An interesting read on how the Oath Keepers use natural disasters as recruiting platforms by providing relief aid to people susceptible to their message.

  •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) 
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    11 months ago

    they’re also not the only group like this out there, is the other part. for the past few years it’s become increasingly common for similar organized (and unorganized) militia-type groups to do this stuff. it was infamously a point of hysteria during Oregon’s 2020 wildfires that antifa were setting wildfires, for example, and many right-wing and far-right cranks teamed up to block roads and “protect their property” accordingly. i know similarly ideological groups have been observed giving aid during and after California’s wildfires too