User:Pngdeity/MyMilitia
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Type of site | Internet forum |
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| URL | www |
| Current status | Live |
MyMilitia is a website.
History[edit]
There's a rough notecard system here with the sources sorted by date and the facts from the articles beneath the source title, just an FYI for the curious. Somers-all-the-time (talk) 02:44, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
18 March 2018 [1]
Members of the White Rabbit militia communicated on the platform up to the bombing of the Dar Al-Farooq Mosque in Bloomington, MN
8 May 2020 [2]
Josh Ellis runs the website and he is also the leader of American Revolution 2.0 (AR2) he "runs a home-repair business"
"the owner of the mymilitia.com domain is Chad Embrey of New Lexington, Ohio."
Asked in a telephone conversation about whether he knew about Embrey or My Militia before the website was built, Ellis said, “Not really”, but having looked at the website, since added: “It definitely seems like a group that is pretty simple in their belief in just defending the second amendment.”
15 Oct 2020 [3]
Domain was registered in 2016, sold in April to Josh Ellis
In an interview, Ellis claimed the site has 20,000 members and that there are 530 existing militias organized by ZIP code
Features of the site include a geo-locating fellow member map, voice chat, and photo galleries -> There's also a library of military manuals and the anarchist cookbook. Further, there is a forum section with discussions
Sincerity is hard to determine -> Per Vice "There’s clearly a range of intentions among the participants.
2 Nov 2020 [4]
13 Nov 2020 [5]
21 Nov 2020 [6]
9 April 2021 [7]
2 June 2021 [8]
3 June 2021 [9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Montemayor, Stephen (18 March 2018). "How alleged Minnesota mosque bomber tried to build militia in rural Ill". Star Tribune.
- ^ Wilson, Jason; Evans, Robert (8 May 2020). "Revealed: major anti-lockdown group's links to America's far right". The Guardian.
- ^ Owen, Tess (15 October 2020). "Meet MyMilitia, Where Right-Wing Extremists Find Friendship and Fantasize About Violence". Vice News.
- ^ Hernandez, Salvador; Adams, Rosaline (2 November 2020). "Some Militant Group Leaders Don't Agree With Trump's Call For Them To Be On Guard". BuzzFeed News.
- ^ Paul, Kari (13 November 2020). "Tech companies under pressure to ban far-right forum used for militia organizing". The Guardian.
- ^ Sanyal, Pathikrit (21 November 2020). "What is My Militia? Far-right online forum preparing for 'Civil War' with President-elect Joe Biden's win". Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide.
- ^ Barrett, Brian (9 April 2021). "A Far-Right Extremist Allegedly Plotted to Blow Up Amazon Data Centers". Wired.
- ^ Yousef, Odette (2 June 2021). "A Website That's Become A Hub For Far-Right Extremists Is Run By A Suburban Chicago Man". WBEZ.
- ^ Schaenzer, Amie (3 June 2021). "Suburban Man Runs Website For Far-Right Extremists: Report". Patch.com.
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