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The "viking guy" who has been talked about probably moreso than any other single rioter is and was active on Parler. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106213432

The "viking guy" who has been talked about probably moreso than any other single rioter is and was active on Parler. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106213432/https://parler.com/profile/JakeAngeli/posts https://web.archive.org/web/20210106213432/https://parler.co... https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2021/01/11/jake-angeli-arizona-seen-us-capitol-raid-fur-hat-horns-federal-court-hearing/6625619002/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/... So this claim is trivially falsifiable with even the most minimal journalistic effort.

Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
He's not listed as part of the 13 people charged by the DoJ. It's possible that he was arrested later. But Glenn didn't lie here. So the parler exec probably looked at this list, checked to see if any one of these people used his platform, and found none did. Then he told Glenn. However, more people have since been charged. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirteen-charged-federal-court-following-riot-united-states-capitol https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirteen-charged-federal-cour...
- dralley 6y ago
  The entire point was silly to begin with. Why start doing victory laps over the first 13 people? What's so special about them? Nothing.
  - Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
    I think they are some of the more notable characters. That's why they were the first to be identified and then arrested.
    - dralley 6y ago
      Or - Glenn's just trying to be a contrarian again, which has been his shtick for a while now. This post from 2 weeks ago aged like a corpse. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-authoritarianism-in https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-authoritarian...
      - Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
        Glenn is absolutely right here. If anything, the article needs an update because of all the authoritarian shit (new patriot act, sending rioters to gitmo, etc) proposed over the last week.
  - sthnblllII 6y ago
    You accused Greenwald of moving the goal posts. You have not demonstrated that. Edit: congratulations drally you win
    - dralley 6y ago
      "I" did not.
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Acrobatic_Road 6y ago

He's not listed as part of the 13 people charged by the DoJ. It's possible that he was arrested later. But Glenn didn't lie here. So the parler exec probably looked at this list, checked to see if any one of these people used his platform, and found none did. Then he told Glenn. However, more people have since been charged. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirteen-charged-federal-court-following-riot-united-states-capitol https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirteen-charged-federal-cour...

dralley 6y ago
The entire point was silly to begin with. Why start doing victory laps over the first 13 people? What's so special about them? Nothing.
- Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
  I think they are some of the more notable characters. That's why they were the first to be identified and then arrested.
  - dralley 6y ago
    Or - Glenn's just trying to be a contrarian again, which has been his shtick for a while now. This post from 2 weeks ago aged like a corpse. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-authoritarianism-in https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-authoritarian...
    - Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
      Glenn is absolutely right here. If anything, the article needs an update because of all the authoritarian shit (new patriot act, sending rioters to gitmo, etc) proposed over the last week.
- sthnblllII 6y ago
  You accused Greenwald of moving the goal posts. You have not demonstrated that. Edit: congratulations drally you win
  - dralley 6y ago
    "I" did not.
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