hot air baboon
Well-Known Member
Alex Jones claimed he was going to fund TR with $20k when he went "independent" from Rebel Media to get recording kit etc - however what Jones says & actual reality do seem to be somewhat divergent
Tommy Robinson, the court case and (guffaw) 'free speech'
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That money probably had to go to his ex wife
I would too, armed with ricin.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
That's interesting . I had been meaning to find out what he and others could have earned from YouTube. I think it was last year that Paul Joseph Watson did a video complaining about the fact that he had been demonitised by you tube and moaning about all the time he'd spent doing videos .
Aside from devoted political activism there must be something else that can explain the amount of YouTube videos and dedicated channels by people like Robinson, Watson, Red Pill Phil, Make Britain Great Again etc and alt right 'journalists ' ?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Yup nothing to do with his choice of fashion.
Wow, I finally have something in common with mapwanker because I've often complained about all the time he spends making videos too
People can support TR through bitcoin, according to his toe curling website, which endeavours to make him look like a shiny folk hero.
He probably has a patreon as well. I'm sure if he does he could easily make as much as Dave Rubin or Jordan B Peterson
hot air baboon
Well-Known Member
...once asked Tommy Robinson why he didn’t stop playing the game of inciting anti-Muslim bigotry and find a proper job. ‘Fine,’ came the reply ‘if you can tell me where else I can make £4,000 a month.’ Denied traditional employment, Robinson turned to the world’s biggest bank: the Web.
How much he raised through YouTube advertising and donations from his followers no one knows, but he was confident enough to launch a crowdfunding appeal for £100,000 to equip a studio from where he could become an online broadcaster. The tendency of the Web to push people to extremes in search of an audience has been well covered; Robinson has now been jailed for contempt of court after filming himself outside a trial. To monetise your politics, you must keep your market in a profitable state of outrage by posing as a lone voice exposing the truths the establishment want to hide...
Tommy Robinson and the rise of the new extremists - Nick Cohen
Tommy Robinson and the rise of the new extremists | Coffee House
How much he raised through YouTube advertising and donations from his followers no one knows, but he was confident enough to launch a crowdfunding appeal for £100,000 to equip a studio from where he could become an online broadcaster. The tendency of the Web to push people to extremes in search of an audience has been well covered; Robinson has now been jailed for contempt of court after filming himself outside a trial. To monetise your politics, you must keep your market in a profitable state of outrage by posing as a lone voice exposing the truths the establishment want to hide...
Tommy Robinson and the rise of the new extremists - Nick Cohen
Tommy Robinson and the rise of the new extremists | Coffee House
Yeah he’ll probably get a bit from donations; the very first page on his website before you even get to any content is asking for money, plus the obligatory tin rattle at the end of the videos. He couldn’t do it without your money
Plus the whole circus around his arrest and imprisonment has probably encouraged plenty to dig deep for him.
Plus the whole circus around his arrest and imprisonment has probably encouraged plenty to dig deep for him.
Just like Cound Dankula and his appeal fund - for being a racist prick.
No doubt people will think they are funding a legitimate defence, despite already having plead guilty.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
There's an article waiting to be written on business / income models of the alt right activists.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Not sure that's viable or long term proposition for a high profile political activist .
teqniq
DisMembered
Robinson has form for it but I wasn't necessarily thinking of him.
Ranbay
The same rules apply
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Yes , the Make Britain Great lot produce and make baseball caps and tshirts . However there are quite a lot of traders who aren't necessarily aligned politically but who just cash in on what ever cause it is .
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
In Leeds I think the alteration seems to be a merging of the earlier Yorkshire Patriots march and the later Free Tommy demo into a joint march at the earlier time. Will report back here after the event hopefully.
Police to close roads as Free Tommy Robinson march will go ahead
Police to close roads as Free Tommy Robinson march will go ahead
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
yeah - looks like they are still going to try and march tomorrow. Counter demo meets outside the railway station, by park plaza hotel at 12.30pm. If you are in or about the leeds area - come on over.
Im guessing it will just be the hardcore fash and their will be a lot of police.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
So - about 40 fash turned up in leeds. usual crowd of fuckwits. The counter trade union/labour rally of pointlessness assemelbe half a mile away and looked to be a couple of thousand strong.
About 100+ antifa assembled opposite the tommy botherers. Cops allowed them to march. Antifa managed to dodge the police lines and block their route on vicar lane. About an hour's stand off then the cops re-routed the fash march whilst anti-fa were kettled. The Stand up to racism crowd could have quite easily have blocked the re-routed march - but hey ho. A lot of interest from passers by and generally sympathetic to the counter demo. Poor turnout for them, good numbers for us - which was pleasing.
About 100+ antifa assembled opposite the tommy botherers. Cops allowed them to march. Antifa managed to dodge the police lines and block their route on vicar lane. About an hour's stand off then the cops re-routed the fash march whilst anti-fa were kettled. The Stand up to racism crowd could have quite easily have blocked the re-routed march - but hey ho. A lot of interest from passers by and generally sympathetic to the counter demo. Poor turnout for them, good numbers for us - which was pleasing.
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why do you think they didn't?
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah, I agree although I made the numbers a bit higher on both sides, maybe 100 or so on theirs, 2-300 at the high point on ours.
Pleased that they seem to be on a losing streak in Leeds. They're totally failing to capture any new interest at all, it's the leftovers of the EDL and long term far right, with maybe a handful or two of randoms.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
says page not found
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
watched that the otherday .shite
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
The report itself or the FLA?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
The report . Very shallow no real insight . The FLA aren't going anywhere as the FLA but the issues aren't going away either
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
yep - definitely the same old faces. They had their tails up a month ago - but the pitiful turnout 2 weeks ago and now this has got to demoralise them - plus the big turn out to oppose them. London next weekend might be a different story - are their anti-trump protests at the same time?
