"Radicalism kills: why do we only care about one kind? (WAPO's simple formula to demonize the Right)
ARTICLE: "Radicalism kills. Why do we only care about one kind?" by Anne Applebaum.
Claims we only care about Islamic radicalism not the "other kind" (Right-wing radicalism).
''From our frens at WAPO. Uses a simple 1-2-3 attack formula shown below.''
1-2-3 formula in theory:
1. Hey, we know the enemy doesn't look that bad.
2. But there are hidden dangers.
3. Beware, beware–you may fall victim to a terrible fate.
1-2-3 formula in action
Article passages are in italics.
STEP 1: "THEY SEEM HARMLESS ENOUGH"
It begins with humor. The alt-right’s jokes, a teenage friend assures me, are genuinely funny: They ridicule the pomposities of “mainstream” culture, laugh at political correctness and create ridiculous memes mocking everything, including themselves. And once you’ve laughed at the jokes, there is a whole amusing, darkly ironic, alternative world out there, only a couple of clicks away.
[Watch out frens, you may be on the road to perdition]
STEP 2: "JUST A JOKE, RIGHT? BUT OVER YONDER LURKS SOMETHING DARKER"
There are the YouTubers such as PewDiePie, the Swedish gamer and vlogger who has shown Nazi videos while metaphorically arching his eyebrows. Viewers are meant to get that it’s a joke: “I know my audience understand that and that is why they come to my channel,” he has said. There are discussion boards and chat groups. You can start with Reddit or the comment sections of Breitbart, where many of the white supremacist references are coded or disguised. If that begins to seem tame, there is 4chan or 8chan or gab.ai, where the conversation is much more open.
'''[PewDiePie >>Reddit / Breitbart >>> the wicked Chans & GAB]'''
STEP 3: "EVENTUALLY….OMG, IT'S THE NAZIS!!!"
'Eventually, you can wind up living in a world in which the vilest forms of racism and hatred seem absolutely normal, in which mass murder is amusing and compassion is for the weak-minded. You can even wind up reading the Daily Stormer, which gets its name from the Nazi Der Sturmer , also once known for its “humorous” caricatures and cartoons….”
'''[Chans/GAB >>Daily Stormer >>> NAZI TAKEOVER!!!]'''
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/radicalism-kills-why-do-we-only-care-about-one-kind/2019/03/15/7f5a6b82-474c-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html?utm_term=.2b9bbfd12231
Part of a collection that tries hard to exploit the Christchurch tragedy for political advantage (see CAP).