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https://www.dailydot.com/debug/national-butterfly-center-closed-sex-trafficking-qanon/>
"Right-wing conspiracy theorists have already decided that pizza, furniture,
and pictures of corn are all part of the vast secret and silent war between
good and evil. So moving on to claiming that butterflies are part of the deep
state isn’t a surprise. But a bizarre and still unfolding incident at the
National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas isn’t just proof that conspiracy
theorists see patterns in noise, but that social media hysteria and
anti-immigrant sentiment can combine for terrible and violent results.
The National Butterfly Center, located less than a half-mile from the
U.S.-Mexico border, is a battlefield in the conflict over President Donald
Trump’s proposed border wall, which is still being built through federally
protected land just south of the Center. But this week, the conflict took a
distinctly more conspiratorial—and disturbing—tone when, according to an email
blast put out by the Center, it was forced to close for three days “due to
credible threats we have received from a former state official.”
Center director Marianna Wright “was advised by [a] former state official
(whose daughter is the Hidalgo County GOP chairperson) that she should be armed
at all times or out of town this weekend,” due to a caravan of attendees at a
MAGA-themed border security conference taking place in McAllen, Texas, eight
miles away, that same weekend. The “We Stand America” event is scheduled to
feature speeches from a host of luminaries in the stolen
election/QAnon/anti-vaccine/MAGA universe/build-the-wall universe, including
disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, “Stop the Steal”
advocate Rep. Mark Finchem (R-Ariz.), stolen election figurehead Patrick Byrne,
and QAnon promoter Mel K."
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote "It never occurred to me that they’d come for
the butterflies."
See also:
QAnon Virginia Candidate Brawls At Texas Butterfly Center And This Headline Is
Wildly Insufficient
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"We suppose nobody should be surprised by anything the QAnon loons come up with
anymore, since their most recent exploits have involved gathering at Dallas's
Dealey Plaza in hopes that JFK Jr. would show up to help Donald Trump unleash
"The Storm" and regain the White House.
Nonetheless, we'll admit to being a bit surprised when we saw that the National
Butterfly Center, a private nature preserve along the Rio Grande, announced it
would be closing this weekend due to "credible threats" against the center and
its staff."
Via Doug Senko, who wrote "Here’s a more fleshed out piece on the border war
incited by QAnon down at the butterfly sanctuary. Crazy as fck."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
