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title: "Fire-And-Fury"
aliases: 
tags: 
- cosc203
- asgn3
---


damien de ment
- "super spreader"
- banned from twitter 2021
	- for tweets promiting similar acts to the insurgence at the white house
	- "nz politician will fear for their lives, and rightfully so"
- came together out of necessity for a common purpose. common purpose was based on freedom hope love and somthing better thatn this entire shithole we have been given to us in nz

kelvyn alps
- former soldier
- claimed he had his own army
- led far right direct democract party
- counterspin media - far right online tv channel
- calls mainstream media the opposition
- called for a military coup at the wellington protests "parasite palace - wellington beehive
- "my sister is married to a samoan"

hannah spearer
- kalvin alps partner
- anitfeminist and patriot
- "slavery vs freedom"
- also sarah smith
	- speaking publicly about satanic ritual abuse

karlene heriora
- spoke about child sex trafficking
- a wannabe musician who worked in hospitality
- antisemitism
- climate change denial
- shares counterspins media
- government is a corporation
- want the structure of governance gone

amy benjamin
- law lecturer
- 911 was a false flag
- chch was a false flag
- "went down rabbit holes"
- resigned from AUT
- publishes videos on a fringe site

chantell baker
- conservative christian
- "take back freedom"
- daughter of former leader of new conservatives
- 1M views on day of riot

clair deeks
- running in election for a far right party
- "you are truth seekers not conspiracy theorists" 15:51

group of knitting/chochet ytbrs
- "yoga moms, mothers circle"
- good at communication
- dangerous "have created a reallity where no one else is to be trusted" 17:00
	- one problem -> "secret government system" 17:10
- used their platform to "spread information"
- facing criminal charges



"we are not conspircay theorists"
- qanon feeding their beliefs

"we like good stories"
"like to have knowledge that is surprising"
"see pattersn"
"go on scavenger hunts"
"connect to people who share these opinions"
- 18:30

Qanon
- conspiracy about us democrats and hillary clinton
- "part of a global secret kabal of satanic pedophiles"
- put a very value laden term "freedom" unifying banner


Josie
- fell dwn rabbit hole in 2009
- stayed for 10 years
- believed in the Kabal
- why was it believable -> "things about how society was ran seemed dogshit to me" 19:30


appealing to confirmation bias 23:45

have features of facistic ideas

"swarm social media" "flood the zone" "saturate content to" 27:05

"grand jury" 27:30

"deep state"


"dont trust the media trust us"

moved from facebook to gab/telegram 
- unregulated program 
- haven of the far right

2020 aug 17
- turning point
- big posters becoming more active
-  "i literally see no one dying, this is bullshit" 30:20
- Nuremberg 2.0 
	- nurenberg (professional medical ethics) people tried for crimes against humanity (nazia etc)
	- people voted on who should be hung
- soveregn citizen sheriffs
- combined threat assessment group
	- "measureing extremeist violence in opposition to covid measures internationally"
	- people who have intent and capability to make an attack
	- "temperature has risen"

voices for freedom contacted anti vax leader to ask for help about how to get the word out
- "we need to give them an alternative narrative do you know anyone has been injured"
- used iwth flu and mmr vaccine


started with protest in ottowa
- "join the convoy"
- started from bluff and capre reigna - met in wellington 37:30


40:13 far right neo nazi align iwth hippie influsence mum -> views aligno n the pandemic, vaccine lockdown measures

when the pandemic happen anti vaxxers lost relationsihps 41:28 so found them with other people who shared the same belief

where do you find information
- voice for freedom - we tust them very much
- counterspin media - a little bit radical but sometimes some good
	- they can be rough and ready but they are out there filming the truth
- got sick of hearing same narrative that we all need to be jabbed, and that there is a terrible virus

their realities are splintered - fully believe that mainstream media is fake

attempt to remove people fails
- not a peaceful process
- march 2nd 24 days in
	- police move
	- forced their way into freedom village
	- "quite terrifying" 46:30
	- jounalists are forcfully shoved out of protest
	- childrens playground on fire in parliament 50:00

blamed violence on protest on people "who werent aligned with their cause and werent part of the movement"


agenda surfing - changing topics
- pro life
- pro putin
- false flag chch shooting


become ungovernable
- create out own nation


become stormtoopers 1:01:00

"wellington was the beginning "