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> The internet has allowed him and his ilk a bigger voice, platforms to more efficiently spread their ideology and organize. This sounds like speculation and d
by malvosenior 8y ago
> The internet has allowed him and his ilk a bigger voice, platforms to more efficiently spread their ideology and organize.
This sounds like speculation and doesn't match what I've seen in real life. Do you have any data to back up that white supremacy is more popular now than it was in the past?
- KozmoNau7 8y agoThis is not something I'm simply making up, this is verified by countless sources, who keep an eye on white nationalists and white supremacists, and related far-right groups. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/22/number-white-and-black-hate-groups-surge-under-trump-extremist-tracking-organization-says/363978002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/22/number-white-a... https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/2017-year-hate-and-extremism https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/... https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/hate-groups-spiked-in-2016/index.html?no-st=1545649684 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/hate-groups-spik... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/lens/documenting-rise-white-nationalism-eugene-smith-grant.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/lens/documenting-rise-whi... It is also blatantly obvious to anyone who spends any time at all on social media or forums. White supremacist and alt-right viewpoints are sneaking in, hiding under banners such as "appreciating heritage" or by trying to co-opt historic traditions and symbols as ethnically exclusionary.