Antifa Supersoldiers

About

Antifa Supersoldiers refers to a fictional group of radically violent Antifa protesters referenced in a sarcastic tweet by Twitter user @KrangTNelson in late October 2017. After the tweet was widely circulated online, conservative users demanded Twitter ban @KrangTNelson for promoting political violence, leading to his brief suspension on the social networking site.

Origin

On October 27th, 2017, Twitter user @KrangTNelson tweeted "can't wait for November 4th when millions of antifa supersoldiers will behead all white parents and small business owners in the town square" (shown below).

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On Twitter, some critics of the Antifa movement interpreted the tweet as a sincere call for violence. In response, @KrangTNelson posted a compilation of tweets mocking those who took the joke seriously (shown below).

Additionally, the tweet was reported to Twitter for violating the site's terms of service, leading to @KrangTNelson's suspension on October 30th. This, in turn, led to his supporters posting his tweet, though they did not face the same punishment (example shown below).

That day, the conservative news site Gateway Pundit^[1] published an article titled "ANTIFA Leader: 'November 4th […] millions of antifa supersoldiers will behead all white parents'," referring to Tom Bloke's reposting of the @KrangTNelson tweet. The article was subsequently updated to acknowledge many saw the tweet as a joke. Meanwhile, others posted parody variations of the tweet (examples shown below). Also on October 30th, @KrangTNelson was unsuspended from the social networking site.

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