Vyan posted a diary yesterday that showed us a hideously sick and disturbed photoshop of a new national holiday being created out of lynching President Obama. Well, that horrible lynching image is now gone. The hate group that posted it on their Facebook page, America the next Generation, was so upset by the flood of angry liberals coming to their site they appointed a new Administrator to clean out all the liberal trash and trolls. This new Admin made the appropriate zero-tolerance public noises and then, with the haters reassured, revoked the site owner's Admin privileges, readmitted everyone who had been banned, invited in his own brand of merry pranksters, and then went to town giving the page a makeover with....goats.
Goat to know more....?
The Facebook page owner protested but was overwhelmed with more goats and more taunts ("Guess you might say he got your goat?"). He was the one who gave out the Admin privileges, though, so I don't see there's anything he can do about it. He's already cranked up a second hate site (guess what it's called!) where he bitterly decries the presence of all those....goats.
The new Goat Admin's accomplice explained why he was goating everyone on (emphasis mine):
“It was a member of the army of trolls I have the honor of leading…I usually only get involved after a troll has successfully completed a mission and been given manager status on a page…Then the goating begins…
We goat because we’re fed up with the lies being told by the ultra conservatives facebook has to offer…we take pages from despicable people who post despicable images and share any untruth they can find…
Let this be a warning to those who think ‘freedom of speech’ means freedom to slander, freedom to lie, and freedom to spread propaganda that does nothing but further the cause of making the rich richer at the expense of the working middle class and the future of our children…
We will not be allowing it any longer…’Molon Labe’ literally translates to ‘Come and Take’…
Be careful what you wish for…
Now
that's how you fight haters. Show them for who they are.
(Note: Image from facebook page repealed and replaced with link as it was offensive to some)
For More on the chronology of how this all came down, see:
What Trolls Did to The ‘Obama Lynching’ Facebook Page Will Make Your Week
If you're enjoying the goats I keep adding more images and now, MUSIC VIDEO remakes to the comments. Goat for it, and feel free to add your own!
UPDATE:
AATTP Exclusive: Ringleader of Trolls Who Goated Obama Lynching Facebook Speaks Out
3:00 PM Sunday January 5th: Shortly after posting this update I went back to the Facebook page (looking for MOAR GOATS, of course) and saw that it has been taken down. When the new Admin was asked yesterday what his future plans for the site were he said it was "there to stay," so I can only assume facebook itself removed the page.
Facebook, of course, had no response to the many reports and complaints about the image depicting the lynching of the first black president. Draw your own conclusions.
AND NOW THEY'RE BAAACK under a slightly new name but with plenty moar goats:
America the Goat Generation
8:30 PM Tuesday 1.7.14
FINAL UPDATE:
Yes, I was one of the confused (and, embarrassingly, also a bit paranoid!) ones. All got explained, though. I'm not on facebook myself so have copied and pasted:
and then, a few hours later before signing off on this diary for good, I got his great gift:
To which I say, I can't remember the last time I had this much fun, and have been gleefully releasing goats all over the site.