Joshua Goldberg Did Nothing Wrong

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Fat Lowtax: Nov 9, 2008; "I'm willing to pay up to $1200 for a big anime titty"

It's really involved and dumb but this 20-year-old fat kid has his fingerprints on all sorts of awful internet bullshit from the past year. He was the fake source for the "The Black Lives Matter Guy Is Actually White" story and he trolled himself into joining ISIS. RIP.

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When Joshua Goldberg wasn�t posing as an Islamic radical, he was pretending to be a white supremacist�and is accused of impersonating a Jewish lawyer.

Goldberg had several online personas: an Islamic radical who was popular in ISIS social media; a white supremacist on hate site Daily Stormer; a feminist on Daily Kos; a radical free-speech advocate on Q&A site Ask.fm, and a sympathizer with GamerGate. Goldberg is also accused of being behind a Times of Israel blog post that called Palestinians �subhuman.�

Goldberg�s trolling turned serious when he was arrested Thursday by the FBI on the grounds that he told a would-be terrorist how to build a bomb meant for a 9/11 attacks anniversary event in Kansas City, Missouri.

The 20-year-old, who lived at home with his parents and was described as a recluse by neighbors, was a prolific tweeter through accounts with various permutations of the name @auswitness. Goldberg was so successful at his game that he was even retweeted by one of the pro-ISIS gunmen who attacked a �Draw Muhammad� event in Garland, Texas, last May, according to the FBI.

�You might know me for inspiring the attacks in Garland, Texas, where two mujahideen entered an event mocking the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with intent to slaughter the kuffar in it,� he boasted as Australi Witness in a post on Justpaste.it. �All who defame the Prophet (PBUH) must be crushed.�

�Australi Witness� claimed to have his own alter ego as a �moderate� Muslim who worked for major nonprofit groups like Amnesty International by day.

But it was Australi Witness�s role in helping a confidential FBI informant plan an attack on the anniversary of 9/11 that brought Goldberg�s trolling to an end. (The complaint alleges that Goldberg confessed �in substance� to being the voice behind Australi Witness and affiliated accounts.)

�You might know me for inspiring the attacks in Garland, Texas.�
�Hopefully there will be some jihad on the anniversary of 9/11,� he wrote to the FBI informant through a direct messaging app as AusWitness on August 17, according to a criminal complaint.

His wish seemed to come true when the online friend proposed carrying out an attack. The friend said he lived near Kansas City and that a memorial in honor of firefighters who died on 9/11 might be the perfect target.

�Where do you think would be best near the firefighters or the crowd?� the informant asked.

Goldberg egged him on.

�Good thinking, akhi [brother]. Put the backpack near the crowd,� he allegedly wrote, adding that nails in the bomb should be soaked in rat poison to maximize their lethality.

Feds say Goldberg didn�t deny pushing the man toward a real-life attack in interviews with them. Goldberg even allegedly confessed to it all, telling the FBI he believed that his instructions would work, that the other person was serious about making a bomb and �would actually attempt to use them to kill and injure persons.�

Then Goldberg backtracked, according to the FBI, saying he hoped the wannabe terrorist would blow himself up making the bomb. If not, Goldberg said he would have called police just before the attack took place and then been hailed as a hero.

The FBI says in the complaint that it wasn�t aware that Goldberg was not a real ISIS sympathizer when they began the investigation.

Goldberg, who comes from a Jewish family, had Australi Witness spout a special kind of rage when discussing Jews.

�The Jews are the worst enemies of Allah (SWT). When Islam conquers Australia, every single Jew will be slaughtered like the filthy cockroaches that they are,� he wrote on JustPaste.it.

Goldberg as Australi Witness also threatened attacks on synagogues in Melbourne and Los Angeles on JustPaste.it and on 8Chan�s Islamic State page.

He also had recurring obsessions with certain people and ideas, attacking them with one persona while praising them with another.

Posing as �Michael Slay� on white supremacist site Daily Stormer, he viciously attacked an Australian Muslim activist Mariam Veiszadeh, calling her a �Moslem pig.� Yet Goldberg praised Veiszadeh as Australi Witness, calling her his �biggest inspiration.� Yet another alleged online identity, MoonMetropolis, cheered grotesque caricatures of Veiszadeh.

