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Citizen’s Guide to 2nd Grade Warfare #2GW

Fight the war with the rules that exist, not the ones you hope for

Jim Stewartson
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After being sprung from 363 days in Twitmo, I made the decision to take advantage of the opportunity, despite the downsides. At the end of the day, this is an information war, and a psychological war. We need to fight it with the rules that exist, not the ones we hope for.

MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy
Building a Civilian Defense for Psyops
TL;DR: I’m building a movement to defend our citizens from psychological operations, weaponized trolling, and malign influence campaigns. If you can afford it, please support my work by signing up as a paid subscriber to Substack or donate at either link below…
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4 months ago · 59 likes · 36 comments · Jim Stewartson

This is one of the first posts I made over a year ago when I got banned. Twitter is in fact an influence war. And war is ugly.

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Twitter is an Influence War
This will be a long thread. I’m not naming names and I won’t provide screenshots — for now. But I think it’s important to describe the tactics being used and how and why trolling and smear campaigns work. First, why am I a target? Because I’m very good at this and I have the temerity to tell the truth. The people attacking me are doing it for one of four…
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a year ago · 40 likes · 9 comments · Jim Stewartson

Here’s an article about the “ops” that pervade social media and the damaging tactics they employ to change narratives by smearing, silencing and terrorizing people. I repeat, you should only be on Twitter if you have a reason. Otherwise it’s just a grinder for your sanity. #EvacuateTwitter

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Source: RAND Introduction This is not an exposé of anyone. I will not name my attackers in this piece. But it’s important for people to understand what happens in the shadows online and how it works to manipulate reality to target and harm people. This is difficult to write for several reasons. First, it brings up trauma and triggers PTSD. The last 18 mont…
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a year ago · 99 likes · 5 comments · Jim Stewartson

However, if you are still on the platform and willing to mix it up a bit, there are things that are well within the Twitter Terms of Service that can make life more difficult for bad people. For example, Mike Flynn is doing a Twitter Space today to talk about his psyops handbook “Citizen’s Guide to 5th Generation War” with his employee and former Q drop writer, Kremlin propagandist Tracy Diaz. Flynn probably doesn’t want people to bring up “Q.” 🤓

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Reminder: Mike Flynn’s white supremacist psyops Twitter Space with Kremlin propagandist Tracy Diaz is today at 3:30 PST. 🥸
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It would probably annoy the shit out of Flynn if a bunch of us changed our handles to “Mike Flynn is Q” and joined his space tomorrow. Not that I’m suggesting anything like that. https://t.co/s1SzIAticP
5:02 PM ∙ Jan 25, 2023
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Also, Twitter is driven by trends, unfortunately. But these can be taken advantage of as well. When I see a topic rife with disinformation, I will intentionally hijack it to inject truth and facts. For example, the psychological anti-vax hoax “#DiedSuddenly” is at the root a simple fallacy, so the tactic to combat it is to simply use their own hashtag to show them how it works.

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Hey #DiedSuddenly fans. You are getting fooled by a common fallacy — post hoc ergo propter hoc: “Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X.” A lot of people die after dinner, it doesn’t mean dinner kills you. 🤷‍♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_…
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3:42 AM ∙ Jan 23, 2023
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When Kremlin propagandist Jimmy Dore was trending I made sure to explain who he really is.

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Since he’s trending for some goddamn reason, @jimmy_dore is a failed comedian who figured being a Kremlin propagandist was way more lucrative than the shitty gigs he was getting. He’s an amoral, clueless jerk who sold out his country so he could monetize tankie Rumble viewers.
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Jimmy Dore says he's not anti-vax, but he's making a bunch of anti-vax arguments. https://t.co/TNLDALROEz
12:37 AM ∙ Jan 24, 2023
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It is also valuable to expose disinformation — properly labeled — and to show how others successfully fight it. For example Malcolm Nance, who has been targeted by Mike Flynn, laying waste to a bunch of propagandists.

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Please enjoy American hero @MalcolmNance own the living shit out of a roomful of Kremlin propagandists. 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
8:07 PM ∙ Jan 24, 2023
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Of course, when you go up against people with inflated, fragile egos, you will get a reaction, so make sure you have an alt for monitoring. 😇

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Note that it seems that Elon Musk has been forced to be less “controversial” in his tweets, probably by the board of Tesla. Nonetheless, he listened to Daily Stormer editor Andrew Anglin and allowed Nick Fuentes back on the platform, so I took the opportunity to explain Musk’s ideology.

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Musk takes orders from the founder of the Nazi website Daily Stormer to bring Holocaust-denying incel Nick Fuentes back to Twitter. I wonder if the fact that Elmo grew up in Apartheid has anything to with this. 🤔 Come to think of it so did his pay pal Peter Thiel. #PFT 🧵
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9:15 PM ∙ Jan 24, 2023
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But it does seem there are limits to Elmo’s free speech absolutism. Fuentes only made it about 12 hours.

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Nick Fuentes suspended again.
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2:53 PM ∙ Jan 25, 2023
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While I will never suggest using harmful psyops techniques on anyone, even against those who are doing it to others, I have shown a few tactics that can help make a dent in propaganda without breaking any rules or hurting anyone. For fun, I will call this “2nd Grade Warfare.” More to come. #2GW

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KatheO
Jan 25Liked by Jim Stewartson

Jim, your hate trolls, one in particular who seemingly is upset I support you, are having hissy fits. Cracks me up. Mincemeat Prison Gangs tears are fkn delicious 😋

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