djchump wrote:I dunno if it's weird/unexpected that the right-wing extremists so strongly resemble the ISIS type extremists tbh - I figure hate's strongest when there's some aspect of projection. I mean, there's that classic compare-and-contrast of the 2 women holding guns and bible/quran in front of their favourite flags innit. I guess that religious aspect might be different/missing in the shut-in-incel-toxic-masculinity-internet-loser cases.
legaldinho wrote:Bizarrely, of course, no one will call whatever half arsed ideology this man brainwashed himself to follow, or related moderate versions of it such as liberalism, libertarianism, or identity politics, a "death cult".djchump wrote:I dunno if it's weird/unexpected that the right-wing extremists so strongly resemble the ISIS type extremists tbh - I figure hate's strongest when there's some aspect of projection. I mean, there's that classic compare-and-contrast of the 2 women holding guns and bible/quran in front of their favourite flags innit. I guess that religious aspect might be different/missing in the shut-in-incel-toxic-masculinity-internet-loser cases.
I guess that's a distinguishing factor between these sadsacks and the ISIS/KKK types - it doesn't seem like there's any hierarchical power structure that's deliberately radicalising then towards extremism, it seems more of a self-organising rabble of horrible people gathering and inciting each other...?Roujin wrote:Well I mean, before the internet these guys would just be bog standard loners by virtue of their problems. But now they can all meet like minded loners and revel in their collective perceived injustices.
djchump wrote:legaldinho wrote:Bizarrely, of course, no one will call whatever half arsed ideology this man brainwashed himself to follow, or related moderate versions of it such as liberalism, libertarianism, or identity politics, a "death cult".djchump wrote:I dunno if it's weird/unexpected that the right-wing extremists so strongly resemble the ISIS type extremists tbh - I figure hate's strongest when there's some aspect of projection. I mean, there's that classic compare-and-contrast of the 2 women holding guns and bible/quran in front of their favourite flags innit. I guess that religious aspect might be different/missing in the shut-in-incel-toxic-masculinity-internet-loser cases.I guess that's a distinguishing factor between these sadsacks and the ISIS/KKK types - it doesn't seem like there's any hierarchical power structure that's deliberately radicalising then towards extremism, it seems more of a self-organising rabble of horrible people gathering and inciting each other...? i.e. there's no head priest/klansman/honcho that's doing it to further their own power ... or do the bloggers, Breitbarts and Milo's of the internet fulfill that role? An ideology not based on holy books and hierarchy, but distributed amongst a network of shitheads making money from online ads and hawking their books & speaking appointments.Roujin wrote:Well I mean, before the internet these guys would just be bog standard loners by virtue of their problems. But now they can all meet like minded loners and revel in their collective perceived injustices.
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