PyramidHead
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The cherry on top, in case anyone is still reading and wants to know exactly why popular mobilization is a necessary component of anti-fascist resistance:
Exposed: State Department Official Posted in Nazi Charlottesville Chats
He was part of the Obama administration. And he's just the one who got caught. So, I must ask again, to all the fence-sitters and both-sidesers and de-escalationists: what is to be done, and by whom, and how, to stop what is by now a cancerous growth on society itself, reaching deep into the recesses of local law enforcement and into the halls of political power? Do you have any ideas?
Exposed: State Department Official Posted in Nazi Charlottesville Chats
Today, an investigation by reporter Michael Hayden for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)’s Hatewatch revealed that US State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert has been active in the neo-nazi movement over the last several years. Leaked Discord chat logs obtained by Unicorn Riot also prove that Gebert’s username was posting in racist groups throughout 2017 and indicate he may have attended the deadly Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville.
Gebert currently works as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources. His career at the State Department began in 2013 via a “presidential management fellowship” focused on “developing a cadre of potential government leaders” according to academic and government records.
Gebert has made repeated appearances on anti-semitic alt-right podcasts such as ‘The Fatherland’, according to reporting by SPLC. His podcast appearances as well as his leaked Discord chats also indicate he has hosted white nationalist gatherings at his home,
He was part of the Obama administration. And he's just the one who got caught. So, I must ask again, to all the fence-sitters and both-sidesers and de-escalationists: what is to be done, and by whom, and how, to stop what is by now a cancerous growth on society itself, reaching deep into the recesses of local law enforcement and into the halls of political power? Do you have any ideas?