Elin Krantz: murder and ‘slut shaming’ as propaganda against minorities, Sweden & the EU | Bloggerheads

You have probably seen the images. The horrible, haunting images of Elin’s corpse under a pile of heavy stones. I’ve been on the internet since way back in the day and I’ve seen my share of genuine crime scene photos both on and offline, but I can tell you that I was horrified in a way that I have never been before, and that’s why I’m here for you today, when you need me the most... Elin Krantz: murder and ‘slut shaming’ as propaganda against minorities, Sweden & the EU | Bloggerheads

Russian trolls slip up again

That awkward moment when the Russian government forgets to turn off location services on their disinformation network Twitter accounts. pic.twitter.com/SqV2eArN7g

— Vets Against Trump (@commondefense) 27 September 2017

The account is now protected since this incident, which is hilariously pointless as most observers had already spotted it was a far-right fake account.

For completeness, here's what Twitonomy can still tell us about the account:

• It uses a VPN (timezone doesn't correspond to anywhere in the US) 
• It's a group account - which would be expected even if it were genuine 
• The times it tweets at correspond to UTC-9 (not currently being used) or UTC + 11, which is in... Guess?

Trump’s Signals to White Supremacists Aren’t Dog Whistles. They’re Flares. – Mother Jones

...Not only were extremists excited by Trump’s campaign. Not only were they using it to recruit on a scale they hadn’t imagined before. They felt that the campaign was signaling to them actively and deliberately—and the more we dug, the more we realized they were right... Trump’s Signals to White Supremacists Aren’t Dog Whistles. They’re Flares. – Mother Jones

I see no Russian trolls!

The weirdness continues.

This Russian account tweeted just once: a smear of ProPublica, that somehow got 23k RTs. pic.twitter.com/S4F1lsIJEz

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) 25 August 2017

Profile of a Russian troll

Normalisation of extremism - David Colquhoun

I put some thoughts about normalisation of extremists on my FB page pic.twitter.com/6gVkMEZUSi

— David Colquhoun (@david_colquhoun) 15 November 2016

Politically Incorrect

You can’t hang around for long on social media without coming across code words, bandied about by those who like to think of themselves as “politically incorrect”. You can look up the origin and evolution of the term “politically correct” if you like; suffice to say that the current usage by the hard right to stigmatise those who actually want to take into account the needs of women and minorities is relatively recent.

 And frankly, if being accused of political correctness is a bad thing, I don’t want to be right. Or rather: alt-right.

So, the lexicon of the self-described “politically incorrect”. These are terms often brandished with pride by those who use them, but rarely are their precise meanings made clear. I will endeavour to repair this. One thing I can promise you is that in this post I will not use sarcasm, exaggeration for comic effect, or any other … Continue reading →

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