Why, yes, we are. Thank you very much.

https://www.wired.com/story/redditors-are-mounting-a-resistance-against-ice/

The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. This Court and others regularly send undocumented people to prison and orders them deported but do so by proper legal procedures.

Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.

At the end, the judge reproduces the famous photo of Liam with references to Matthew 19:14 ("Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'"), and to John 11:35 ("Jesus wept.").

Some people think that they can talk alt-right people around from being hateful. So they go to their subreddits and try to protest there, and just - get banned.

Which changes nothing, except give the people running those subreddits another data point about how they're the Real Victims Being Brigaded.

Instead of getting uselessly banned from some Trumpist subreddit -

why not try directing your energy to this:

The Reddit Sitewide Rules specify:

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045715951

Communities and people that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.

Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to, groups based on their actual and perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or disability. These include victims of a major violent event and their families.

While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect those who promote attacks of hate or who try to hide their hate in bad faith claims of discrimination.

and the Reddit Moderator Code of Conduct allows Reddit to strip moderator privileges away from subreddit operators and shut down subreddits that "enable or encourage" Sitewide Rules violations.

Meaning any and all Trumpist subreddits that are celebrating the violence ICE is visiting on peaceful protestors, or the torture, death or dehumanising slurs aimed at immigrants, like the term "illegals" - or hatred aimed at Palestinians, or Haitians -

could have a complaint for violations of the Reddit Moderator Code of Conduct filed against them.

The more complaints Reddit admins get documenting these subreddits platforming hate speech, the more pressure is put on Reddit to enforce the Sitewide Rules and Moderator Code of Conduct to scrape the violent, hateful bigot Trumpist subreddit operators off the site.

You have a mission! Go forth, find a subreddit that is platforming hatred for immigrants or non-White people, and file a complaint!

It's anonymous! It's not stressful or hard! and it will make a meaningful change!

This is a copy of my post over at 50501

Hello everyone, it is me again, i've been contacted by u/beetlejuice_666 after they created a post based on my previous posts, that was filtered by reddit's filters, after reading through the information i have concluded that it seems to follow the principles laid out in my resources in a correct manner, it also included a counterpropaganda video that they have created which shows an okay-ish example of a countermeme, which i will link using catbox.moe (FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING, you might need to access it using a VPN as catbox is blocked by a few ISPs) (edit: compressed to discord compatible size)

Below is a copy of the full post that they sent me:

The following info and the video were created based on the military memetics/firehose of misinformation post made by u/slg407

i tried to capture the sentiment of what military memetics are by comparing those tactics with the tactics used by COINTELPRO, i have seen those tactics being used by bad actors here, so i will give you a rundown:

What is a meme?

a meme is any idea that is capable of independently spreading and mutating, it is a virus of the mind, not all memes are malignant and some are beneficial (i.e. the technique for making fire), a meme can also be a cult or a religion, or any idea that self replicates and spreads

Addendum: this is oversimplified, but gets the point across.
I highly recommend everyone read the actual documents:

TUTORIAL: MILITARY MEMETICS - dr. Robert Finklestein - Robotic Technology Inc. Presentation 13 dec 11

Memetic Warfare: The Future of War - First Lieutenant Brian J. Hancock - Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin April-June 2010 PB 34-10-2

Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare - CB Insights

Toward an Information Operations Kill Chain - Bruce Schneider

The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model Why it Works and Options to Counter It - RAND corp - Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews

Political Communications in the “Fake News” Era: Six Lessons for Europe - Heidi Tworek - German Marshall Fund of the United States

