*Naming* that group rather than sticking to generic "white supremacists" is terrible turning point. It's direct-to-Google instructions to them. Yes, it matters. Ideologies don't coalesce by themselves, but in social interactions, groups, and through these amplification processes.
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Attention is the oxygen such organizations crave to grow their flames, and how they recruit. We need to learn to *pay attention* to extremists without doing recruiting work for them. I'm not saying ignore them, *not at all.* But let's not do their work.https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/1311319405536718849 …
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The first problem was Trump mentioning that group, which is not a "white supremacist" group. Sure, there may be some of those in it, but Proud Boys is not focused on race, and that is not its purpose. It is a pretty far right group, butt that's different.
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I suspect Trump dropped the name because they were recently mentioned. Throwing around terms like "racist" or in this case "white supremacist" when they don't apply just complicates matters - but it is a habit today of those on the left, which includes most journalists.
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