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When the Donald Trump Facebook Superweapon Targets You
As of this Thursday morning, there were 112,096 members of “Donald Trump For President 2016!!!!!!,” a Facebook group that functions as a forum for white grief and racially charged meme pics. You’d better hope they don’t ever find a reason to dislike you, because they will make your life very shitty very fast—which is exactly what happened to anti-Trump activists and college students (Name removed) and (Name removed).
Last month, (Name removed) and (Name removed) used Facebook to organize a protest at a March 11th Trump rally in Chicago. It’s now a given that attending such an event with anything other than a mind that is pure for Donald and a face that is as white (or orange) as his puts you at risk of physical harm—rally violence is now the norm (Does Trump himself even enjoy it anymore?). But it’s less expected that the rancor will follow you out of the building.
Trump ultimately canceled his appearance at the Chicago rally that day, and although supporters and protesters still physically clashed, (Name removed) said their own visit “went smoothly.” But only in person. Before the rally had even ended, (Name removed) and (Name removed)’s photos and phone numbers, home addresses, and workplace information were posted in Donald Trump For President 2016!!!!!! in an effort to punish them for their protest. On the page, mere pixels away, was a stated policy against harassment and the publication of personal information:
(Screenshots that are not redacted at link. Real names, phone numbers, encouraging others to attack)
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The Trump hate machine moves extremely fast. The goading post was visible to the roughly 100,000 Trump supporters who were in the group at the time, and it was shared around 700 times. (Name removed) says that thousands of voice and text messages hit their phones almost immediately—though they wouldn’t actually listen to and read them until they regained cell service outside of the rally, nearly eight hours later. Eventually, “I couldn’t receive any more Facebook messages,” (Name removed) told me. “I had reached a capacity.” In total, (Name removed) estimates she and (Name removed) received “maybe 700" phone calls, “around five to seven thousand” text messages, and “maybe 2,000 to 4,000" Facebook messages each.
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“I hope they find your body with your neck slashed,” says one voicemail.
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Gawker
Last month, (Name removed) and (Name removed) used Facebook to organize a protest at a March 11th Trump rally in Chicago. It’s now a given that attending such an event with anything other than a mind that is pure for Donald and a face that is as white (or orange) as his puts you at risk of physical harm—rally violence is now the norm (Does Trump himself even enjoy it anymore?). But it’s less expected that the rancor will follow you out of the building.
Trump ultimately canceled his appearance at the Chicago rally that day, and although supporters and protesters still physically clashed, (Name removed) said their own visit “went smoothly.” But only in person. Before the rally had even ended, (Name removed) and (Name removed)’s photos and phone numbers, home addresses, and workplace information were posted in Donald Trump For President 2016!!!!!! in an effort to punish them for their protest. On the page, mere pixels away, was a stated policy against harassment and the publication of personal information:
(Screenshots that are not redacted at link. Real names, phone numbers, encouraging others to attack)
....
The Trump hate machine moves extremely fast. The goading post was visible to the roughly 100,000 Trump supporters who were in the group at the time, and it was shared around 700 times. (Name removed) says that thousands of voice and text messages hit their phones almost immediately—though they wouldn’t actually listen to and read them until they regained cell service outside of the rally, nearly eight hours later. Eventually, “I couldn’t receive any more Facebook messages,” (Name removed) told me. “I had reached a capacity.” In total, (Name removed) estimates she and (Name removed) received “maybe 700" phone calls, “around five to seven thousand” text messages, and “maybe 2,000 to 4,000" Facebook messages each.
....
“I hope they find your body with your neck slashed,” says one voicemail.
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Gawker
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