Why is “lone wolf” such an absurd designation for white supremacist attackers like Frazier Glenn Miller?
Glance at the first two pages of his manifesto — perhaps you can take a wild guess at one among many reasons.
Glance at the first two pages of his manifesto — perhaps you can take a wild guess at one among many reasons.
https://twitter.com/msentropy/status/1380504621118943233
“Lone wolf” isn’t just a vague misnomer with connotations of self-motivated, independently driven political violence that’s all-too-often applied.
It’s also a specific strategy white supremacist leadership explicitly champion as…
A. Specific. Strategy. For. A. Movement.
It’s also a specific strategy white supremacist leadership explicitly champion as…
A. Specific. Strategy. For. A. Movement.
The entire POINT of the “lone wolf” strategy is to perpetuate the illusion of isolated actors outside a movement.
Hence the… MOVEMENT that pioneered and advocates it.
[more on this rant later.]
Hence the… MOVEMENT that pioneered and advocates it.
[more on this rant later.]
Coverage of “lone wolf” violence, basically:
“Attackers wore ‘I love Communism’ shirts” — without the context: “leaders instructed affiliates to wear ‘I love Communism’ shirts to fool media into thinking they loved Communism.”
Narrator:
They did not, in fact, love communism.
“Attackers wore ‘I love Communism’ shirts” — without the context: “leaders instructed affiliates to wear ‘I love Communism’ shirts to fool media into thinking they loved Communism.”
Narrator:
They did not, in fact, love communism.
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