Example of pattern @kathleen_belew details in superb book Bring the War Home: radicalized veterans become embedded in networks — often linked to white power movement — and take up arms against their own government. Expect more in days to come. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
How did Ashli Babbitt become radicalized?
“Over the past 5 years, a potent MAGA online subculture appears to have transformed this former Obama voter, who turned to Trump over a dislike of Hillary Clinton, into a QAnon follower ready to storm the Capitol” bellingcat.com/news/2021/01/0…
“Over the past 5 years, a potent MAGA online subculture appears to have transformed this former Obama voter, who turned to Trump over a dislike of Hillary Clinton, into a QAnon follower ready to storm the Capitol” bellingcat.com/news/2021/01/0…
Military Times found ”More than one-third of all active-duty troops and more than half of minority service members say they have personally witnessed examples of white nationalism or ideological-driven racism within the ranks recently.” militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… via @bob_saccamanno
Military Times 2019 survey found ”36% of troops who responded have seen evidence of white supremacist and racist ideologies in the military, a significant rise from the year before, when only 22% reported the same in the 2018 poll.” militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… via @bob_saccamanno
”Overall, troops who responded to the 2019 Military Times survey cited white nationalists as a greater national security threat than both domestic terrorism with a connection to Islam, as well as immigration.” militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… via @bob_saccamanno
For an excellent podcast introduction, listen to this episode of @throughlineNPR in which @kathleen_belew explains how the modern white power movement was ”brought together around a common story of government betrayal in Vietnam War.”
npr.org/2020/12/01/940… via @SidhantWadhera
npr.org/2020/12/01/940… via @SidhantWadhera
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