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Amid so much tragedy, I am most concerned about what happens next. The Jan 6 attack on the Capitol was the most spectacular domestic extremist attack in the history of the U.S. It will help recruit a new generation of extremists. My latest via @DFRLab: 1/ https://medium.com/dfrlab/op-ed-for-right-wing-extremists-this-was-a-victory-fbd67d46bceb
I fear that post-Trump extremists will be significantly more violent and anti-government than those they replace.
Recent anti-state extremists movements in the U.S. have had some cognitive dissonance (since they controlled the state). That's about to go away. 2/
Recent anti-state extremists movements in the U.S. have had some cognitive dissonance (since they controlled the state). That's about to go away. 2/
Based on recent polling, this post-Trump movement also enjoy the most popular support for an extremist movement since the Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction South.
45% of Republicans at least initially approved of the Jan 6 attack! 3/ https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/01/06/US-capitol-trump-poll
45% of Republicans at least initially approved of the Jan 6 attack! 3/ https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/01/06/US-capitol-trump-poll
Grappling with this online radicalization will be a major challenge that will last at least through the Biden administration. This work must begin immediately. 4/4 https://medium.com/dfrlab/op-ed-for-right-wing-extremists-this-was-a-victory-fbd67d46bceb
