Hatewatch Headlines 1/9/2017
How "Alt-Right" trolls terrorize their victims; Spencer’s anti-Semitism out in the open; Fischer decries single-use bathrooms; and more.
The Forward: How ‘Alt-Right’ trolling has become the cross-burning of the Twitter age.
Missoulian (MT): Police say white supremacist march in Whitefish is unlikely to happen.
IREHR: Richard Spencer is known as Alt-Right and white-nationalist leader, but he is also a rabid anti-Semite.
LGBTQ Nation: AFA’s Bryan Fischer thinks single-use bathrooms give trans people ‘special rights.’
Media Matters: Daily Beast exposes racist Alt-Right conspiracy theory about Fort Lauderdale airport shooter.
Oregonian: Prosecutors want California man to remove posts on FBI informants in Malheur refuge occupation case.
BuzzFeed: A Jewish family receives threatening note after hanging ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner.
Salon: The next wave of anti-trans bathroom bills will be even worse, as Virginia legislation demonstrates.
WBAL-TV (Baltimore, MD): Ann Arundel high-schoolers get ‘Kool Kids Klan’ recruitment flyers, petition.
Right Wing Watch: Michele Bachmann tells FRC’s Perkins she hopes Trump reverses ‘evil’ gay rights causes.
Talking Points Memo: After man leaves banana peels on black family’s driveway, police find arsenal, Nazi memorabilia in his home.
Al Jazeera: Black musician Daryl Davis describes how he befriends Ku Klux Klan members and convinces them to leave group.