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I have to admit, I found the Star Wars reference pretty funny so this is what drew me to this segment initially. It makes a good point, though (among many throughout the video), and I felt a bit of a personal connection to it. I had a friend (notice the past tense) for lets call it 10-15 years. Our lockers were next to each other in high school, we both went to URI for undergrad and were roommates junior year. In the years leading up to Trump's election, I started to notice a change in behavior/actions/verbiage. A lot of what they talk about in this video makes a lot of sense in retrospect. I won't say here what he said/did to cause me to cut ties, but I haven't spoken to him in at least five years. Those who continued to speak to him to try to help noticed these wedges being driven, particularly through regurgitated racist rhetoric that further isolated him from members of our community. I eventually had to stop following his wife on social media platforms too as it was full of the same rhetoric. So, not sure what everyone else's life experience has been, but I've seen this stuff firsthand; I knew a Gabe.

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This part stood out to me. It was interesting to think about how the fact that some pretty "bad" things can seem normal because of how accustom someone becomes to it. For example, in this day in age it is 100% normal to see videos ,images , etc. of horrific events that occurred all over social media. I am never shocked to scroll social media and see something like a video clip of a mass shooting. So I can see how "bad" things seem normal and prepare people for worse things cause of how much their minds are fed these ideas.

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I think it's fascinating how people like Gabe who fall victim to the far-right, are often so close to understanding true issues but just take a turn and miss the point entirely. Some examples given in the video were how they do agree workers are overworked and under compensated, but rather than supporting unions, Gabe and people like him blame immigrants. Or, how they recognize there’s a loneliness and strong emotions involved with being a modern man, but rather than acknowledging toxic masculinity and the patriarchy’s role in that they blame women’s promiscuity.

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In the moments surrounding this screenshot, they are talking about the fact that alt-right content is repetitive specifically because it's not made up of good arguments. They say that a good argument is easily understood, remembered, and repeated. Conversely, a bad argument must be repeated to continue being accepted. "Just listen to these 17 videos, you'll see for yourself..." sounds exactly like a couple people I knew previously that had been indoctrinated into the alt-right. They say things like 'do your own research' and they think that's more valid than them trying to explain it themselves. The problem is, they can't explain it themselves because it's a bad argument.

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"Their veneer of respectability gone, they are now hated by the public, the media wants nothing more to do with them, and everyone not in jail turns on each other or goes underground." What was troubling in this video and segment is when the author says, "..the media wants nothing more to do with them..." I completely disagree and I think with any conflict of any group, and especially protests, rioting, and hate groups the media wants everything to do with them no matter what side they are on or how the majority of the public feels about them. Alt-right groups, Nazi groups, etc. create dollar signs for the media, and it sells. Conflict, outrage, and hate makes a story and usually a long drawn out one and the media I think give these groups a large spotlight. Where the speaker I think is correct is when he says they are hated by the public, and then later on law enforcement agencies still do not mark these groups as terrorists, and online platforms do not work to fix problems with algorithms, hate speech, disinformation, and monitoring their platforms.

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14 ways that Gabe may be de-radicalized. My favorite: a really healthy fandom like "Steven Universe"

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Reactionary media uses a few arguments over and over again. It relies on affect - and this can be persuasive because the words are not so coherent. Confident voices are the substitute for evidence and reasoning. Over time, repetition of the most egregious statements come to seem "normal."

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The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis (PCH): If people process mass-mediated parasocial interaction in a manner similar to interpersonal interaction, then the socially beneficial functions of intergroup contact may result from parasocial contact. Exposure to TV shows and movies that depict diverse others can reduce prejudice.

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Extremist communicators are in a cycle where on social media they are radicalizing and being themselves radicalized by their audience

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This was a fascinating list of three ways that extremist groups attract potential recruits

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It was interesting to be introduced to the steps that the Alt-Right group uses to “radicalize a normie”. The first step is to identify the audience and, the picture above shows the example of Gabe. He is someone who fits right at the intersection of the Venn diagram between a straight cis man who feels emasculated and people who are vulnerable to recruitment. Which is the ideal candidate for the Alt-right group is looking for to recruit. It is crazy to think that they have a certain demographic they look for to persuade into their group. They find white cis men who are going through some kind of crisis making them easy targets. They are trying to find meaning in their life or just trying to fit in. Then there is this group that utilizes that to their advantage to gain numbers. They are also not the only group to use that method. It shows that many radical groups use the idea of preying on those who are easily confused and persuaded to join their movement. It is sad to think that people are being brainwashed into thinking these types of groups and views are the right ones to have.

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Aidan Reilly: Algorithms and recommended media 

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Aidan Reilly: Algorithms and recommended media 

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I found it interesting that if someone becomes influenced by alt-right media, it will have a long term affect on the algorithms they interact with. Alt-right media looks like in engulfs their followers into a feedback loop that negates all other forms of media, while making it look like their ideas and motives are just and proper. It is a little scary to think that a disruption in someones algorithm can have such a large impact on how someone views the world and media around them.

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The idea that I found most interesting is people being drawn into the far right not because they want to find people with the same extreme views as them, but because they're looking for something to help them overcome a problem they are facing, and the far right is giving them their solution. I found this interesting because it sounds like a lot of people in the far right just took a wrong turn after encountering a difficult situation in their life and finding the ideas of the far right to be the beset way out of it. It makes me wonder what could have been done to prevent that from happening.

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This image is showing the way that hate groups moving online has caused their reach to increase, their lack of consequences to increase, but their control to decrease. The video also mentioned that the movement to online has caused hate groups to not have as much responsibility because people are part of the audience not members to the specific group. This is worrisome for two reasons 1. hate groups can't be held responsible for the actions of their audience and 2. if an audience member takes things too far the hate group has no control in how other audience members see those actions which could cause the group to become more radicalized/violent.

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We're using this space to comment on Ian Danskin's video, "The Alt-Right Playbook"

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We're using this space to comment on Ian Danskin's video, "The Alt-Right Playbook"

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Ian Danskin has been trying to understand why he struggles to engage with his relatives friends and family members whose political views have changed significantly over the years