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Dad’s Army: Oathkeepers Inserts Itself Into the Ferguson Media Circus
J.R. Smith
21st Century Wire
Adding to the Ferguson media circus, a detachment of ‘Oath Keepers‘ militiamen arrived at West Florissant Ave early Tuesday, displaying their military gear for the cameras, while appearing to be ‘patrolling’ through the crowds of protesters who have gathered for the one year anniversary of the death of 18-year-old resident Michael Brown.
As standard, Oathkeepers were armed to teeth – complete with semi-automatic assault rifles, handguns, radio units, Oakely shades and combat vests, telling Ferguson demonstrators, “We’re on your side.”
Luckily, Oathkeepers appear to have missed all the action which took place a day and half earlier with a firefight between street thugs and police on Sunday evening.
Last year, Oathkeepers arrived in Ferguson in what appeared to be a much more constructive role than this year, as militiamen appearing to assist local business owners in protecting their premises from looters and arsonists – which seems to be a constructive role on their part. But it seems to be a bit of a stretch this week to say they are simply an armed escort for the internet media outlet Infowars.com.
In the video below, an Oathkeepers member claims to be acting as bodyguards for ‘reporters’ working for the ever-theatrical radio host Alex Jones’s website Infowars.com. This claim appears to be a comical one by Oathkeepers – extremely disingenuous considering that there are hundreds of media outlets and reporters in Ferguson and none of them require bodyguards to do their job.
The publicity stunt appears to have worked well for both Oathkeepers and Infowars, with both organizations getting national news coverage today due to the “controversy”. From a marketing perspective, this golden coverage could very translate into more paid clicks and additional membership dues.
Unfortunately, some Oathkeepers are not too brightest when it comes to fielding questions…
OATHKEEPER: ‘Obama is a Mulato’ and a ‘Secret Muslim’ (Image Source: Ruptly)
Amusingly, while claiming to be protecting Ferguson’s black residents, the Oathkeeper spokesman in the video had referred to US President Barack Obama as the “Mulato President”. He then goes on to parrot the popular right-wing conspiracy theory meme that Obama wears a “Muslim ring” on his finger, claimed that it’s adorned with an Arabic inscription of the first part of the Shahada, “There is no god except Allah.” Despite the fact that this claim has been thoroughly debunked, it still remains a rallying point for many gullible individuals who are still trying fruitlessly to unseat Obama after 7 years.
Interestingly, many of the same individuals who continue to spread the ‘Obama Secret Muslim’ meme are also pushing the rightwing-invented and Tea Party-pandering, fictional tale about how ISIS had set-up training camps 8 miles over the Texas borders in Mexico, as well as perhaps the most ridiculous of all imaginative stories of rent – the sensational claim that in April 2014 US Attorney General had “authorized a drone strike on Bundy Ranch”.
One could argue that many of these wild talking points baked into the alternative media’s ‘cult of collapse’ culture, make their purveyors genuine pawns of the right-wing, but also pawn of the left as their over-the-top, sensational rhetoric goes a long way to discredit real conservative ideas which could really be aligned with American moderates. Additionally, far from helping the candidate – this Oathkeeper’s endorsement of Donald Trump (see here) will be used by the left to help to discredit Trump.
Protest Theater
History has shown that most, if not all – large national leftwing and rightwing activist or ‘patriot’ groups in the United States – function as a type of controlled opposition, and in many cases the organizations are infiltrated right up to the top positions.
White men armed with assault rifles freely roamed the streets of #Ferguson last night. Welcome to America in 2015. pic.twitter.com/3I13vk4ORf
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) August 11, 2015
Armed white men now walking down #Ferguson. No problem. Can you imagine armed blacks doing same? pic.twitter.com/74lOXPiLha
— Grace Lidia Suarez (@gracels) August 11, 2015
The questioner in the video above posed the pertinent question to the Oathkeeper, asking the armed militiaman, “If you (Oathkeepers) are armed (to the teeth, with assault rifles, in a volatile inner city setting), then why can’t the protesters be armed?”
Excellent question. Do Oathkeepers have the federal seal of approval in Ferguson? It certainly looks that way.
At this point in the conversation, the Oathkeeper began framing his organization as the victim, claiming that police had “set upon” Oathkeepers, while they were out on the streets of Ferguson performing their ‘duties’.
Meanwhile, like many of the alternative media outlets who promote his organization, Oathkeeper leader Stewart Rhodes continues to be heavily invested in ‘American End-Times’ scare industry. Recently Rhodes gave yet another in a seemingly endless line of ‘emergency warnings’, stating, “The realities are right in front of your face. This country is running out of time. To all Oathkeepers, hold an emergency summit in your state immediately. The time is now, do not waste another second.”
“United we stand, Stewart Rhodes calls on all Oathkeepers to hold the New York Veteran Patriot Emergency Summit in their states. Organize communications, food, medical supplies… Prepare for the worst.”
“Now is the time to set up a emergency food fund in your community, this is very important.”
Ferguson end times?
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