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">https://twitter.com/TaylorLor...
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& #39;s fault, and also feminist liberation in society 2/6 https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit">https://www.vox.com/the-highl...
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">https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/27...
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 #The-Crime-">https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/ #The-Crime-">https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/0...
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