Infowars, Breitbart and other far-right media sites have begun comparing David Hogg, the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor who has gained nationwide attention for speaking out for gun restrictions, to Adolf Hitler.
Hogg spoke to a crowd of thousands in Washington, D.C., and welcomed protesters to the “revolution” for stricter gun laws.
At the end of his speech, Hogg triumphantly raised his hand in the air. Right-wing social media is now claiming the gesture resembles Hitler’s Nazi salute.
Vice first noted the trend, and highlighted a number of examples.
Alex Jones of Info Wars attacked the rally as a “Hitler Youth invasion” and called Hogg “the chief propagandist in the left-wing fascist ‘Hitler Youth’ army.”
Jones played a video that dubbed over Hogg’s speech with one of Hitler’s and included black-and-white footage from Nazi gatherings to mimic the anti-gun violence protest on Saturday.
The Infowars creator was previously reprimanded by YouTube for posting other conspiracy theories about Hogg.
Other social media users also tweeted about Hogg’s speech, including fellow Parkland student Kyle Kashuv, who has spoken out against the views of his classmate.
However, Kashuv said he just thought it was a funny picture.
“I think it is reprehensible that people are comparing a 17-year-old to Hitler,” Kashuv told. “As a Jew, I find it egregiously misinformed.”
A Republican state lawmaker from Minnesota made similar comparisons between the March for Our Lives organizers and the Hitler Youth in a series of now-deleted Facebook posts.
Rep. Mary Franson shared a photo of Hitler Youth wearing swastikas and posted a quote of Hitler praising the youth.
This is far from the first time that Hogg has been attacked by critics on social media.
False rumors that he was not in school the day of the Parkland shooting circulated this week, and there have also been false stories that he is a paid actor.
Hogg’s mother said the family has received death threats as her son began appearing on TV news segments following the shooting. He had to defend himself after he was labeled a “crisis actor.”
Other students from Parkland have also faced criticism from the right, and been the subject of false reports.
Fake photos went viral on the far-right of Parkland student Emma González ripping up the Constitution when she was in fact ripping up a gun range target.
Is this guy wearing his little brother’s jacket, or does he have a blind tailor? With all the hype about this idiot, you would think someone would buy him a jacket that fits.
Am I wrong, or are those sleeves about three inches too short?
Otherwise, he doesn’t matter. He’s just the latest poster-boy for a Zionist funded fake movement that no one in the real world is interested in.
“As a Jew, I find it egregiously misinformed.”
Can’t argue with that.
WHO would know better, when it comes to LIES & DECEPTION?
“False rumors that he was not in school the day of the Parkland shooting circulated this week, and there have also been false stories that he is a paid actor.”
False rumors?
Say, what kinda site IS THIS???
Ha! Yeah, I guess they didn’t hear him say on tape that he was 3 miles from the school.
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It started out sounding like a truther site, galen…?
Half-truths don’t count with me, however… I want the WHOLE ball of spaghetti! 🙄
Hey #1, I posted it to show the b.s. in the article. We have Hogg on tape contradicting himself on two separate occasions. Still don’t know if he was at school or at home. Maybe he was at his makeup call.
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One shouldn’t disparage Hitler this way, by comparing him to this Moron.
I KNOW RIGHT???????
AT LEAST HITLER WAS A DECENT ORATOR…….
THE BEST THIS LITTLE SHIT CAN DO IS MEASURE UP TO ONE OF HENRYS’
“PENCILNECKS”…………….
We actually studied Hitler’s oration style in a public speaking class in college…his methods were totally brilliant and had never been done before.
He once came to the podium, placed his hands on either side and stood silently for over 3 minutes. The crowd of nearly 300,000 gradually hushed in anticipation; you could hear a pin drop. They were ready to actually HEAR every word he had to say. Even with 1930’s speaker/microphone technology, his words reached everyone there. That technique of pause had not been tried before…Look for this little twit to try that one next!
Why is his head shaped like a billiard ball rack? The perfect triangle.
It’s the pizzagate boylove triangle symbol.
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