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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I have a feeling that this is closest to the mark. That one fellow in the video, who says that he knows better than to talk about it with locals and the people directly involved, since he's a local...but that he's got "several" online groups where he can talk about the truth with other like-minded folks...that's the big propagator of this, I think.
It used to be the nutter down the street. Or the eccentric a couple blocks over. But now those people can go online and find like-minded people, reinforcing their problem.
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And the way these groups recruit is pretty impressive, from a completely depressive viewpoint. Essentially, they target those people who may be uneducated, mentally ill, feel marginalized, and are most often angry. They use soft language and suggestive ideas to get them in the door, and that's when they hit them with their ideology. The internet has made this incredibly easy.
Most men that join "men's rights" groups or people that find themselves involved in racially charged "alt-right" groups are in that liminal space between where they started and the extreme ideals of the group. When they say they aren't misogynistic or racist, while simultaneously exhibiting that behavior, they truly believe it. In some cases they just feel validated and have some modicum of control.
It's fantastically insidious. And that isn't to discount the honestly heinous.