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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsParanoia and accusations cloud efforts to launch 'Justice for January 6' rally
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/paranoia-accusations-cloud-efforts-launch-justice-january-6-rally-rcna2034Ben Collins covers disinformation, extremism and the internet for NBC News.Brandy Zadrozny is a senior reporter for NBC News. She covers misinformation, extremism and the internet.
Sept. 15, 2021, 12:09 PM MST / Updated Sept. 15, 2021, 12:58 PM MST
The extremist forums that cheered on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack have soured on the planned Saturday rally in Washington, insisting without evidence that the event is a secret government plot to arrest more people involved in the riot.
Users in extreme far-right Facebook groups and extremist forums such as TheDonald and 4chan, which previously hosted pictures of users streaming into Washington hotel rooms and even maps of the Capitol tunnel system in the days before the Jan. 6 riot, are largely steering users away from the upcoming event.
Those posting on these forums say they largely believe the event to be a setup for a false flag event or honeypot, in which theyll be entrapped and coerced to commit violence by federal agents.
The shift offers a window into how the dynamics among some of the most active and extremist online forums have changed in the aftermath of Jan. 6, which has led to hundreds of arrests. Paranoia drives many conversations, and it appears to be inhibiting some extremists ability to organize on the open web.
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Paranoia and accusations cloud efforts to launch 'Justice for January 6' rally (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
OP
I know we complain about authorities not coming down hard enough on the insurrectionists
EarlG
Sep 2021
#2
Well, most of these fish are still swimming freely; they've been caught and released.
lagomorph777
Sep 2021
#4
I doubt it's a honeypot, but I bet they find a few from Jan 6 that they're looking for...........
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2021
#5
elleng
(130,773 posts)1. Sounds good!
Comparisons with taliban trying to run afghanistan?
EarlG
(21,935 posts)2. I know we complain about authorities not coming down hard enough on the insurrectionists
but I think this shows that all the arrests are having something of a positive effect. Seems like a lot of them don't want to come back to DC now because they're scared.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Well, most of these fish are still swimming freely; they've been caught and released.
I guess we need better bait.
Meanwhile the big fish laughs in his lair.
Ohio Joe
(21,733 posts)3. Paranoia... It's a big destroyer
bucolic_frolic
(43,064 posts)5. I doubt it's a honeypot, but I bet they find a few from Jan 6 that they're looking for...........
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,766 posts)6. Good
What ever keeps the idiots away.