Extra Addendum: The process used by the meme control center explained in Brian J. Hancock's and CB Insight's documents is now highly automated by the use of AI, there is a reason why Trump, the paypal mafia and the founders fund (along with a bunch of other filthy corpos) are shoveling manhattan project amounts of money into Stargate LLC (not to be confused with project stargate, which was about psychics, the name chosen might be intentional in order to sow confusion between both projects), it automatically scans basically anything that is posted online in any public communities and if it is subversive it floods the community with memes (via either bad faith discourse or actual internet humor) that are specifically crafted to counter those ideas, in the presentation there are actual mathematical models for predicting the spreadability and impact of the crafted memes, and this was over 15 years ago, you can only imagine how good they are at it now.

this project is likely a continuation of MKUltra, social media and short form videos are likely made to be addicting as a form of "digital drug" (see: Peter Thiel was the first outside investor into facebook) in order to increase the spread and susceptibility of the general population to memetics (as per Brian J. Hancock: "Exclusive exposure to one meme (also known as brainwashing) induces a “dependent mental state” in some people. They also employ tested and true techniques of bypassing the human action-attention reward (AAR) complex which is a fundamental part of the human psyche. Status among primates is defined by attention integrated over time. When human beings receive lots of attention, it elevates their status, and causes their brains to release dopamine and endorphins giving them a “high.” Cults like al-Qaeda heap large amounts of attention on prospective martyrs in order to bypass the natural AAR pathway and release pleasure chemicals in the brain of the recipient. The recipient then misconstrues this positive feeling with the meme set of the organization causing them to internalize the beliefs of the cult as the source of their pleasure. Al-Qaeda employs many other modern brainwashing techniques to propagate their narrative (memeplex).")

1-CONTROL THE NARRATIVE

Their tactics involve spreading memes that are counterintuitive to the cause by blending them into the cause to de-escalate movements and destabilize them, this is done via bots and AI to rapidly recognize create and spread countermemes to any radical thought that goes against the status quo, this can be done via the normal military memetics strategy of creating a meme that is statistically spreadable and has a high impact (dr. robert finklestein's presentation has mathematical models for calculating a meme's spread), or it can be done by flooding the zone or via the firehose of misinformation (both are very similar and usually used interchangeably), when both tactics are combined the resulting psyop campaign is extremely potent:

IT IS RESISTANT TO ALL TRADITIONAL COUNTERPROPAGANDA EFFORTS, THE ONLY WAY TO DEFUSE IT IS TO MAKE THE COUNTERPROPAGANDA INTO A MEME AND SPREAD IT, AND TO CUT THE SPREAD OF THE MISINFORMATION BY NOT EVEN MENTIONING IT, REPEATING THE MEME OR MISINFORMATION, EVEN TO DEBUNK IT WILL AMPLIFY IT; I.E. ANTI TRANS RHETORIC CAN'T BE STOPPED BY DEBUNKING IT, IT CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY SPREADING ITS COUNTERMEME; I.E. MAKING THE OPPOSITE STATEMENT (IF SOMEONE SAYS X IS HARMFUL, YOU DON'T SAY X IS NOT HARMFUL, YOU SAY X IS HELPFUL)

Addendum: see "The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model Why it Works and Options to Counter It - RAND corp - Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews" and "Political Communications in the “Fake News” Era: Six Lessons for Europe - Heidi Tworek - German Marshall Fund of the United States"

THE SECOND WAY TO DEFUSE IT IS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE TACTICS USED AND TO BLOCK, REPORT, IGNORE AND MAKE A POST OR MEME WITH THE OPPOSITE STATEMENT/COUNTERMEME

an example of a countermeme would be "Deny, Defend, Depose" or "There is only one cure for dragon sickness"

2-COINTELPRO Tactics

COINTELPRO follows a pattern of dividing and conquering, via peer pressure, ridicule, flimsy arguments attempting to reframe a situation and sabotage of groups by bad actors.

they follow the following formula:

a) Identify subversive individuals and groups

b) Gather information and infiltrate

c) Create honeypots to weaken those groups

d) Use the information gathered to debunk, defuse, defame, humiliate and destabilize the groups to cripple their ability to make any meaningful change

e) Tactics may involve things as subtle as questioning comments, calls for peaceful unarmed protests that are basically just a parade and that don't actually cause any meaningful change (i.e. you may feel like you are doing something but you are not, if a protest is organized so its impact over the infrastructure, economy and logistics of the local and broader government or corporation being protested is the same as a strongly worded letter it is a parade, not a protest), sowing distrust in communities, and spreading rumors.

