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Pittsburgh state Rep. Dan Frankel targeted by antisemitic threats on Gab — the same platform used by the Tree of Life suspect
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | August 23, 2022 | Gillian McGoldrick

Posted on 08/23/2022 2:46:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Dan Frankel has become the latest target of antisemitic threats on the same social media platform used by the man who is charged with the murder of 11 Jews in 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill — the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Mr. Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill, has become the subject of threats and derogatory comments on Gab. Gab is widely viewed as a platform used by white nationalists and other far-right extremists. The suspect in the 2018 Tree of Life attack used the site to post neo-Nazi propaganda and to call for violence against Jews.

The threats against Mr. Frankel, first reported by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, began to surface on Gab after Mr. Frankel participated in several press conferences last month to criticize state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s usage of the platform as part of his campaign for governor. A member of Mr. Frankel’s staff discovered the posts recently as part of a search of the site, Mr. Frankel said.

“I’m certainly not unique,” Mr. Frankel said. “Clearly, this website has been a platform for spreading hatred, particularly antisemitism, for years.”

Mr. Mastriano received criticism last month for his campaign’s payment of $5,000 to Gab for “consulting fees,” according to campaign finance records. As part of this payment, all new accounts on the platform would automatically follow Mr. Mastriano. Mr. Mastriano is the GOP gubernatorial nominee. His Democratic opponent is state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish.

Following weeks of criticism, Mr. Mastriano quietly closed his Gab account and said he rejected “anti-Semitism in any form,” according to his July 28 statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; andrewtorba; antisemitism; danfrankel; democrats; dougmastriano; election2022; freespeech; fundraising; gab; jews; pennsylvania; police; smears; squirrelhill; treeoflife; violence
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To: DoughtyOne

See my previous.

There are * everywhere.


21 posted on 08/23/2022 4:22:24 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And what was the “threat”?


22 posted on 08/23/2022 4:23:22 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival)
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To: FreedomPoster

Thanks.

That kind of mindset is how we got Hitler’s Germany.

I won’t stand by and watch it. I know where it leads.


23 posted on 08/23/2022 4:25:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

That’s ridiculous.

Enjoy the safe spaces as you find them.


24 posted on 08/23/2022 4:34:29 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

You misinterpreted what I stated.

The people making antisemitic comments are the problematic
people.

That’s how we got Hitler’s Germany.


25 posted on 08/23/2022 4:35:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Evil speech is protected speech too.


26 posted on 08/23/2022 4:41:31 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: DoughtyOne

There were a lot more issues that created Hitler’s Germany, but that’s right up there at the top.

Weiner Germany was perhaps the first appearance of people supporting transgenderism, for example.

Back to the issue, I find Gab useful despite the presence of some unsavory elements using it. They’re easy enough to suppress.


27 posted on 08/23/2022 4:41:59 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster; DoughtyOne

Autocowrecked!

Weimar


28 posted on 08/23/2022 4:47:06 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Well of course. The economic issues and bitterness over the
agreements forced on Germany after WWI were prominent.

I’m simply addressing the part where antisemites became a
large enough segment of the populace, that the German
leadership could get away with the actions they pulled.

It’s not quite as easy as saying ‘freedom of speech’ should
cover folks like this too. Openly allowing racism leads
to other very unfortunate events.

I haven’t been there to GAB, so I’m not the person to
judge. I have addressed what I think of antisemitism.


29 posted on 08/23/2022 4:47:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Thanks...


30 posted on 08/23/2022 4:50:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Pgh P-G is particularly loathsome, no?


31 posted on 08/23/2022 4:53:05 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chanece favors the prepared mind.)
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To: sauropod

Their Pirates reporter is pretty good.


32 posted on 08/23/2022 5:22:48 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The suspect also breathed air. You know who else breathed air ??? Hitler !!!

I rest my case..... (Evil grin)


33 posted on 08/23/2022 5:50:59 PM PDT by Salgak (You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
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To: miserare

The Teflon of Yahweh.


34 posted on 08/23/2022 5:56:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: SmokingJoe

Gab did have a topic/section called Israel early on, when I joined, and that topic was riddled with some of the most vile anti-semitic filth you could see.

I had to be quite careful about who I followed in those days. Fortunately, the morons have been diluted by all the Trumpers who came over after Twitter banned POTUS45 and Parler was temporarily axed by AWS.


35 posted on 08/23/2022 5:58:26 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: FreedomPoster; BobL

And the Interstate Highway System was modeled after Hitler’s Autobahns, which impressed Eisenhower a great deal after WWII. All those roads must be boycotted, as well as all Volkswagens (Hitler’s “People’s Car”).


36 posted on 08/23/2022 6:00:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Jim Noble

Not specified. Of course.


37 posted on 08/23/2022 6:02:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: sauropod

Eh, I keep subscribing to it. They occasionally have columns by actual conservatives, not just David Brooksian Repubicans. And they reluctantly endorsed Trump in the 2020 Election.

It may resemble fishwrap, but there is at least some hope for this particular paper.


38 posted on 08/23/2022 6:04:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: sauropod

Just think of it: the PPG is likely better than the Washington Pest, The Baltimore “Blight For All” Sun and numerous Florida newspapers.


39 posted on 08/23/2022 6:07:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: LuxAerterna
Twitter in particular tolerates extreme and vicious comments

Twitter allows hard-core porn. I get tons of DMs from chicks asking me to visit their website and crap.

40 posted on 08/23/2022 6:10:43 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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