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by ceejayoz 1971 days ago
One guy? This guy?

> Activists in Utah have spent months condemning Sullivan, who has at turns identified himself as a racial justice protester and leftist documentarian, and they have warned others to be leery of his motives and any events he sponsored.

> He held rallies featuring Black organizers. But attendees said one demonstration also featured members of the Proud Boys, an all-male extremist group with ties to white nationalism. The Proud Boys who attended, organizers said, told the crowd they wished to make peace with Black activists.

> Later in the summer, Sullivan helped organize a pro-gun-rights rally and marched with self-styled militia members at the Utah Capitol, KSL-TV reported, further infuriating Black activists.

> Sullivan’s reputation as an agitator and bad actor has followed him into other protest circles. In encrypted chats among left-leaning activists, organizers routinely flag posts by Sullivan to new members, saying, “Don’t trust that guy” and, pointing to his past ties with the Proud Boys, “He’s a double agent.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-vi...

"Our mob can be incited to kill a cop by a single probably-not-really-antifa infiltrator tagging along" is a hell of a way to argue they're not dangerous.

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We can keep arguing past each other or you can listen to his own speech delivered personally by him to know where his alignment truly lies:

https://www.air.tv/watch?v=wZAuX4HmTK6WCuGoqPLB4w

"We fought against white militia. [expletive]. We are going to rip Trump out of office. We are going to rip that [expletive]. "

The left may have abandoned this guy now after his arrest and are busy deflecting all association, but he was most definitely an "anti-trump" activist.

It takes just a couple of people to incite a riot honestly and this guy is an expert who was egging people on while standing safe.

> The left may have abandoned this guy now after his arrest and are busy deflecting all association, but he was most definitely an "anti-trump" activist.

Nah, long before that. From November, for example: https://twitter.com/RebellionBaby/status/1331902008765206528

> It takes just a couple of people to incite a riot honestly and this guy is an expert who was egging people on while standing safe.

Who mentioned Trump?