“I clicked on explore, which took me to popular posts across Gab. I came in with an open mind and immediately Gab hit me with this post, quote, ‘we are in a war time, but it’s a quiet war time perpetrated by the Jew,’ with a picture of Adolf Hitler.
“And there was plenty more where that came from. The n-word is super big on Gab. It is a cesspool of hate.
“The more speech I saw on Gab this afternoon, was more speech extolling Nazis and more speech engaging in Holocaust denial, and more speech sharing more hideously racist posts than I’ve ever seen in one place in my life.
“It’s high time we recognize that the hate on many of these far-right sites is not just an unfortunate result of belief in free speech. The hate is the whole point. – CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who joined Gab yesterday.
Last month Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, published a book titled “Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide For Taking Dominion.” The book spent several days near the top of Amazon’s bestsellers list.
I joined Gab, clicked on “explore,” looked at “popular posts” on Gab, and among the conservative memes was embedded some Nazism. I didn’t hunt for it, it was unrepentantly there. pic.twitter.com/GPvxGkjRFe
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 18, 2022
For this factual observation, btw, Gab’s antisemitic founder is attacking me with the accusation he makes about folks who report factually about his site, that I’m the son of the devil. Totally normal stuff. pic.twitter.com/LTinaGbMAC
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 18, 2022