Action Alert Success: Protest of Facebook page threat against NARSOL board member was sucessful

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6/21/25 UPDATE: Thanks to those who filed the protest that caused Facebook to remove the dangerous threat made by Pat Bates Smith!

Click here to see the confirmation of removal

 

FYI, our original request was the following:

Source: Facebook.com 6/13/25

Facebook was used to alert members of the Proud Boys to the fact that NARSOL planned to conduct its annual conference in Michigan next week.  Due to this call to action, the hotel at which the conference was to be held canceled its contract with NARSOL and therefore NARSOL canceled its conference. 

Click here to see the message posted on Facebook by a person named Pat Bates Smith. 

For those who have access to Facebook, please report to Facebook that his message is a threat and an example of bullying.  If enough people do this, we believe that Facebook will remove the original message and possibly terminate the account of Pat Bates Smith.  Thank you.

Here is how to take action:

  1. Log on to a Facebook account
  2. Click on this link to see the page threatening 
  3. Click the Report link and ask them to remove the original message and terminate Pat Bates Smith’s account. Facebook says your comment is anonymous.

 

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It worked.

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Perhaps a tort claim would curtail this behavior.

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I’m not able to bring it up. It gives a message that the owner of the message shared it with certain group of people or it was deleted.

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I would but I don’t have Facebook. I haven’t signed up since as I understand it as a person on the registry I can’t, and I don’t want get charged with having social media and not telling the registry people about it.

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I do not have a Facebook account or I would have participated in this process. Thank you to all who did!

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Did anyone take a screenshot of this alleged threat?

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This is the post you need removed, BTW

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So, Grand Rapids turned it down?

Might I suggest Lansing, or Grand Ledge Michigan,
it’s in the middle of the state, college Town, 10-15 motels/hotels, and it would be in Sam Singh’s district! a perfect place I might add and if I can help let me know, I’m about an hour away.

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Ah, Facebook. We’re not allowed to use it, but it’s used as a rally point for brainwashed and hateful extremists.

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they only had 23 people respond to their post. I wouldn’t give them any power or credence.

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