I wanted to highlight this popular tweet from a self-described "white heterosexual nationalist" because part jumped out: "this war is global." War? What war? While you were having a policy disagreement, using evidence and argument, others see a zero-sum civilizational struggle. https://twitter.com/germ_nation1/status/967310771137912832 …
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The movement's international. A new spin on white nationalism You can see it in Australians buying NRA memberships In CPAC inviting Nigel Farage and Marion Le Pen In Americans creating memes to try to influence French and German elections In reverence for Vladimir Putin's Russia
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This doesn't mean most American gun owners, or the subset that belong to the NRA, believe in this new globalized white nationalism. But it's large enough to exert influence. Especially since adherents are loud and internet savvy.
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Some of the loudest, most passionate participants in America's gun debate see guns more as symbol than tool Not "I want to use this to accomplish [home security, hunting, fun target shooting, etc.]" but "They are trying to force us to stop being us." It's identity politics. (END)
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