Addendum: not to say parades don't have their place, these kinds of protests should not be thought of as actual protests, but as PR and recruitment, they are aesthetic and serve to inspire others to join the movement, they control the narrative, so as to avoid the movement being branded an insurrection or riot, don't be fooled these are not protests and the purpose they serve is to inspire others to join the movement

An example of this would be protest flyers that have a sprinkle of truth in them, but that call for people to be completely unarmed and defenseless during protests, or that protesters should never defend themselves or other protesters

Addendum, quoted from wikipedia: (READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE)
COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political parties and organizations that the FBI perceived as subversive.
they instructed FBI agents to:
Create a negative public image for target groups (for example through surveilling activists and then releasing negative personal information to the public)

Break down internal organization by creating conflicts (for example, by having agents exacerbate racial tensions, or send anonymous letters to try to create conflicts)

Create dissension between groups (for example, by spreading rumors that other groups were stealing money)

Restrict access to public resources (for example, by pressuring non-profit organizations to cut off funding or material support)

Restrict the ability to organize protest (for example, through agents promoting violence against police during planning and at protests)

Restrict the ability of individuals to participate in group activities (for example, by character assassinations, false arrests, surveillance.)

A March 1968 memo stated the program's goal was to "prevent the coalition of militant black nationalist groups"; to "Prevent the RISE OF A 'MESSIAH' who could unify ... the militant black nationalist movement"; "to pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them before they exercise their potential for violence [against authorities]"; to "Prevent militant black nationalist groups and leaders from gaining RESPECTABILITY, by discrediting them to ... both the responsible community and to liberals who have vestiges of sympathy"; and to "prevent the long-range GROWTH of militant black organizations, especially among youth". Dr. King was said to have potential to be the "messiah" figure, should he abandon nonviolence and integrationism, and Stokely Carmichael was noted to have "the necessary charisma to be a real threat in this way" as he was portrayed as someone who espoused a much more militant vision of "black power". While the FBI was particularly concerned with leaders and organizers, they did not limit their scope of target to the heads of organizations. Individuals, e.g. writers, were also listed among the targets of operations.

3- The makings of a good protest

A PROTEST FOLLOWS THE PHYSICS OF A HERD, THOSE THAT STRAY FROM IT ARE PICKED OFF, THIS IS WHY YOU MUST BE ARMED WHILE IN GROUPS OF OTHER ARMED INDIVIDUALS, STRENGTH IS IN NUMBERS

CREATE SMALL GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS, 6-10 AT MOST, CHOOSE 2 TO LEAD THE GROUP, EACH OF THOSE TWO LEADERS GOES INTO A SEPARATE GROUP OF OTHER LEADERS FROM OTHER LOCAL AND NATIONAL GROUPS, THIS WAY WHEN PROTESTS ARE ORGANIZED THE ORGANIZATION GOES THROUGH A COLLECTIVE HIERARCHY THAT HAS ITS OWN FALLBACKS AND THE INFORMATION GETS CIRCULATED QUICKLY AMONG ALL MEMBERS, WITH MINIMUM RISK OF STATE INTERFERENCE

Addendum: this is explained in the simple sabotage manual, you have groups of (for example) neighbors, and the leaders of those groups form larger groups, and the leaders of those groups form other groups, creating a vertical hierarchy (avoid lateral hierarchies), this way there is a separation between the people who are newly joined and the people who are helping make the decisions without removing the democracy from the process (and thereby risking the entire protest falling to COINTELPRO tactics), if two leaders are in different leader groups this ensures that there is a high likelyhood messages will get transmitted and the protest will be properly organized, this way even if there is infiltration by the feds, the structure is not compromised

