9. I want to make it clear that not everyone who is attracted to extremist ideology is troubled. The ideology has roots outside psychology.
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10. For the troubled individual appeal of extremist ideology is it offers both meaning and a solution.
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11. The meaning offered by extremist ideology is the polorized view of the world, clear sense of who is good & bad (white/black for Roof)
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12. Solution offered by extremist ideology is deliverance through apocalyptic violence: the race or religious war that will solve everything
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13. Let's say for the sake of argument Roof was troubled or mentally ill, that's still only half the equation. Ideology still plays a role.
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14. In the case of ISIS inspired, there's evidence that there propaganda in West is aimed precisely at troubled potential lone wolves.
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15. In the case of many nationalist/racist hate movements, there's both a theoretical wing & a mass base of troubled foot soldiers.
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16. To pick a random example, you have Serb nationalist intellectuals & politicians, whose incitement stirs up the dregs of society to kill
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17. In the case of Roof, you have a subculture of white nationalism. The Council of Conservative Citizens, various online hate groups.
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18. Where did Roof get those patches of flags for Apartheid South Africa & White Rhodesia? There's a subculture that sells that stuff.
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19. This hard-core white nationalist subculture receives reinforcement from wider culture of soft racism: Confederate flag on state capital
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20. Roof's friend said Roof wasn't a racist, just made racist jokes & had "strong conservative beliefs." Think about that.
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21. The racist jokes and the "strong conservative beliefs" are, let us say, the gateway drugs. Most can partake of them and go no further.
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