Dunno -- I think ISIS driven more by material causes (Iraq War, Sunni marginalization, Libyan invasion, etc) than rhetoric.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
You don't think the US attacking them has been a driving force in the coherence of their worldview? They specifically say it has.
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Replying to @mtracey
Well, war always has that impact, but ISIS was in formation well before, in reaction to chaos USA created.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Yeah, and then attacking them again concentrated their collective minds on a theological "enemy," thus cohering their worldview.
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Don't take my word for it, they state this in their own material.
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Replying to @mtracey
Right but that was, again, a material cause: attacking ISIS, which was already an armed group. Alt-right very different.
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Replying to @mtracey
Seems to me that your premise is anti-racist ideological arguments will lead to more racism as backlash. I'm not sure that's true.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
That's a much more general premise than I'm endorsing here. This is specifically to do with the online troll phenomenon.
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Replying to @mtracey
Sure, but re-stating this as a general principle helps highlight the problem with your position.
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But the principle doesn't apply to what I'm arguing. So it's not a problem.
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