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Behind the Aegis

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Sun Oct 16, 2022, 02:41 PM Oct 2022

(Jewish Group) This antisemitic social media site is ready to fund an alt-right Christian...

This antisemitic social media site is ready to fund an alt-right Christian nationalist America

The companies that manage our money have a lot of control over our lives. Credit card providers have refused payments to adult content sites, and Venmo put donations to Palestinian relief agencies on hold during the 2021 Gaza conflagration. But when PayPal appeared to fine users up to $2,500 for posting misinformation, right-wing media outlets, politicians and Twitter users got mad.

PayPal has since released a statement saying it was an error and no one will be fined for misinformation. But the discourse gained a life of its own and PayPal users began to leave the service. A new competitor was waiting to welcome them: GabPay, the new payment arm of the right-wing social media site Gab.

GabPay is more than just an app, though. It’s part of a larger project: an attempt to build an entirely parallel Christian economy, Christian internet and, eventually, Christian nationalist country.

Andrew Torba, Gab’s founder, thanked PayPal for sending him “tens of thousands” of new GabPay users in a post on his site.

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(Jewish Group) This antisemitic social media site is ready to fund an alt-right Christian... (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 OP
A private corp that takes it upon itself the authority to fine/punish you without due process. keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #1
According to St. Paul, you can be a Christian or you can be a nationalist, but you can't be a Karadeniz Oct 2022 #2

Karadeniz

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2. According to St. Paul, you can be a Christian or you can be a nationalist, but you can't be a
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 05:00 PM
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Christian Nationalist.

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