Antifa apocalypse
The Antifa apocalypse (sometimes also appearing as the Antifa Civil War) was a fake news[1] conspiracy theory[2] propagated by far-right organizations on social media claiming that members of the far-left, loosely organized Antifa movement were planning to start a civil war in order to topple President Donald Trump on November 4 by inciting riots and protests. Mainstream conservative media organizations such as Fox News amplified and spread the fake meme.[3][4]
The hoax began with a YouTube persona who posted a video entitled "ANTIFA Has To Go!", which was then picked up by the right-wing conspiracy theory website InfoWars of Alex Jones.[3] The conspiracy theory was then propagated through Twitter and Facebook.[5] Other alt-right conspiracy websites, such as The Gateway Pundit run by Lucian Wintrich, repeated the conspiracy theory and further claimed that "antifa leaders" promised to "behead white parents" on November 4.[5] When confronted by a journalist from The Guardian newspaper alleging that he was helping to spread a potentially dangerous hoax, Wintrich said that the story he was pushing was "not serious" and false, but defended his actions by claiming that it was a "critique of leftist rhetoric". He also said that he had to go to college with "people who [he was] sure are on terrorist watch lists as socialist or communist extremists".[5]
Several small anti-Trump protests and marches took place on November 4, with no violent incidents recorded at any of them.[6]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Hayden, Michael Edison (November 4, 2017). "'Antifa Civil War' on November 4 Was Really Just a Few Protests Against Trump". Newsweek. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ↑ Swenson, Kyle (November 1, 2017). "The antifa apocalypse is coming this weekend, if you believe the hype". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jenkins, Nash (November 3, 2017). "No, 'Antifa' Protesters Aren't Planning on Toppling the Government Tomorrow". Time. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ↑ Lytvynenko, Jane (November 5, 2017). "Fox News Falsely Warned People Of An Upcoming "Antifa Apocalypse"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wilson, Jason (November 1, 2017). "Why the far right believes a US civil war will start on Saturday". The Guardian. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ↑ Strickland, Patrick (November 5, 2017). "Far-right conspiracies fizzle amid anti-Trump rallies". Al Jazeera. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
Further reading[edit]
- Sunshine, Spencer (October 31, 2017). "Rumors of Civil War: How Anti-Communist Conspiracies Imagine an Antifa Civil War on November 4". Political Research Associates. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
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