Hatewatch Headlines 6/2/2016
Trump borrows Jones’ California water theory; Symbol helps neo-Nazis target Jews; Arpaio guilty of perjury, criminal referral next; and more.
Washington Spectator: Donald Trump’s California water conspiracy theory is straight out of Alex Jones.
Talking Points Memo: ADL forms task force to examine torrent of anti-Semitic hate speech against journalists who criticize Trump.
Mic: How neo-Nazis use a secret symbol marked by parentheses to target and harass Jews online.
Right Wing Watch: Scott Lively thinks President Trump should ‘apologize to the world’ for Obama and mimic Putin on gays.
Phoenix New Times: Federal judge finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio committed perjury in civil-rights case, criminal referral coming.
Crosscut: The twisted logic of Ann Coulter and the ‘patriots’ who took over the Oregon refuge.
Political Research Associates: David Lenio, white nationalism, and the racial double standards in a mass shooting threat case.
Raw Story: North Carolina Airbnb host rejects and harasses black businesswoman, saying ‘I hate n------ so I’m going to cancel.’
Salon: There’s a new push to curtail online bigotry, but the toxic sludge of hate is too enormous to erase.