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"Some people spend their summers following musicians on tour, meeting people
and swapping friendship bracelets. I spent mine traveling around the country to
attend Donald Trump rallies and interview his MAGA faithful in Florida,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Illinois.
I am a journalist and researcher working on a book about the psychology of the
MAGA movement and the far right. I have been immersed in far-right internet
forums for nearly a decade, studying how people are radicalized and identifying
when there is a potential for violence. Even as a trained, objective observer,
there are days when the bigotry, conspiracy theories, misogyny and hate speech
in those spaces overwhelms me. But I also know online vitriol does not always
reflect offline reality.
I started going to rallies this year because I wanted to talk with people
face-to-face in hopes of understanding their points of view. I have discovered
how unique of a phenomenon Trump rallies are — and what you see on TV isn’t
even close to the full story."
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote "This is hard reading, but it helps to
understand what’s going on. Sort of."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
