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Libs of TikTok (Chaya Raichiuk) unmasked herself, while admitting she was part of the Jan 6 riot. (Original Post) Swede Dec 2022 OP
Daily Beast article for those who don't use Twitter DBoon Dec 2022 #1
How can a (1) Jewish (2) woman fail to see the irony in her being a hatemonger? CurtEastPoint Dec 2022 #2
From my experience, being part of an oppressed group... regnaD kciN Dec 2022 #3
you misunderstand. she's Jew-ish. uncle ray Dec 2022 #4
THAT has to be the phrase of 2022. Maybe he meant Jewish-ish CurtEastPoint Dec 2022 #5
There are plenty of Right Wing/Republican Jews. maxsolomon Dec 2022 #6

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
1. Daily Beast article for those who don't use Twitter
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:16 PM
Dec 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/unmasked-libs-of-tiktok-creator-chaya-raichik-claimed-she-was-at-capitol-riot

A Washington Post exposé has named the woman behind “Libs of TikTok”—an anti-LGBTQ+ Twitter account influential in right-wing circles—revealing she once claimed to have attended the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The account’s Brooklyn-based creator, Chaya Raichik, posted under various account names before settling on Libs of TikTok in April 19, 2021. The anonymous account quickly rose to prominence thanks to support from right-wing podcaster Joe Rogan, and over time, Raichik stepped up attacks on the LGBTQ community and even began influencing legislation, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “Libs of TikTok is basically acting as a wire service for the broader right-wing media ecosystem,” said Ari Drennen, of the watchdog group Media Matters. “It’s been shaping public policy in a real way, and affecting teachers’ ability to feel safe in their classrooms.” According to the Post, Raichik claimed to be at the Jan. 6 riot, where she tweeted updates as the situation heated up. “They were rubber bullets from law enforcement. 1 hit right next to me,” she wrote. Later, she claimed the riot was calm compared to a “BLM protest.”

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
3. From my experience, being part of an oppressed group...
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 08:12 PM
Dec 2022

…doesn’t inoculate you from being happy to oppress others when given the chance.

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