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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 08:04 AM Nov 2017

Trump account retweets anti-Muslim videos

Source: BBC

Donald Trump's Twitter account has retweeted three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos from a British far-right group.

The first tweet from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, claims to show a Muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches.

This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to be Muslim.

Britain First was founded in 2011 by former members of the far-right British National Party (BNP).

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42166663

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muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
2. Two Britain First leaders charged with religiously aggravated harassment
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 08:17 AM
Nov 2017
Two leading members of the far-right group Britain First have been charged with causing religiously aggravated harassment, police have said.

Paul Golding, 35, and Jayda Fransen, 31, were bailed to appear before Medway magistrates court next month. Golding has been charged with three counts, Fransen with four, Kent police said on Wednesday.

“The investigation related to the distribution of leaflets in the Thanet and Canterbury areas, and the posting of online videos during a trial held at Canterbury crown court the same month,” officers said.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/20/two-britain-first-leaders-golding-fransen-charged-with-religiously-aggravated-harassment

To give an idea of the kind of thing 'Britain First' gets up to. It's stirring up religious hatred.

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
3. Unbelievable witnessing a person in the President's office acting like trash.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 08:34 AM
Nov 2017

This is unpardonable, like everything else he has done. It gurgles out of rancid, diseased heart to afflict the human race.

As he is allowed to intensify his war against life, we know he can never get "well," it will only get worse.

What the #### are they waiting for? How on earth can they justify allowing a conspicuous madman'skeeping the leadership position?

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
15. The gop are well aware
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:27 AM
Nov 2017

of his madness, BUT he is getting their tax breaks through for their wealthy donors. THAT is what is important to the traitors.

Oneironaut

(5,500 posts)
5. I don't think it matters anymore. He could retweet KKK or Neo-Nazi videos and nothing would happen.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:08 AM
Nov 2017

Nobody is going to do anything about it. He's essentially operating unopposed, with Republicans marching in lockstep. We'll all say, "Oh that Trump!" and nothing will happen.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
7. more details
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:17 AM
Nov 2017

President Trump Tweets Out ISIS ‘Snuff Film’
Donald Trump retweeted a video posted by a far-right street activist that ‘says Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!’

Nico Hines


LONDON—Donald Trump retweeted an apparent snuff video to his 40 million followers Wednesday morning, with footage depicting what looked like a brutal murder carried out by an ISIS mob that had been posted by a far-right British political activist.

The extraordinary act by a sitting president was apparently a tweet too far even for Trump's staunchest allies such as a prominent editor at InfoWars, who admitted this was "not great optics."

The clip appears to show ISIS radicals throwing a man from the roof of a building and then beating him as he lay on the ground. The footage was part of a series of videos posted by an Islamophobic street campaigner called Jayda Fransen.

Fransen, the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First, is due to appear in court next month after being charged with “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior” during one of her “anti-terrorism” rallies in Britain this past summer.

more at link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-trump-tweets-out-snuff-film

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
8. Jayda Fransen guilty: Britain First Deputy Leader convicted after abusing Muslim woman in hijab
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:21 AM
Nov 2017
The deputy leader of Britain First has been found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment afer she hurled abuse at a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.

Jayda Fransen, 30, was fined nearly £2,000 for wearing a political uniform and shouting at Sumayyah Sharpe during a "Christian patrol" of Bury Park in Luton, on Saturday 23 January.

Fransen admitted telling Ms Sharpe that Muslim men force women to cover up to avoid being raped "because they cannot control their sexual urges", adding "that's why they are coming into my country raping women across the continent".

Ms Sharpe was with her four young children at the time.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jayda-fransen-guilty-britain-first-deputy-leader-convicted-court-muslim-woman-hijab-a7395711.html

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
10. Jo Cox murder trial: 'Thomas Mair repeatedly shouted 'Britain First' before shooting and stabbing MP
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:26 AM
Nov 2017
Opening his Old Bailey trial on Monday, prosecutor Richard Whittam QC told jurors how the mother-of-two supported the Remain campaign leading up to the referendum on 23 June.

“As she arrived she was brutally murdered by one of her constituents, this defendant, Thomas Mair,” he told jurors.

“It was a cowardly attack by a man armed with a firearm and a knife. Jo Cox was shot three times and suffered multiple stab wounds.

“During the course of the murder Thomas Mair was heard by a number of witnesses to say repeatedly ‘Britain First’.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jo-cox-murder-trial-tommy-mair-britain-first-thomas-mp-killer-court-latest-a7416021.html

Her widower:




 

moda253

(615 posts)
12. I am rather tired of that word
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:42 AM
Nov 2017

He is dangerous. He is crazy. He is not right in the head. Unhinged doesn't do it.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
14. Joe Scar said this morning, "Since Mika's not here this morning, let me say it for her".
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:02 AM
Nov 2017

"This boy's not RIGHT in the head."

Yesterday, Joe said to go back and look at the interview tapes from the 80's and 90's and it's clear he's mentally deteriorating.

I agree, he's looney toons but the more MSM is calling him what he is (unhinged) the more it gets accepted in the public consciousness. It's accumulative, IMO.

Perhaps there will be mounting calls from the public for a medically necessary intervention?

FFS, the President is re-tweeting SNUFF FLICKS! This is insane. This can NOT be normalized.

demmiblue

(36,860 posts)
11. BTW, Twitter Rules:
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:41 AM
Nov 2017
Graphic violence and adult content

We consider graphic violence to be any form of gory media related to death, serious injury, violence, or surgical procedures. We consider adult content to be any media that is pornographic and/or may be intended to cause sexual arousal. Learn more about our media policy.

Twitter allows some forms of graphic violence and/or adult content in Tweets marked as containing sensitive media. However, you may not use such content in your profile or header images. Additionally, Twitter may sometimes require you to remove excessively graphic violence out of respect for the deceased and their families if we receive a request from their family or an authorized representative. Learn more about how to make such a request, and how to mark your media as sensitive.

https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311#


Step up, Twitter (the one tweet, in particular, should not be allowed).
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
13. Why would Twitter start now
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:51 AM
Nov 2017

Lord knows they've given the Orange Fast Cloud on everything else.

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