REVEALED: Pro-Trump trolls made vile Rape Melania sign to discredit protesters

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

Last year, a sign at an anti-Trump rally that read “Rape Melania” drew widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum.

However, text messages obtained by BuzzFeed reveal that the sign was actually created by Jack Posobiec, a notorious pro-Trump troll who wanted to use the sign to discredit opposition to the president-elect.

In one text message conversation, Posobiec and a collaborator brainstormed messages to chant out during the protest in the hopes that unwitting demonstrators would pick them up.

One top suggestion they came up with was “Rape Melania,” which eventually made its way into a sign.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/revealed-pro-trump-trolls-made-vile-rape-melania-sign-to-discredit-protesters/

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[Still In Wisconsin]

1. I'm expecting lots of false flag ops like this. n/t

[mountain grammy]

23. Just the beginning.

[SunSeeker]

25. Yep. It is one of Putin's favorite tricks too.

Which I am sure is not a coincidence.

[moda253]

3. Thought I remember that they were kicked out

That people at the rally did force them to leave.

[formerGreenParty]

19. Look which way the sign was facing

He had the sign pointed to the Camera, so no one noticed at first. The Washington Post who originally reported on the story spoke with protesters who were there and as soon as they saw what was written asked him to leave.
I hope Obama has the Secret Service question this guy.

I read the original Buzzfeed piece, and it said Posobic also went to a protest in Baltimore right before this, and did the same thing: he incited the protestors to start shouting Assassinate Trump, and as soon as he could recorded it on video.

He's dangerous, and I'm surprised Twitter hasn't suspended him, look what happened with the gunmen at Comet Ping Pong?

[tenorly]

4. Self-victimization is Goebbels 101.

Neo-fascists elsewhere in the world are responding to their own falling approval with the very same tactic. Here's a very recent example from Trump's BFF in Argentina: http://www.democraticunderground.com/110854225

[mopinko]

5. same w the "riots" in chi.

the trolls all insisted that it was the lefties who started the fighting, which was far from a riot anyway. blamed it on the "bernie bros" who were their own creation anyway.
but i doubt it. a lot of my friends were there, and they are the sort that escort flies and spiders from the premises rather than squish them.

projection. all they have is projection.

[jmowreader]

7. So what they're saying...

...is any hateful, disgusting or unseemly sign held up in the presence of Dear Leader from now on was made by one of his supporters.

[Generator]

8. I thought that was it when it happened!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Posobiec got thrown out of Comet Ping Pong for making a video of a children's party.

It's at DU.

[Oneironaut]

10. Doesn't matter which side - That person is disturbed and needs help.

[nolabear]

11. I'm worried what they will do at the March on Washington and others that day.

They are willing to do anything, and women can be very vulnerable to threats of violence and acts of hate.

[Hortensis]

18. Not those women. Not to worry.

The kind who never take their high-rise workplace's elevator to the street, sure the city streets are full of evil and danger, are mostly solid conservatives.

[nolabear]

20. It's not a judgment call. They're not superwomen.

I know many women who are going, some of whom are taking kids. I'm very very glad they are and wish I could. But O'Keefe's tape alarmed me, and the fact that they are going to have to rely entirely on Metro to get there (buses can't get near the place) leaves them vulnerable and perceived targets. I put NOTHING past the deplorables.

That said I am behind them all the way, with money and support in any way I can give it. I'd be at the local one except for a physical issue that keeps me from it right now. Hopefully it will be ongoing and I can jump in later.

[Hortensis]

22. Hope you can too. But the kind of people who would

act out in that way will be very badly outnumbered that day. Plus, police and security will be out in force, and these days everyone carries a phone. There certainly will be no organized attacks on women, which would backfire very badly.

Remember the fears posted here about attacks on voters on election day, the dangers of voter lines? Threats from conservative blow-hards to follow busses to prove they were going from state to state, and worries that crowds of old people might be attacked at their destinations?

It'll be okay. That said, if I can find it I'll take the pepper spray I bought to use on aggressive dogs when I was appraising. Because I have it, not because I actually expect to need it. That would be shocking.

[nolabear]

26. Do keep us posted. I'm awash with envy!

[IronLionZion]

28. Feminists are very powerful

and there are marches in DC all the time. Strength in numbers will help. The good people vastly outnumber the troublemakers.

[Hekate]

12. Our side needs to be vigilant and refuse to give space to signs like that. For demos, have a plan...

Have plans in place to shut down probable infiltrators.

[Initech]

13. This is begging to be Photoshopped!

[saidsimplesimon]

14. The plot thickens.

Breaking News, I do not have time today to post.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-british-spy-christopher-steele-prepared-explosive-trump-memo-n705891

Former British Spy Christopher Steele Prepared Explosive Trump Memo
by HANS NICHOLS and KEN DILANIAN

An explosive 35-page memo on Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, which contains unverified allegations and which Trump called a "complete fabrication" Wednesday, was written by a former British intelligence officer working for Orbis Business Intelligence, Ltd., two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Separately, Rohit Kachroo, security editor for NBC News British partner ITV News, reported that the man's name is Christopher David Steele, a former officer with MI6 who was posted to Moscow in 1990. The memo was originally generated on behalf of Republican opponents of Trump's but was later shopped to the media by Democrats.
...snip
Steele's whereabouts were not known Thursday, and intelligence analyst Glenmore Trenear-Harvey said it was "perfectly plausible" the ex-spy could be in hiding in fear of retaliation from the Russian government.

"Look what happened to Litvinenko," he said. "Putin has form... Such things have happened in the past."

[Bengus81]

15. They had those fakes when Dubya was Pres.......n/t

[Judi Lynn]

16. Unbelievably odd. The one who thought this up should be examined, and soon.

[MFM008]

17. This smacks

Of James O Keeffe.

[nolabear]

21. He is legion.

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Nihil Sub Sole Novum.

Cops have been doing this to Union protestors for decades and decades. Oldest trick in the book; a provocateur.

I go to a rally, I take lots of pictures. Especially of any people asked to leave. These days, someone will be able to identify the creep eventually.

[SteamAddict]

29. Typical Trump thug

At least they didn't pose as a protester and punch a trump supporter for the camera - which is also a typical tactic.

[formerGreenParty]

30. Young Turks covered this

it's pretty well explained:

&t=257s

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

31. Some organizers should have been there to confront/remove the sign & if need be the person - I say

this as someone VERY PROUD of our nonviolent protest tradition here in Madison WI - it doesn't happen by accident, organizers need to be savvy about provacateurs and take responsibility.