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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWow Alt-Right uses ISIS as inspiration
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/his-kampf/524505/Spencer began by complimenting my reporting for this magazine on the Islamic State. Your articles on isis have been popular on the alt-right, he told me.
I winced: Anti-Muslim bigots liked that I had described isis as an Islamic movement, linked to traditions within Islam. Is that because you hate Muslims?, I asked.
No, he said. Because isis is an identity movement. Because they have ideas, and because you wrote about their ideas. Also, they are a grassroots movement. Theyve built themselves up fast, from nothing.
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Wow Alt-Right uses ISIS as inspiration (Original Post)
gabeana
Aug 2017
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uppityperson
(115,681 posts)1. Extremist hate groups
gabeana
(3,166 posts)2. fox news
acts as their defenders
gabeana
(3,166 posts)4. thanks for providing the link
I had never heard of that, just sickening