She writes that false narratives about Muslims and White Americans shape assumptions. This problem was identified in 2017 in the Fordham Law Review by University of Miami law professor Caroline Mala Corbin. The second difficulty we encounter as we look at right wing extremists is an overall reticence to recognize that their activities are sometimes terroristic. When he was elected, one online poster declared, 'We actually elected a meme as president.'

In the US, Donald Trump was the subject of many of these memes. Of special concern has been the canny use of memes by right wing extremists around the world who develop clickbait to engage viewers with messages about the supposed oppression of White people and the dangers of Islam.

As the Anti-Defamation League and others would eventually explain, 'red pilling' could lead to developments as 'radical as someone coming to believe that Jews control the world or that feminism is destroying the West.' With startling or humorous images and phrases, the memes invite viewers to believe, for example, that White people are victims of oppression and the West is under threat from outsiders.īorrowing from the film 'The Matrix,' those who are persuaded use the term 'red pilling' to indicate they had accepted the challenge of learning truths that others feared. The first is the fact that the process mostly takes place online, out of the view of outsiders and powered by seemingly innocuous social media memes. Two factors have made it difficult for the press to report on the radicalization of far-right extremists and for the public to understand what has happened. Here, however, we have been slow to recognize them as such. Seen any where else in the world, we would decry the threats against election officials as undemocratic.

While it's legal to bear arms in Michigan, this terror campaign was evident when armed men crowded into the state's Capitol to support Trump's view on the pandemic, and in Arizona when they paraded to support his claims of election fraud. In the case of Trump extremists, including those who belong to the so-called Proud Boys and various self-described militias, the terror campaign is already years long. The rally itself is not an act of terrorism, but fear instilled by an attack, or even the mere threat of one, accomplishes the same goal.

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