White Supremacists are Recruiting White Teens Online

[Agent Zero]

Another thread in which I must ask how many? How many are recruiting, how many being recruited? And what does it mean to be recruited?

The first thought that came to mind when I read this was “How many ISIS or al Qaeda are recruited online? How often do we hear of some young black man in some city in the US being mesmerized by the (for lack of a better term) glamour of terrorism?”

Then another thought hit me...how would we react to these groups coming in to our colleges and high schools recruiting?

Why do we allow Richard Spencer and groups like the Proud Boys do exactly that?

[Mister D]

The first thought that came to mind when I read this was “How many ISIS or al Qaeda are recruited online? How often do we hear of some young black man in some city in the US being mesmerized by the (for lack of a better term) glamour of terrorism?”

Then another thought hit me...how would we react to these groups coming in to our colleges and high schools recruiting?

Why do we allow Richard Spencer and groups like the Proud Boys do exactly that?

Great question. How often is that?

[Chris]

You could say the same about Islamist recruiting over the internet. The problem is that there is no way to measure how many are being recruited and for all of those that are identified, there are even more on the dark web. I think that there is a creeping malaise in society in general and it is being aided and abetted by the internet.

Yes, I'd say the two are about the same. But if there's no way to measure how do you draw conclusions and raise a cry about it?

The first thought that came to mind when I read this was “How many ISIS or al Qaeda are recruited online? How often do we hear of some young black man in some city in the US being mesmerized by the (for lack of a better term) glamour of terrorism?”

Then another thought hit me...how would we react to these groups coming in to our colleges and high schools recruiting?

Why do we allow Richard Spencer and groups like the Proud Boys do exactly that?

That line of "reasoning" already addressed.

[Chris]

Perhaps because we are seeing spree killings. I think that they are the canary in the coal mine. They are the obvious symptom of a toxic environment. The really poor kids are just being drawn into more violent crime with basic rewards and punishments, but diminishing regard for the value of human life, while the better off and better educated kids are being sucked down internet rabbit holes of hate and revenge for unmet expectations and uncertain futures and again diminishing regard for the value of human life.

You're wandering off-topic again.

[Helena]

Well, that's the thing about teens. Parents can bend over backward trying to instill what they believe are proper principles, ethics and morals and teens will necessarily rebel and turn toward avenues of information of misinformation. MOST of it in my estimation, is a phase (yes, cliché) and the kids will circle back around to the values in which they were raised.

That pretty much goes for any topic.

Adding to that, though... The overpushing of social justice coupled with complete lack of logic and reason also contributes toward pushing kids to reject some nonsense. Kids don't (as we know) always gravitate toward healthy ways of pushing back.

It's not one-sided. It's not the baddies on the left or right with one side being completely in the wrong or right. Lots of blame and missteps to go around.

[MisterVeritis]

Perhaps because we are seeing spree killings. I think that they are the canary in the coal mine. They are the obvious symptom of a toxic environment. The really poor kids are just being drawn into more violent crime with basic rewards and punishments, but diminishing regard for the value of human life, while the better off and better educated kids are being sucked down internet rabbit holes of hate and revenge for unmet expectations and uncertain futures and again diminishing regard for the value of human life.

Abortions are the real spree killing. I heard recently abortions are declining.

[MisterVeritis]

The first thought that came to mind when I read this was “How many ISIS or al Qaeda are recruited online? How often do we hear of some young black man in some city in the US being mesmerized by the (for lack of a better term) glamour of terrorism?”

It happens daily in our prisons. Praise Allah.

[Dr. Who]

Information. People are coming to terms with the way things are, or at least, how they perceive how things really are, and they don't like it. And that's because people have access to information and opinions that generations prior never did.

You have a point there. If you are a teen or post high school graduate today, it's pretty hard to hide your head in the sand and pretend that "the system" isn't showing signs of significant structural problems.

[Lummy]

You have a point there. If you are a teen or post high school graduate today, it's pretty hard to hide your head in the sand and pretend that "the system" isn't showing signs of significant structural problems.

Well then, grab their guns, for cry'n out loud.

[Captdon]

The first thought that came to mind when I read this was “How many ISIS or al Qaeda are recruited online? How often do we hear of some young black man in some city in the US being mesmerized by the (for lack of a better term) glamour of terrorism?”

Then another thought hit me...how would we react to these groups coming in to our colleges and high schools recruiting?

Why do we allow Richard Spencer and groups like the Proud Boys do exactly that?

For the same reason we allow BLM to do it. Freedom.