Before Robert Bowers killed 11 in synagogue, on Gab he offered to help a white supremacist hate group dox a journalist
It's really hard to keep up with how weird every news story is right now. The Huffington Post's Jessica Schulberg sums her new HuffPo report perfectly: "Before Robert Bowers killed 11 people in a synagogue, he offered to help the League of the South's Brad Griffin dox a journalist on Gab."
Gab's CEO Andrew Torba has said that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect does not represent the site, but Torba reportedly spent years recruiting racists exactly like Bowers, promoted white supremacists and Nazis, and ignored racist death threats, all on Gab.
Here's an excerpt, and scroll down for an amazing reaction:
Read the restTorba, who likes to portray himself as a free speech warrior under attack by big tech, liberals and the media, describes Gab as a censorship-free version of Twitter. But as Gab's CEO, he has rooted for prominent racists, vilified minorities, fetishized "trad life" in which women stay at home with the kids, and fantasized about a second American civil war in which the right outguns the left. And despite Torba's supposed commitment to free speech, Gab often blocks its critics on Twitter and rails against journalists.
White supremacists and members of the alt-right like Gab because Torba speaks their language: People who learn to embrace far-right politics have been "red-pilled," people who know what's going on are "based." Even Gab's logo is a nod to white supremacists: The green frog is clearly reminiscent of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that became popular in racist memes.
Torba, who declined to be interviewed, wasn't always sending those sorts of signals.
