calling someone a revisionist history when in the same tweet, claiming Maria maclachlan initiated violence and was punched because of self defence

It's one of the problems with social media isn't it? Anyone can flounce around pretending to be Che Guevara. But in a bedroom rather than out in a jungle.

It's a paradise for Walter Mitty types.

Isn't lying about a group to create hatred of them classic hate speech?

Emily is committing hate speech.

I wasn't really aware of this idea that "if you hold one idea I disagree with, you must secretly hold all the opinions I disagree with".

IME, it seems to be more common with left-wing types.

You can say what you like about those right of centre, but they don’t tend to be quite so hot on policing wrongthink.

I say this as a left winger.

Lying, hateful accusations, openly trying to 'reclaim' the word feminist... very similar tactics to MRAs.

Is Emily on glue?

Nah. High on self-righteous self-importance and self-licensing. A much more potent mix.

They’re all high on their own narcissistic supply.

Take a pinch of SJW/ Antifa rhetoric, mix in some intersectional liberal feminism, season generously with PoMo & Queer theory, top with a sprinkling of threat and serve with a side order of sanctimonious narcissism et voila Emily serves us up a BS Supreme...

Emily is a touch paranoid.

TERFs are white supremacists?

'kaaaay...