Germany’s ‘Biggest QAnon Mouthpiece’ Arrested in the Philippines
One of Germany’s most notorious far-right conspiracy theorists has been arrested in the Philippines over his calls on social media for followers to execute politicians.
Oliver Janich, considered one of the most influential and radical conspiracy ideologues in the German-speaking world with about 150,000 followers on Telegram, was arrested on Wednesday at a resort on the island of Tablas, in a major operation by Philippines security services in coordination with the German embassy to the Philippines.
Janich, a 53-year-old former financial journalist, originally from Munich, has run his influential conspiracy media operation from the Philippines for a number of years, where he’s reportedly been involved in attempts to establish a community of German-speakers who share his worldview.
Supporters on Janich’s Telegram channel – where the arrest was first made public on Wednesday – swiftly sprang into action, spreading hashtags calling for his release, and encouraging people to bombard the German embassy in the Philippines with calls and emails protesting the arrest.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zexk/o...hilippines
One of Germany’s most notorious far-right conspiracy theorists has been arrested in the Philippines over his calls on social media for followers to execute politicians.
Oliver Janich, considered one of the most influential and radical conspiracy ideologues in the German-speaking world with about 150,000 followers on Telegram, was arrested on Wednesday at a resort on the island of Tablas, in a major operation by Philippines security services in coordination with the German embassy to the Philippines.
Janich, a 53-year-old former financial journalist, originally from Munich, has run his influential conspiracy media operation from the Philippines for a number of years, where he’s reportedly been involved in attempts to establish a community of German-speakers who share his worldview.
Supporters on Janich’s Telegram channel – where the arrest was first made public on Wednesday – swiftly sprang into action, spreading hashtags calling for his release, and encouraging people to bombard the German embassy in the Philippines with calls and emails protesting the arrest.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zexk/o...hilippines
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
