Antifa members are threatening to incite violence across the U.S. following Twitter’s recent crackdown on violent extremist accounts, according to reports.
Since billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter last October, left-leaning accounts calling for violence are being subjected to the company’s Terms of Service, which previously targeted right-wing voices.
BREAKING: Portland Antifa threaten violent protests at Tesla dealershipshttps://t.co/Vh3esth6TI
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 25, 2022
“As revenge for @elonmusk suspending violent extremist accounts on Twitter, #Antifa in Portland are organizing arson attacks on @Tesla locations tonight. This is just a drop in the ocean of years of violent organizing on Twitter,” The Post Millennial Editor-at-Large Andy Ngo tweeted.
Ngo points to Twitter user AshRedacted, who is planning arson attacks with fellow Antifa members at Tesla locations on Friday.
“Tonight in Portland! Every city, every town! Show up at your local Tesla dealerships in protest of Elon Musk! This will be a thread with other flyers that pop up and other notable Tesla locations across the so called ‘US,’” AshRedacted tweeted.
Attached to the tweet is an image showing a Tesla ablaze and the words “F*ck Elon Musk.”
“The fascist Elon Musk has chosen his side in history aligning with fascists and white supremacy so tonight we are calling for actions across the so called ‘US’ at ever local Tesla dealership,” read the flier.
This comes after leftists expressed dissatisfaction with Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, with many criticizing his hands-off approach to censorship.
“I would be so happy if I’m wrong. But the [sic] all the red lights are flashing here,” tweeted NBC News reporter Ben Collins.
“Today on Twitter feels like the last evening in a Berlin nightclub at the twilight of Weimar Germany,” wrote liberal academic and journalism professor Jeff Jarvis.
The self-proclaimed “Chief Twit” closed the deal for $44 billion and began to reshape the platform that he’s long criticized over allegations of not being politically neutral by firing several executives. Those fired include chief executive Parag Agrawal and chief financial officer Ned Segal, among others.
“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner,” Musk tweeted shortly after the acquisition.