Goldberg also had another alter ego, Tanya Cohen, whom he attacked using Michael Slay on the Daily Stormer. Cohen was evidently a parody of far-left social justice activists. Slay called her "a Jew bitch who specializes in writing about how the US needs to ban 'hate speech' and any other speech that goes against the Jewish cultural Marxist agenda." An email in Tanya Cohen's name was linked to Goldberg's IP address, and articles in her name appeared on Thought Catalog, Daily Kos, and feminist website Feministing.

On Twitter, Goldberg frequently posted about Gamer Gate, a controversy about sexism in gaming that resulted in personal attacks on feminist activists. While Goldberg doesn't appear to have posted any threats on social media, his tweets used the hashtag #gamergate to mock people he had previously derided as "social justice warriors."

In articles published under the Moon Metropolis alias and under Goldberg�s own name on Thought Catalog, he expresses the opinions of a free-speech fundamentalist.

�Nothing that anyone could possibly say could ever be worse than a law preventing them from saying it,� he wrote. �If you expressed the opinion that I should be killed, I would still defend your right to say that.�

On Thought Catalog, Goldberg wrote �that neo-Nazis tend to look positively civil and rational when compared to SJWs [social justice warriors].�
A Facebook account for a Joshua Goldberg used the MoonMetropolis handle in its URL. The profile image matched the one used by MoonMetropolis on Twitter.

Goldberg�s Australi Witness alter ego has also been tied to a hoax blog post on the Times of Israel�s website that called Palestinians �worthless subhuman beasts and vermin� who have no right to live. It was published under Australian lawyer Josh Bornstein�s name. (The post was retracted and the news outlet published an apology.)

One site noted in May that Australi Witness�s Twitter account was obsessed with hounding Bornstein�re-upping the fake blog post and asking how to find Bornstein�s name. �Michael Slay� also wrote pieces about Bornstein on the Daily Stormer site, but all of his �contributions� have now been taken down on suspicion that he was behind the Bornstein hoax. Goldberg has not admitted to writing those articles, but the site claims he contacted them with an email tied to Goldberg in the criminal complaint.

At least he's not a goon, right? Like there's no way.

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Al Cowens: Aug 11, 2004; by WE B Bourgeois

Wouldn't be surprised in the least if he had an account

# ? Sep 12, 2015 20:57

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

I'm josh jewburg

# ? Sep 12, 2015 20:58

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

dumbass

# ? Sep 12, 2015 20:59

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

please dont dox me

# ? Sep 12, 2015 21:00

ghosTTy: Sep 22, 2008

i dont know about any of these things

# ? Sep 12, 2015 21:10

insulated staircase: Aug 21, 2014

TEAYCHES posted:

please dont dox me

slip me a fiver and we'll see

# ? Sep 12, 2015 21:10

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

All of his opinions were correct and good.

# ? Sep 12, 2015 21:17

Tujague: May 8, 2007; by LadyAmbien

20 years in federal prison is a fair punishment for the words this fat kid wrote on the internet

Any sane society would agree

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:03

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

i think public flaying would put more off this kind of behavior

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:08

Ride The Gravitron: May 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Tujague posted:

20 years in federal prison is a fair punishment for the words this fat kid wrote on the internet

Any sane society would agree

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:10

Junkfist: Oct 7, 2004; FRIEND?

Can't crate the gamergate.

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:12

fuccboi: Jan 5, 2004; by zen death robot

First the Jews kill Jesus Christ, then they build up an economic grip of the world financial system through usury, then they do 9/11 the first time, and now they want to nine eleven us again. Guys, give it a rest.

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:25

Moosechees: Jun 1, 2002; rawr

When I read Ender's Game, one part that nobody ever remembers but is the only part of it that I do was how two of the genius kids created multiple fake personas from various sides and got them famous and used them to influence world politics.

I'm going to assume that this guy was some kind of genius who was somehow leading us towards global peace by infiltrating all sides.

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:44

Fat Lowtax: Nov 9, 2008; "I'm willing to pay up to $1200 for a big anime titty"

Moosechees posted:

When I read Ender's Game, one part that nobody ever remembers but is the only part of it that I do was how two of the genius kids created multiple fake personas from various sides and got them famous and used them to influence world politics.

I'm going to assume that this guy was some kind of genius who was somehow leading us towards global peace by infiltrating all sides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od4MWs7qTr8

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:47

afeelgoodpoop: Oct 14, 2014; by FactsAreUseless

he sounds like a typical gbs troll tbh

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:51

Junkfist: Oct 7, 2004; FRIEND?

