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aristarchus [soylentnews.org] writes:

At the Daily Mail [dailymail.co.uk], that fine example of British journalism:

A former alt-right group member has told how she was lured in by leaders who flattered her and made her feel like an important part of what she thought was a 'wholesome organization' before brainwashing her into believing there was a white genocide.

The woman, who has given her name only as Samantha, spoke out in an interview with Nightline.

She admitted being converted to racism and said she even spoke about 'rope day' - a day when she says white people would hang anyone they considered to be 'degenerates' from lamp posts - with members of Identity Evropa, an alt-right organization.

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It seemed harmless to her so she plunged deeper into the theme, until discovering Identity Evropa.

'At the time when I joined, I really thought I was just pro-white. I didn't think about what it really was: a hate group.

'It's absolutely a hate group. Anyone that's in there doesn't think they're racist.

'No one thinks that they're anti-Semitic. I think the term that was used, or that started to be used, was 'counter-Semitic' or something, which is also bulls---... I didn't think that I was doing anything wrong,' she said.

Soon, she was performing Nazi salutes on command.

Interesting.

Her story is among those included in Anti-Social: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation, a book written by New Yorker journalist Andrew Marantz.

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