Twitter accused of facilitating Antifa violence

 Epoch Times:

Twitter did nothing to stop Antifa planning and promoting riots in Portland and Seattle weeks in advance, according to Journalist Andy Ngo, an expert on the anarcho-communist group.

At least 150 people gathered and participated in events punctuated by violence and destruction in the two states just hours after Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 20.

Wednesday’s riots saw agitators in Portland smashing windows and vandalizing the offices of the state’s Democratic Party, while in Seattle, the activists marched into the iconic Pike Place Market to smash up property, spray-paint buildings with an anarchist symbol, and smash windows, including at the William Kenzo Nakamura Courthouse, a federal building, according to KOMO.

“In Seattle and Portland, there were simultaneous riots that were pre-planned and organized, and also advertised weeks ahead of time on Twitter,” Ngo said in an interview with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders program, ahead of the Feb. 2 publication of his book, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”

“Twitter did nothing to take down some of these accounts that were promoting these riots,” he said.

Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by The Epoch Times.

Ngo noted that Rose City Antifa is the largest and oldest Antifa group and has a strong presence on Twitter with thousands of followers.

The journalist said Antifa, which has a strong influence in the Northwest U.S., has a formal membership process that involves “radicalization, going to training, [and] having extremist literature to read,” which he noted is “very similar to how Islamists radicalize regular Muslims into their worldview.”

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This appears inconsistent with their stated reason for blocking President Trump.  It looks there is a double standard when it comes to left-wing violence which is much more common than violence by Trump supporters.  The left-wing group has made Seattle and Portland a less attractive place to live and engage in commerce.  Antifa was also responsible for riots when President Trump was inaugurated  They have also been tied to violence in the BLM riots in recent months.

The group has been accused of being the militant arm of the Democrat party and Democrats have been reluctant to criticize their violence or even admit it happens.

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