From Mother Jones, Trump’s newly appointed “Chief Strategist in the White house,” and alt-right white supremacist supporter Steve Bannon is a part of the Facebook group called Vigilant Patriots. As with virtually every group that throws some kind of semi-violent adjective in front or behind of the word “patriots” these days, they are pretty intolerant of patriotism that includes anybody who isn’t white and Christian.
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Bannon joined a conservative Facebook group that has featured racist and extreme material. This material includes posts urging a military coup against President Barack Obama, featuring an image of the president dressed as an SS officer, celebrating the Confederate flag, highlighting a photoshopped picture of Obama with watermelons, praising a police officer who called Obama a "F*cking Nigger," and calling for Obama to be "executed as a traitor."
Vigilant Patriots is a collection of right-wing Facebookers, including members who hail militias and decry Muslims, immigration, progressives, sellout Republicans, and the president with hateful, violent, and racist rhetoric. It has an active Twitter feed that is virulently anti-Islam. Its website does not seem to be functioning currently.
According to Mother Jones, while Bannon is not an active Facebook participant, the account connected to Vigilant Patriots (maybe we can call them “Super razor dragon American Patriots!”) is legitimate. I’m not going to post the crazy racist memes and pictures from this group, but needless to say it shows a particularly high level of cro-magnontude.
H/T to community member Paleo for the story.