He's pretty good to enter Wu-space.

# ? Sep 12, 2015 22:53

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

Junkfist posted:

He's pretty good to enter Wu-space.

How many chambers are there?

# ? Sep 12, 2015 23:02

SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

If Howard Marks was Mr Nice, this guy is Mr Nasty

Yanumsayn

# ? Sep 12, 2015 23:19

resting mitch face: Apr 9, 2005; 5) I hear you.

Fat Lowtax posted:

At least he's not a goon, right? Like there's no way.

"The 20-year-old, who lived at home with his parents and was described as a recluse by neighbors..."

No way, can't be a goon.

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resistentialism: Aug 13, 2007

do people really type (PBUH)? makes me think: "peanut butter"

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:08

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

Fat Lowtax posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od4MWs7qTr8

a postmodern hero

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:10

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

top tier troll

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:12

Glasgow Kiss: Dec 12, 2007; Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:12

unlimited shrimp: Aug 30, 2008

some people say i sound like i have testicles in my mouth

well guess what

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:40

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

resistentialism posted:

do people really type (PBUH)? makes me think: "peanut butter"

yes, peace be upon him

# ? Sep 13, 2015 00:45

Lowtechs: Jan 12, 2001; Grimey Drawer

Blue Train posted:

yes, peace be upon him

But these dudes are dead and like worm food so why peace be upon him. Being eaten by worms doesn't sound like a peaceful death.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 01:12

Tujague: May 8, 2007; by LadyAmbien

Lowtechs posted:

But these dudes are dead and like worm food so why peace be upon him. Being eaten by worms doesn't sound like a peaceful death.

yeah totally good and funny point, guy

zing

# ? Sep 13, 2015 01:52

Lawrence Gilchrist: Mar 31, 2010

This guy is the real life Japanese cat rear end poster

# ? Sep 13, 2015 02:02

Al Borland: Oct 29, 2006; by XyloJW

lol i like this guy, but the fatal mistake was responding to the bomb guy.

Once again jews inspire muslims to carry out acts for them tho. What a surprise.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 02:08

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Al Borland posted:

lol i like this guy, but the fatal mistake was responding to the bomb guy.

Once again jews inspire muslims to carry out acts for them tho. What a surprise.

I'm pretty sure that his connection to the Garland shooting counts as a conspiracy charge for masterminding a terrorist act. It doesn't matter if he intended to get the two jihadists killed, it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't pushed them.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 02:22

Al Borland: Oct 29, 2006; by XyloJW

Young Freud posted:

I'm pretty sure that his connection to the Garland shooting counts as a conspiracy charge for masterminding a terrorist act. It doesn't matter if he intended to get the two jihadists killed, it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't pushed them.

Naw, thats like me saying "I hope someone kills this guy for drawing a cartoon of Allah the moon god."

Not illegal. Unless he literally told them specifically "Kill this person for me."

Who knows either way hes a retard but I give him credit he did some funny poo poo. Just went too far. Hes funnier than that MDE guy goons like to link.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 02:28

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

im banned forums poster goldberg74, i ironically joined ISIS

# ? Sep 13, 2015 09:49

Strudel Man: May 19, 2003; ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

It sounds like there's a lot of self-loathing behind his actions. In a way I feel bad for him.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 09:54

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

Blue Train posted:

dumbass

# ? Sep 13, 2015 09:55

Fluo: May 25, 2007

The dude wrote for a feminist website at the same time writing for a neo nazi website among 5 other personas

Dude was putting his fingers in too many gimmick pies

Still loling at what a dumbass he is

# ? Sep 13, 2015 10:12

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

he burned too bright and too hot

# ? Sep 13, 2015 10:13

DismemberedLemon: Jun 20, 2015

i hope "loling at what a dumbass he is" means "loling at how funny and good he is"

i honestly can't even be mad at him. if he can keep 5+ gimmicks straight he's more talented than me

# ? Sep 13, 2015 10:14

Fluo: May 25, 2007

DismemberedLemon posted:

i hope "loling at what a dumbass he is" means "loling at how funny and good he is"

i honestly can't even be mad at him. if he can keep 5+ gimmicks straight he's more talented than me

Getting arrested for terrorism because he took a gimmick too far makes him a dumb rear end lol

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Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

if he gets convicted he should just start saying 'you mad bro?' in the court room over and over

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