Walkaway (political movement)
Walkaway, known on Twitter as #walkaway, is a political movement in which previous members of the Democratic Party "walk away" (leave) the party, due to discontent with the party. It went viral as a meme among Conservatives.[1][2]
History[edit]
The movement was sparked on March 26, 2018 when New York City hairdresser Brandon Straka posted a YouTube video that went viral.[2][3] In the video, Straks says, “Once upon a time, I was a liberal,... For years now, I have watched as the left has devolved into intolerant, inflexible, illogical, hateful, misguided, ill-informed, un-American, hypocritical, menacing, callous, ignorant, narrow-minded and, at times, blatantly fascistic behavior and rhetoric.”[2]
Straka promoted his video on social media, asking conservative pundits to repost it.[2] According to NBC News, assertions that the hashtag was spread by Russian bots is true, but it is also true that hundreds of individuals Americans used the hashtag and posted links to the video.[2] What is not clear is whether the hashtag has inspired individuals to leave the Democratic Party, or simply inspired conservatives to promote the hashtag.[2]
Straka, is originally from Nebraska, moved to New York to pursue a career as a singer and actor.[2][4] He presents himself as a gay, white, Manhattan liberal-turned-conservative.[2]
Russian bots[edit]
Journalist Bob Cesca reported on Salon that #WalkAway has been promoted by Kremlin-linked Russian web brigades, an assertion repeated by CNN and by NBC News."[5][6][2]
International Coverage[edit]
The walkaway movement was covered[7] by Aftenposten, Norway's largest newspaper, for example, as well as[8] Arutz Sheva of Israel. Australian commentator Andrew Bolt wrote in Melbourne's Herald Sun that "The left is what it says it hates: Walk away".[9].
References[edit]
- ↑ "Analysis - The #WalkAway meme is what happens when everything is viral and nothing matters". Washington Post.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Fitzsimons, Tim (21 August 2018). "Meet Brandon Straka, a gay former liberal encouraging others to #WalkAway from Democrats". NBC News. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ↑ "Ex-liberal who started #Walkaway campaign says 'oppressive' Left has drowned out 'common sense'". RT.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ↑ "Unfiltered: 'The left practices tolerance in the most superficial ways'". Yahoo.
- ↑ Cesca (9 July 2018). "Russian bots are back: #WalkAway attack on Democrats is a likely Kremlin operation". CNN. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ David A. Love (17 July 2018). "Russian bots are using #WalkAway to try to wound Dems in midterms". CNN. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ Pletten, Christina (7 August 2018). "When the hairdresser's video suddenly took off, many became suspicious. Then they found traces of Russian trolls". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Gil Ronen (7 July 2018). "Facebook movement: 'Walk away' from the left". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/the-left-is-what-it-says-it-hates-walk-away/news-story/34dd08d7c27466d9cef7cc58045aed7c
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