1/ Every Friday, we dig through a world of hate in America. It’s called the Hate Report. It can be pretty bleak, but following this stuff is important. Here’s what we found this week:https://www.revealnews.org/blog/the-hate-report-facebook-pages-glorified-incel-killer-and-chaos-at-neo-nazi-rally/?utm_source=Reveal&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=twitter …
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6/ School shooting expert Dr. Peter Langman wrote that, even though these groups are drenched in joking irony, they have the potential to trigger a copycat effect in future attackers. https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/role_models_3.1.pdf …pic.twitter.com/jCu8CKc2u0
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7/ As
@splcenter notes, after the Toronto attack, some incels started deifying that attacker in much the same way Rodger had been celebrated. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/24/i-laugh-death-normies-how-incels-are-celebrating-toronto-mass-killing …pic.twitter.com/3ftRsmkmrC
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8/ Hate Report co-author
@willcarless spent last weekend at a neo-Nazi rally in Tennessee. What he saw on the ground was a giant mess.Show this thread -
9/ For one thing, the neo-Nazis had a lot of difficulty getting participants to march in formation.pic.twitter.com/6o5GR7L28Y
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10/ They also didn’t know where their event was supposed to take place.pic.twitter.com/cmPitRHdcn
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11/ Were they even neo-Nazis? That also seemed unclear, at least to them.pic.twitter.com/gdGcB0z14E
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14/ This is supposedly one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in America. Its leaders claim a rapidly growing organizational capacity, which wasn’t on display during their event.
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15/ That’s not to say individual members aren’t dangerous. Members have been linked to violence in the past. But, based on what we saw on the ground, they seemed like a chaotic group, without much organization and little political clout.
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16/ To get the Hate Report in your inbox every Friday, sign up here:https://www.revealnews.org/hate/
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