Scared about online radicalisation of men in far right and Islam

[Unfinishedkitchen]

I’m becoming increasingly worried about the radicalisation of young men to the far right and Islam.

On the far right side, there seem to be lots of sights aimed at radicalising young white men e.g 4 Chan, 8 Chan etc. I believe many are recruited through online gaming communities where ‘ironic’ hate speech is used to normalise hate and lure them in.

There are many vulnerable men out there who are prime targets for recruitment to the far right agenda. How long will it be before one of them straps on a suicide vest?

They are no different from the Muslim boys who are being radicalised. They believe it’s them against the world too.

I don’t have a son but if I did, I’d be worried and would be having serious talks about online groups and the fact some of them have a nefarious agenda. I’d also warn him off anyone who tried to normalise any hate speech around him.

There seems to be an increasing number of angry young men. They find each other online and encourage each other into violence.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Thanks YeOldeTrout for answering. I've read that book. I think feeling isolated and then finding people willing to accept you into their tribe can be a really powerful influence.

[Lifecraft]

Yes, and how many people did she personally shoot dead?

She may subscribe to the culture, which I vehemently condemn her for, but as far as I’m aware she has not massacred anyone herself. It’s men who do that.

Once you have the revelation that virtually ALL the violence, the stabbings, the shootings, the wars, the sexual abuses and rapes, the genocides are indeed carried out by the male of the species, it’s a pretty horrifying realisation.

Joint enterprise. ISIS brides are equally guilty of mass murder and rape, because they provide support and help to the men involved. In the same way as the getaway driver gets sent down for armed robbery, even though they never even went into the bank.

It's shameful to minimise the role of the women in IS and giving them a pass because of their genitalia.

[Dottierichardson]

If only I could think of a high profile recent press story about radicalisation of a young women There are a few articles, a lot of American studies - more universities, more research money. Don't know if any of these are what you're looking for:

www.marieclaire.com/politics/a24163/white-supremacist-women/

democracyjournal.org/magazine/47/women-can-be-racists-too/

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/conservative-college-women-university-of-north-carolina-republicans

Meet the Feminist White Supremacists abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90982&page=1

www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/12/13/american-women-of-the-far-right/

www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2017/08/we-need-talk-about-online-radicalisation-young-white-women

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/29/from-le-pen-to-alice-weidel-how-the-european-far-right-set-its-sights-on-women

www.marieclaire.co.uk/reports/far-right-millennials-507601

[MissEliza]

Ds2 told me that one of his friends watched the video of the Christchurch shootings online. He couldn't understand why it was wrong to watch it. Dh and I were livid. Last year he told us a video of a be heading by ISIS had come up on Instagram and he'd watched it. Again he thought we were overreacting. It's so depressing and worrying to think young people are being exposed to these things and being desensitised to human suffering.

[Harumphharagh]

Jusy reading this article (which they are repromoting on Facebook post NZ):

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/white-men-have-committed-more-mass-shootings-any-other-group-675602%3famp=1

It’s saying that 98% mass shootings are by males and 90% of murders are by males. In US at least.