Lauren Southern

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Lauren Simonsen[1] (known commonly as Lauren Southern; born 16 June[2] 1995) is a Canadian far-right political activist and Internet personality associated with the alt-right.[3][4][5] In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election. She worked for The Rebel Media, a far-right online media company based in Canada, until leaving in March 2017. Southern continues to work independently and publishes videos on YouTube. In 2017, she supported the nativist group Defend Europe opposing the action of non-governmental organizations committed to save-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

Education and personal life

Southern was born in Surrey, British Columbia.[6] She studied political science at the University of the Fraser Valley but only completed two years and did not receive a degree.[4][7][8]

Career

Political career

In 2015, Southern was a candidate in the 2015 Canadian federal election representing the Libertarian Party in the district of Langley—Aldergrove.[7] She was briefly removed by the party as a candidate, but was eventually reinstated with support from Breitbart News and The Rebel Media.[9] The election was eventually won by Conservative candidate Mark Warawa. Southern finished last, having received 535 votes, or 0.9% of the total.[10]

Media activism

In June 2015 at the SlutWalk in Vancouver, while reporting on that event, Southern's Rebel Media cameraman was shoved and Southern's protest sign stating "There Is No Rape Culture In The West" was torn up.[11][12] Southern initiated "The Triggering", whereby on 9 March, the day after International Women's Day, Twitter users post taboo content in defence of free speech.[13]

In March 2016, a protester in Vancouver poured a container of urine over Southern's head while she was engaging with LGBTQ protesters at a rally in Vancouver, arguing that there were "only two genders".[14][15][16] Southern was mistakenly suspended from Facebook, having criticized the site for banning several conservative commentators. She later received an email apology from Facebook saying the suspension was an "error".[17][18] In October 2016, Southern had her gender legally changed to male as part of a video produced for Rebel Media to show the ease of the new gender ID laws.[19][20]

In 2016 Southern authored and self-published Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation.[21]

In January 2017, Southern posted incorrect rumours from 4chan that the Quebec City mosque shooting had been carried out by Syrian refugees; she later deleted those tweets.[22] In March 2017, Southern announced she would be leaving Rebel Media to become an independent journalist.[23] In the same month, she gained access to White House press briefings.[24][25] In April 2017, Southern was one of several scheduled speakers at a Patriots' Day rally in Berkeley, California.Vorlage:Citation needed The rally led to a riot between pro-Trump demonstrators and anti-Trump counter-protesters.[26]

Controversial support for the targeting of NGO ships

In May 2017, Southern took part in an attempt organized by the identitarian group Génération identitare to block the passage of an NGO ship, the Aquarius (co-owned by SOS Mediterranée and Doctors without Borders), which was leaving Sicily to start a search-and-rescue mission for ship-wrecked migrants off the shores of Northern Africa. Claiming that the goal of the activists "was to stop an empty boat from going down to Libya and filling up with illegal migrants", Southern was briefly detained by the Italian Coast Guard. NGO ships often rescue migrants and refugees, who disembark from Libyan shores on unsafe makeshift rafts, and bring them to Sicily. [27][28]

Southern supported similar actions by identitarian group Defend Europe, which chartered a vessel with the stated purpose of tracking and stopping collusion between NGOs and human traffickers. The group has been accused of intending to obstruct the rescue of migrants and refugees in distress at sea. In July 2017, Southern revealed that Patreon had deleted her account out of concerns about her "raising funds in order to take part in activities that are likely to cause loss of life."[29] Southern denied these allegations, stating that Defend Europe's actions were likely to save lives and that none of her funding went towards the group.[30]

