With Open Gates: The Forced Collective Suicide of European Nations, is a 2015 anti-immigration video released during the European migrant crisis. The video lasts for 19 and a half minutes.[1]
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Running time | 19:31 |
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The video focuses on the perceived threat posed by mass migration. It was condemned by Vice Media as anti-migrant and counterfactual.[2]
History
editAccording to the Anti-Defamation League, the video originated on in a discussion forum on 8chan, in a subforum entitled "Politically Incorrect", where it was created by a group of users led by the user "Gex."[3] It was featured on websites including Breitbart News.[3] The number of viewings surged in the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[3]
The video was composed of footage from news reports and interviews, many of which Vice Media claimed as "out of context" for either showing migrant and refugee violence prior to 2015 or happening in a different European country than claimed.[4] It had over 2 million views when it was removed by YouTube following allegations of copyright infringement; it quickly reappeared on other social media sites.[3][5]
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2020 shared the video on Facebook in 2018.[6]
Reception
editVice Media described the video as "a racist propaganda film."[4] The Anti-Defamation League called it "a virulently anti-refugee propaganda video".[3] Steve Deace wrote a column about the video in The Washington Times, saying that the video shows what could be at stake in America, “if we continue to let our own cultural heritage bleed out.”.[3]
References
edit- ^ Tzioumakis, Yannis; Molloy, Claire (2016). The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics. Routledge. p. 137. ISBN 9781317392460. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Roose, Kevin; Winston, Ali (4 November 2018). "Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump's Approval, and Often Hear It". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Mayo, Marilyn (13 November 2015). ""With Open Gates": Racist Anti-Refugee Video Goes Viral". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ a b Kleinfeld, Philip (27 November 2015). "Calling Bullshit on the Anti-Refugee Video Taking the Internet By Storm". Vice. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Pascual, Federico (20 November 2015). "Europe opens doors to migrants". Filipino Reporter. ProQuest 1736637146.
- ^ Hananoki, Eric (August 26, 2020). "Marjorie Taylor Greene shared an anti-Muslim video that portrays Jewish people as trying to destroy Europe through immigration". Media Matters for America. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.