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For those of interested in growing white nationalism, this story about misogyny, violence against women, and rape in the gaming and youtube world might not seem related, but it is. A short THREAD on the online world where a lot of the recruiting for the far right happens... 1/6 https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1274850622878121996
Far right recruiting does start with racism. Instead, it starts by appealing to teens and young men who are sexually frustrated. They are lured by the suggestion that it is not their fault, but women's fault, and also feminist liberation in society 2/6 https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit
Gamergate back in 2014 became the playbook for this. "By leveraging distrust and resentment towards women, minorities and progressives" far right voices developed massive online followings 3/6 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/01/gamergate-alt-right-hate-trump
One outcome of the misogynous culture of the online gaming world is sexual violence towards women, as this story, and the thread at the beginning of this thread demonstrate, but the other outcome is... 4/6 https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/27/20835249/game-developers-sexual-assault-publicly-accused-allegations-metoo
the luring of young men into other far right views like white nationalism and the broader violence of groups like the boogaloo. The grievance against feminism is the gateway drug into the extreme right 5/6 https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/#The-Crime-
These online groups give young men a sense of community, a place to make jokes, and a belief that their grievances against women are not their fault, but rather society's. In the process they are creating a new generation of white supremacists 6/6 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/do-you-have-white-teenage-sons-listen-up-how-white-supremacists-are-recruiting-boys-online/2019/09/17/f081e806-d3d5-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