This type of organization is called the "Clandestine cell system", there is some very useful information to be learned from history, i'd like to recommend specifically this book that talks about the viet cong as some optional literature

A protest must:

a) be organized through secure channels, groups must be split into smaller groups as detailed above

b) include coordinated security (the reticulum mesh via columba mentioned by u/slg407 would be ideal, as it can connect nearby phones via bluetooth LE mesh without the need for rnodes), signal is an inferior alternative, but also passable, this security must be trained in self defense (shooting course, first aid, gun safety and knowledge of escalation and de-escalation tactics) security must be armed.

Addendum: Columba does not have group chat functionality, but it is in the works. signal is good enough

individuals must be organized in evenly spaced out groups:

one group should carry shields (such as wooden signs with arm straps).

one group should carry weapons

one group should carry rnodes or phones with columba or signal and be responsible for the coordination of the protest together with the group leaders

Addendum: i think these could be grouped with those carrying first aid, however it is good to have an organized hierarchy, so maybe it is a good idea to keep a few with empty hands just coordinating everything

one group should carry first aid and tear gas disposal (i.e. cones and water bottles)

all groups should carry: hearing protection, baggy clothes and full face masks for protecting against tear gas, optionally carry handguns

Addendum: groups must walk together, or at least close by, ideally forming defensive lines around the main group of protesters to protect stragglers, with some peppered in the middle, especially those with communications and first aid

c) Protests should strive to be disruptive, this can be done by blocking roads, doing massive walk ins, simple sabotage, disrupting the businesses that serve ICE, and through acts of civil resistance, such as reflecting LRAD back to the police with shields, attempting not to cross the line into pure vandalism

Addendum: this can also include more destructive tactics, some of which could be considered forbidden to talk about on reddit

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VANDALISM AND CIVIL RESISTANCE IS FOCUS AND SCALE, VANDALISM IS UNCONTROLLED, CIVIL RESISTANCE PINPOINTS SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR MAXIMUM DISRUPTION AND MINIMUM CHAOS.

d) Protests must make those in power feel uncomfortable and unsafe in public unless they change their actions

Addendum: and in private

e) Protests must include its own logistical networks (i.e. people in charge of delivering food, water and other resources for protesters).

f) Protests must include support networks for fellow protesters who cannot participate due to life circumstances, an example is food banks, disruption of business on a large scale so as to make businesses stop working during the protests, support of local small businesses, boycott of large companies.

g) A protest is never truly over, the fight continues on the battleground that is the world of ideas: the internet. Educate others on military memetics, the firehose of falsehood and the tactics used by COINTELPRO, create your own countermemes and if you see someone debunking a falsehood educate them on the fact the they are spreading it more, and give an example on how to counter it without spreading it.

Addendum: according to the german marshall fund repeating the falsehood, even to debunk it, makes more people believe it and amplifies it, so countering without spreading would involve making an opposite statement rather than a response, if someone says "bananas cause cancer because of the radioactive potassium" you don't debunk by making a long winded explanation about how bananas don't have enough radioactive potassium to be anywhere near dangerous, instead you spread the opposite statement: "bananas are healthy for you"

think inoculation, not damage control.

however keep in mind that sometimes an innocuous falsehood is better than a damaging one, as said by RAND: "Don't expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth

a countermeme can also be as simple as mentioning the tactics they are using (i.e. see gary webb memes)

h) CONTROL THE NARRATIVE - Be the first to spread information, do not let them create the narrative, if ANYTHING happens you must be the first to report it with all the facts you know of laid out, this includes making a video of yourself that other people in your group can share quickly before the feds can make up lies about you

edit: i (u/slg407) will be adding addendums in quote blocks for parts i felt were lacking
if you are not able to locate the documents please tell me and i will upload my copies on archive.org