"Long before most institutions fully understood the dangers of #online #radicalization, #antisemitic ideas were already finding new life in #conspiracy culture, political #extremism and ideological movements across the spectrum. Some mistook a decline in public acceptability for a decline in the hatred itself.

Today, we are at another inflection point, but this one is far more urgent. #Antisemitism is no longer confined to the fringes, and its resurgence is part of a broader erosion of civic trust, shared facts and democratic norms. History has repeatedly shown that when antisemitism rises openly, it is rarely only a #Jewish problem. It is often a warning sign of a society becoming more vulnerable to extremism, #polarization and #intolerance more broadly."

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article315813262.html

"Analysts increasingly describe modern #antisemitism as a convergence phenomenon — where far-left anti-#Zionism, far-right #conspiracy culture, #online #radicalization and broader political nihilism begin feeding one another. #Jews become symbolic targets onto which fractured societies project anger and distrust. As #JoshKaplan recently reminded us in The Free Press, the late #Rabbi Lord #JonathanSacks warned that “antisemitism is a projection, and is caused not by Jews but by internal conflicts in the societies that give rise to it.” That diagnosis feels painfully relevant now.

#America is experiencing a broader coarsening of civic life. Political rage has become performative. #Socialmedia rewards outrage over restraint. #Conspiracytheories spread faster than facts. Institutions are distrusted almost by default. In such an environment, antisemitism flourishes because it offers unstable movements a visible villain onto whom complex frustrations can be pinned."

https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-the-new-shape-of-antisemitism/

UK’s criminalization of direct-action climate protests has counterproductive results, study says

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/uk-s-criminalization-of-direct-action-climate-protests-has-counterproductive-results-study-says/3918054

Punitive measures against nonviolent climate activists, including those who blocked roads or damaged buildings, may contribute to their radicalization…

#ClimateDefenders #Criminalization #Radicalization #ClimateJustice #Government #Collusion

The documentaries on PBS are radicalizing me. What’s funny is that the ideas are hardly radical in our recent history.

Taking away people’s homes is bad.
Genocide is bad.
Apartheid is bad.
Fascism is bad.

#PBS #radicalization #AntiFascist #AntiGenocide

Pizzagate's role in viral disinformation
https://negativepid.blog/pizzagates-role-in-viral-disinformation/

#pizzagate #conspiracies #socialMedia #radicalization #politics #hoaxes #extremism #fringeTheories #misinformation #disinformation #negativepid

The deep state narrative
https://negativepid.blog/the-deep-state-narrative/

#deepState #conspiracies #socialMedia #radicalization #politics #hoaxes #extremism #fringeTheories #misinformation #disinformation #negativepid

Behind Truth social: Donald Trump
https://negativepid.blog/behind-truth-social-donald-trump/

#donaldTrump #TruthSocial #socialMedia #radicalization #politics #hoaxes #extremism #fringeTheories #misinformation #disinformation #negativepid

The end of the Internet theories
https://negativepid.blog/the-end-of-the-internet-theories/

#endOfTheInternet #AI #digitalRights #conspiracies #socialMedia #radicalization #politics #hoaxes #fringeTheories #negativepid