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News It’s Kermit vs. Pepe as Twittersphere Fights ‘Alt-Right’ With Feel-Good Frog
Watch out, Pepe! In a fight against anti-Semitic and racist attacks, Twitter users are now using a secret weapon: Kermit the Frog. Kermit is framed as an anti-bigotry (but equally green) alternative to Pepe the Frog. Pepe is popular among “alt-right” Twitter trolls and white supremacists, and was recently declared an official hate-symbol by the…
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News Alt-Right Trolls Offended by Trump’s 400-Pound Hacker Joke
Donald Trump has a gift to alienate entire population swaths with a single one of his insults. Women, Mexicans, Muslims, you name it. But now you can add an unlikely group to this list: alt-right Twitter trolls. 4chan and 8chan, the “alt-right” message boards that originated the Star of David-meme that Trump then retweeted, were…
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News Anti-Semitism and the Trump Trolls: A Timeline
It’s too early to tell what the long-term effects of a Donald Trump candidacy will be. But one thing is for sure – his hateful rhetoric has inspired his followers. And especially so online, where it’s easy to attack someone without repercussions. We have compiled an interactive timeline of these attacks, that you can look…
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News BY THE NUMBERS: The Twittersphere of the Trolls
‘Your clothes will be removed & fumigated. You will be held down and given a bath!,” a Twitter troll tweeted at a Huffington Post journalist, complete with a picture of herself in a gas chamber. What sounds like an extreme example, is only one of the many attacks on Jews and Jewish journalsits by the…
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Breaking News Why Do Donald Trump’s Worst Tweets Come on Jewish Holidays — or Shabbat?
(JTA) — After the shooting death of Dwyane Wade’s cousin in August, Donald Trump , “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” The previous month, he posted to Twitter a six-pointed star containing the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever” stamped on an image of Hillary Clinton and hundred-dollar bills. A few weeks…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Lands in Social Media Hot Water Over ‘Racist’ Tweet
A tweet Lena Dunham wrote five years ago has resurfaced—and is causing a major internet backlash. “An uncool thought to have: ‘is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he’s Asian.’” the actress wrote on July 12, 2011. An uncool thought to have: “is that guy walking in the dark…
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News Jewish Buzzfeed Writer With Nazi-Hunting Father Viciously Trolled by ‘Alt Right’
Buzzfeed journalist Joseph Bernstein, whose father was a celebrated United States Justice Department Nazi hunter, is being trolled online for articles he has been writing about the white nationalist movement known as the alt-right. After a recent article about Sam Hyde, a comedian with ties to the alt-right and a show on Comedy Central’s Adult…
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News Why Is Donald Trump’s Doctor Talking About Hillary Clinton’s Health — or Tweeting in Italian?
Just when you thought Election 2016 couldn’t get weirder, Donald Trump’s Jewish doctor, who reassures us the nominee will be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” has a thing for Italian so intense, he delivered a speech in the language – at his son’s bar mitzvah. And at least according to one account,…
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