1/ Off the top of my head? Five things, really, but I may come back and add more, lol. The media ecosystem is big enough that we've seen *some* coverage of these issues, but not nearly enough.https://twitter.com/Do_Not_Cisturb/status/1074790361283874822 …
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2/ The first is the connection between umbrella conservative orgs, which often market themselves as "free speech" or "anti-Marxism" groups, and literal neo-Nazis.
@LukeBarnes_92 did a fantastic job with this covering Resist Marxism.https://thinkprogress.org/resist-marxism-front-for-far-right-organizing-9bd959325ae1/ …1 reply 8 retweets 24 likesShow this thread -
3/ I've noted this on several occasions, but for example, see this thread.https://twitter.com/i/moments/1038998774981578752 …
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4/ The second is the role of major outlets, like YouTube, in providing the far-right a platform for fascist organizing.
@KELLYWEILL did a fantastic job with that, just today.https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-youtube-pulled-these-men-down-a-vortex-of-far-right-hate …1 reply 3 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
5/ The third is the rise of the militant alt-light, e.g. Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys, and their connections with the mainstream GOP.
@_grendan covered that brilliantly for@thebafflermag.https://thebaffler.com/latest/boys-to-men-oconnor …1 reply 3 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
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6/ The fourth is the degree to which misogyny plays an intrinsic role in far-right recruitment and organizing.
@chick_in_kiev pointed this out the other day, but it's a subject that deserves a fuller treatment.https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1074020564774412288 …AntiFash Gordon added,
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Yes! Thank you, @_grendan! This was *such* a good piece, and I'm embarrassed to have forgotten to link to it.
Thanks to @erinacorbett and @ekingc for their excellent work.
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