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I live in the middle of NYC, which has had several scenes of looting not 30 min from me broadcast to the entire nation, and I haven't heard of any such movement

I live in the middle of NYC, which has had several scenes of looting not 30 min from me broadcast to the entire nation, and I haven't heard of any such movement here. Maybe this is my east coast classist bubble, but I'd appreciate being educated on this matter?

ianai 6y ago
So there’s the boogaloo movement. There’s the Calexit campaign that was propped up by Russia in California last election. Probably you’re not seeing it because you’re not being targeted on social media for it and not going those parts of the internet. I really hope Zuckerberg was serious about policing foreign governments from buying ads on their platforms.
- TeaDrunk 6y ago
  Yes, do you have links to said movements or reporters of said movements? Where are you getting this information?
  - briefcomment 6y ago
    Facebook has taken steps to limit Boogaloo groups on its platform. https://www.engadget.com/facebook-limits-boogaloo-groups-122931505.html https://www.engadget.com/facebook-limits-boogaloo-groups-122...
- meddlepal 6y ago
  For the record there are some of us who actually have uninfluenced interest in breaking apart the US either into separate countries or at least geographic regions with a significantly weakened federal government modeled after the Articles of Confederation from 1781. My general feeling is that it is too difficult to manage democracies over large geographic areas because the people at the edges tend to not have enough interaction with each other on a social or economic basis to recognize each other's problems. So I don't know about CalExit but I have definitely spoken about New England or Northeast Secession (heh NExit) as something I'm at least interested in. I just hope if the opportunity ever comes up we can do it peacefully...
wheatocean 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/boogaloo-movement-terrorism-related-charges-3-men-feds-say/3147563001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/boogal... There's been a lot of reporting on it as they've stepped up action over the last year. Did you not see the news stories about these individuals stationing inside the Michigan Capitol with assault rifles?
- Izkata 6y ago
  "Boogaloo" is a longstanding meme that refers to a possible upcoming civil war, that the media has recently misconstrued into a movement trying to cause a civil war. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boogaloo https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boogaloo
  - messick 6y ago
    “The media” isn’t causing dudes in aloha shirts to go to protests with a bunch of guns.
  - refurb 6y ago
    Yup, I frequent a lot of website where "boogaloo" is discussed and it's a freakin' joke. Reminds me of "jenkum", the drug the media reported on that turned out to be a prank.
    - TACIXAT 6y ago
      It's being misconstrued by the MSM to stop the left and right from uniting in their common goal of reforming tyrannical governments.
    - nl 6y ago
      http://www.seditionists.com/parshall_complaint.pdf http://www.seditionists.com/parshall_complaint.pdf
  - notabee 6y ago
    Here's a good in-depth exploration of the movement. Some of these people are quite eager for such a war. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-move...

ianai 6y ago

So there’s the boogaloo movement. There’s the Calexit campaign that was propped up by Russia in California last election. Probably you’re not seeing it because you’re not being targeted on social media for it and not going those parts of the internet. I really hope Zuckerberg was serious about policing foreign governments from buying ads on their platforms.

TeaDrunk 6y ago
Yes, do you have links to said movements or reporters of said movements? Where are you getting this information?
- briefcomment 6y ago
  Facebook has taken steps to limit Boogaloo groups on its platform. https://www.engadget.com/facebook-limits-boogaloo-groups-122931505.html https://www.engadget.com/facebook-limits-boogaloo-groups-122...
meddlepal 6y ago
For the record there are some of us who actually have uninfluenced interest in breaking apart the US either into separate countries or at least geographic regions with a significantly weakened federal government modeled after the Articles of Confederation from 1781. My general feeling is that it is too difficult to manage democracies over large geographic areas because the people at the edges tend to not have enough interaction with each other on a social or economic basis to recognize each other's problems. So I don't know about CalExit but I have definitely spoken about New England or Northeast Secession (heh NExit) as something I'm at least interested in. I just hope if the opportunity ever comes up we can do it peacefully...

wheatocean 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/boogaloo-movement-terrorism-related-charges-3-men-feds-say/3147563001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/boogal... There's been a lot of reporting on it as they've stepped up action over the last year. Did you not see the news stories about these individuals stationing inside the Michigan Capitol with assault rifles?

Izkata 6y ago
"Boogaloo" is a longstanding meme that refers to a possible upcoming civil war, that the media has recently misconstrued into a movement trying to cause a civil war. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boogaloo https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boogaloo
- messick 6y ago
  “The media” isn’t causing dudes in aloha shirts to go to protests with a bunch of guns.
- refurb 6y ago
  Yup, I frequent a lot of website where "boogaloo" is discussed and it's a freakin' joke. Reminds me of "jenkum", the drug the media reported on that turned out to be a prank.
  - TACIXAT 6y ago
    It's being misconstrued by the MSM to stop the left and right from uniting in their common goal of reforming tyrannical governments.
  - nl 6y ago
    http://www.seditionists.com/parshall_complaint.pdf http://www.seditionists.com/parshall_complaint.pdf
- notabee 6y ago
  Here's a good in-depth exploration of the movement. Some of these people are quite eager for such a war. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-move...