A sign hung in Port Coquitlam advertising a “whites-only” moms and tots group is causing outrage online after photos of a poster were shared on social media.

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    1 year ago

    It’s wild to me that after the last six years or so, people are still happy to conclude this must be a troll or fake. Like damn, what is it going to take to convince you that racists are fucking brazen?

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      I’d say it’s also that a lot of folks are very invested in making other people second guess if something like this is actually real or if it’s just Black folks with ulterior motives. It makes it easier for more people to dismiss overt racism when it happens.

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      Maybe some investigation Journalism that actually checks if this is real, or not? Because yes, a lot of these posts have turned out to be bullshit from trolls

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      Like damn, what is it going to take to convince you that racists are fucking brazen?

      Call me crazy but I don’t typically associate racist trash mom and tot groups with the sort of people who make very clean and legible flyers with fully formed clear english and even properly used apostrophes, as well as a QR code (centered too!), a telegram group, and a proton email

      The deeper you look into all the context surrounding the flyer, the faker and faker it looks.

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        It’s amazing how well the average white supremacist can blend into society.

        Please stop being so closedminded. These people want you to think since they aren’t toothless rednecks in a Maga hat that they can’t possibly be racist. This shit comes in a sizes and flavours.

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          Don’t say that. When they identify themselves it’s easier to pick them out. I love me nazi armbands. Much easier to tell at a glance who’s the nazi.

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          Did you read the “article”? There was no research or investigation. It was literally describing a social media post with no investigation to corroborate anything. This is the news community. There should be quality standards for news posts. This is a pretty clear low effort “article” to capitalize a upward trending controversial social media post to grab clicks and ad views.

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          What does that even mean. I’m not sure why recognizing local news click bait meant to trigger my liberal sensibilities outs me as a conservative somehow. This headline and post isn’t meant to trigger conservative outrage, it’s liberal outrage. (Also the OP tagline says the news is about sparking outrage.)

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          1 year ago

          Where’s the evidence this group really exists? This article is basically fluff around a social media post with little investigation

          Daily Hive has reached out to Coquitlam RCMP and the City for comment.

          So the journalist reached out to the city, but not the telegram account for comment?