White terrorism shows "stunning" similarities to rise of ISIS, experts say

Many scholars of terrorism see worrying similarities between the rise of the Islamic State and that of white nationalist terrorism, seen most recently in the carnage in El Paso, Tex.

“The parallels are stunning,” said Will McCants, a prominent expert in the field.

And they are growing more notable with each new attack.

Experts say that the similarities are far from a coincidence. White nationalist terrorism is following a progression eerily similar to that of jihadism under the leadership of the Islamic State, in ways that do much to explain why the attacks have suddenly grown so frequent and deadly.

In both, there is the apocalyptic ideology that predicts — and promises to hasten — a civilizational conflict that will consume the world. There is theatrical, indiscriminate violence that will supposedly bring about this final battle, but often does little more than grant the killer a brief flash of empowerment and win attention for the cause.

There are self-starter recruits who, gathering in social media’s dark corners, drive their own radicalization. And for these recruits, the official ideology may serve simply as an outlet for existing tendencies toward hatred and violence.

eddie wrote:What if....guns were banned? And bombs? And any weapons that kill?

Imagine how people and countries would resolve their conflicts!

eddie wrote:That would work.

Ben Reilly wrote:So because white nationalists follow a violent ideology, while Islamist terrorists follow a warped, violent version of a religion, there are no similarities between the two?

No online recruitment of frustrated men, no lone wolf attacks, no apocalyptic vision of a world in a war between civilizations or races?

Ben Reilly wrote:That's not what I meant, though. I'm saying that despite being inspired by different things, they're quite similar phenomena.

That they're inspired by different things is a given; they're nonetheless playing out quite similarly.

eddie wrote:What if....guns were banned? And bombs? And any weapons that kill?

Imagine how people and countries would resolve their conflicts!

Ben Reilly wrote:

Many scholars of terrorism see worrying similarities between the rise of the Islamic State and that of white nationalist terrorism, seen most recently in the carnage in El Paso, Tex.

“The parallels are stunning,” said Will McCants, a prominent expert in the field.

And they are growing more notable with each new attack.

Experts say that the similarities are far from a coincidence. White nationalist terrorism is following a progression eerily similar to that of jihadism under the leadership of the Islamic State, in ways that do much to explain why the attacks have suddenly grown so frequent and deadly.

In both, there is the apocalyptic ideology that predicts — and promises to hasten — a civilizational conflict that will consume the world. There is theatrical, indiscriminate violence that will supposedly bring about this final battle, but often does little more than grant the killer a brief flash of empowerment and win attention for the cause.

There are self-starter recruits who, gathering in social media’s dark corners, drive their own radicalization. And for these recruits, the official ideology may serve simply as an outlet for existing tendencies toward hatred and violence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/world/americas/terrorism-white-nationalist-supremacy-isis.html

Maddog wrote:

eddie wrote:What if....guns were banned? And bombs? And any weapons that kill?

Imagine how people and countries would resolve their conflicts!

They could use airplanes.

phil wrote:Like i said there is a built up or far left and right in America which is heading for a collision. I forsee bigger trouble ahead and far more attrocities happenning.

eddie wrote:
What if....guns were banned? And bombs? And any weapons that kill?

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nicko wrote:
You forgot Women !

nicko wrote:You forgot Women !