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sinkingfeeling

(57,190 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:38 PM Dec 15

Has anyone ever heard of the Turtle Island Liberation Front before now? I tried to google it and all I

got was Reddit stuff. No information on its structure, membership, or founding.
I'm highly suspicious. Read comments from Bondi and Cotton about it being a far left group.

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Has anyone ever heard of the Turtle Island Liberation Front before now? I tried to google it and all I (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Dec 15 OP
90% chance its horseshit. NT Happy Hoosier Dec 15 #1
I'll raise you to 110% chance this is total bee ess AStern Dec 15 #19
It's bullshit. And to put a Native American johnnyfins Dec 15 #2
I wondered about it, too. Sounds like something made as instructed to please Dear Leader. Vinca Dec 15 #3
All I remember is Gary Snyder's book, Turtle Island. Brother Buzz Dec 15 #4
First rule of (noun) Liberation Front is to not speak of (noun) Liberation Front. lol n/t flvegan Dec 15 #5
Not to be confused with Liberation Turtle Island Front Johonny Dec 15 #6
Splitter.... mysuzuki2 Dec 15 #15
They're on FB and instagram. A probably a new group that splintered from something. LeftInTX Dec 15 #7
Are all the members teenage mutant ninjas? Scrivener7 Dec 15 #8
Only thing I know from Turtle Island sdfernando Dec 15 #9
lol come on WhiskeyGrinder Dec 15 #10
An "antifa" offshoot? Wicked Blue Dec 15 #11
They're a small group but the DoJ will make them appear to be a large, liberal terrorist group LogDog75 Dec 15 #12
Someone used an automated "generate a revolutionay name" online program. DBoon Dec 15 #13
It's a "I dropped outta college to save the World, man" organization. haele Dec 15 #14
More like "I dropped outta my Save the World group" because it "wasn't cool enough" LeftInTX Dec 15 #16
Turtle Island String Quartet, yes. maxsolomon Dec 15 #17
It is more likely they are just guys trolling on insta drray23 Dec 15 #18

johnnyfins

(3,430 posts)
2. It's bullshit. And to put a Native American
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:42 PM
Dec 15

term for the Americas in the group name is a complete f'ing insult.

Brother Buzz

(39,557 posts)
4. All I remember is Gary Snyder's book, Turtle Island.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:53 PM
Dec 15

And truth be told, I only remember one poem:

HOW POETRY COMES TO ME
by Gary Snyder

It comes blundering over the
Boulders at night, it stays
Frightened outside the
Range of my campfire
I go to meet it at the
Edge of the light



LeftInTX

(34,013 posts)
7. They're on FB and instagram. A probably a new group that splintered from something.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:59 PM
Dec 15

Their FB group was started on Oct 4th. Their oldest instagram post is from July.



None of those arrested are Palestinian or Native Americans. But they engage in pro-Palestinian protests.

Keep in mind they have been arrested for explosives and a potential plot and not "terrorism". Terrorism by the feds is "international terrorism".

Like the John Brown Gun Club and Zizzians, these groups very informal. This group may only exist as a FB page or instagram page. Or they're just a rag tag group formed from another group. Who knows? Their instagram page shows them engaging in protests.

The Turtle Island Liberation Front associates with The Tunnel (Some type of Palestinian resistance, which has a quasi-mission statement) and InTheStreetsLA on Instagram. Which I also assume are rag tag mostly SM entities or concept oriented thing etc.

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sdfernando

(6,019 posts)
9. Only thing I know from Turtle Island
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:09 PM
Dec 15

is the Turtle Island Quartet....an amazing group of string players. The only radical thing from them is the occasional jazz piece.

LogDog75

(1,100 posts)
12. They're a small group but the DoJ will make them appear to be a large, liberal terrorist group
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:15 PM
Dec 15

The nutty conservatives will claim they're funded by George Soros.

If this group was preparing to bomb corporations, businesses, or anyone else then they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

haele

(15,068 posts)
14. It's a "I dropped outta college to save the World, man" organization.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:20 PM
Dec 15

Horseshoe Radicalism, from Nihilists to Leninists, extreme Rightists to extreme Leftists, most of these groups are headed by cynical egos looking to collect lost people searching for something to make them feel more important than everything else.
I don't discount the need to do something positive, however, I do have issue with cults of personality, because those types of organizations really don't care about doing good - they care about being the ones in charge who tell you what doing good is to a granular level. And that ain't much different that what the villains in their world plan.
Except they're the ones with "Liberation" in their name...

drray23

(8,578 posts)
18. It is more likely they are just guys trolling on insta
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:45 PM
Dec 15

Than an actual terrorist group. Of course, Patel's FBI will go for it.

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