References

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Wikiquote: Lauren Southern – Zitate
Commons: Lauren Southern – Album mit Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
  1. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  2. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  3. ↑ A European alt-right group wants to take to the sea to stop rescuers from saving migrants. vox.com, archiviert vom Original am 6. Juli 2017; abgerufen am 6. Juli 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Lauren Southern is the alt-right's not-so-secret weapon (Memento desOriginals vom 16 July 2017 im Internet Archive). Abgerufen im 6 July 2017 
  5. ↑ The Far Right Descends on Berkeley for 'Free Speech' and Planned Violence. In: Southern Poverty Law Center. Archiviert vom Original am 17. August 2017; abgerufen am 27. Juli 2017.
  6. ↑ Lauren Southern | Home. Libertarian.ca, archiviert vom Original am 10. Juni 2016; abgerufen am 1. Juli 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Marisa Kabas: Meet the Canadian college student who's about to be the next enemy of the feminist movement. In: The Daily Dot. 15. Juni 2015, archiviert vom Original am 28. Juli 2015;.
  8. ↑ Matthew Claxton: Langley post-secondary student runs as Libertarian (Memento desOriginals vom 31 October 2016 im Internet Archive) In: Langley Advance. Abgerufen im 30 October 2016 
  9. ↑ Matthew Claxton: Former Langley Libertarian candidate detained in Italy - Abbotsford News (Memento desOriginals vom 17 May 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Abbotsford News, 17 May 2017. Abgerufen im 28 May 2017 
  10. ↑ Official Voting Results | British Columbia, Langley—Aldergrove | Forty-second General Election, 2015. In: www.elections.ca. Abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2017 (kanadisches Englisch).
  11. ↑ Jessica Lachenal: Internet Jerks Pledge to Make Internet Even Worse in #TheTriggering. In: TheMarySue. 9. März 2016, archiviert vom Original am 23. September 2016; abgerufen am 3. September 2016.
  12. ↑ Jean-François Cloutier: Lauren Southern troll la SlutWalk web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. (in French). In: TVQC, 2015/06/14.
  13. ↑ Lauren Southern: The Triggering: A powerful defence of free speech against the professionally offended. In: International Business Times UK. 10. März 2016, archiviert vom Original am 10. März 2016; abgerufen am 6. Juni 2017.
  14. ↑ Mike Raptis: Activist accused of pouring bottle of urine on Rebel reporter during 'anti-fascist' rally in Vancouver. In: National Post. 7. März 2016, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2016.
  15. ↑ Mike Raptis: Activist pours urine. In: Toronto Sun, 2016/03/07
  16. ↑ Natasha Christian: Protester pours urine on journalist for 'hateful' comments. In: Yahoo7. 8. März 2016, archiviert vom Original am 11. Juni 2016; abgerufen am 21. Mai 2016.
  17. ↑ Trump supporter BLOCKED by Facebook for complaining about site's censorship of right-wing activistsweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER, PUBLISHED: 15:33, 22 May 2016Vorlage:Better source
  18. ↑ James Taranto: The Troll Booth. In: The Wall Street Journal. 23. Mai 2016, archiviert vom Original am 27. August 2016; abgerufen am 3. September 2016.
  19. ↑ Southern, Lauren: Lauren Southern Becomes a Man! In: The Rebel Media. 3. Oktober 2016, archiviert vom Original am 23. Oktober 2016; abgerufen am 28. Oktober 2016.
  20. ↑ Tamara Wernli: Total durchgeknalltweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. (in German). In: Basler Zeitung, 2016/12/01.
  21. ↑ Lauren Southern: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 21. Dezember 2016, abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2016.
  22. ↑ Aaron Hutchins: Twitter, the mosque shooting, fake news and bias - Macleans.ca (Memento desOriginals vom 21 June 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Maclean's, 30 January 2017. Abgerufen im 21 June 2017 
  23. ↑ Lauren Southern: Going Independent. YouTube, 9. März 2017, archiviert vom Original am 10. März 2017;.
  24. ↑ Cristina López G.: Meet Lauren Southernweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.. In: Media Matters for America, 2017/03/14.
  25. ↑ Sam Kestenbaum: Trump's White Houseweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.. In: The Forward, 2017/03/15.
  26. ↑ Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley (Memento desOriginals vom 16 April 2017 im Internet Archive) In: NBC Bay Area. Abgerufen im 15 April 2017 
  27. ↑ Matthew Claxton: Former Langley Libertarian candidate detained in Italyweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.. In: Abbotsford News 2017/05/17.
  28. ↑ Claudio Cartaldo: Migranti, blitz contro l'Ongweb.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. (in Italian). In: il Giornale, 2017/05/13.
  29. ↑ Lauren Southern: PATREON BANNED MY ACCOUNT?? YouTube, 21. Juli 2017, archiviert vom Original am 23. Juli 2017;.
  30. ↑ Graeme Gordon: Why Lauren Southern Got Banned From Patreon (Memento desOriginals vom 18 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Canadaland, 27 July 2017. Abgerufen im 17 August 2017 
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