The cool thing about these extremist haters is that they are so UNPREDICTABLE in their beliefs.
I guess some people are just lost. They feel isolated, and one day just stumble into an ideology that feels right and ends up shaping their little worldview. And then (back to the internet and social media), they find a few others with this peculiar mindset and suddenly they belong to something.
Not really sure if, when all is said and done, the internet is a good thing or a bad thing.
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Yea, I think there is some truth to that.
I've seen interviews where liberal students were asked why they were demonstrating and, many times, they didn't know why they were protesting, or they'd spout off that they're protesting "inequality" but when asked what specific policies they want, they were clueless. For a lot of them, it's a social event.
"Belonging" is an incredibly powerful thing, especially to those who haven't found a place. Walk through the steps: An isolated person who feels cheated and alone stumbles into something on the internet that feels like something of a fit. They participate and are accepted. Suddenly, overnight, they belong. They matter. They have a place.
I have no doubt that such a person is FAR more likely at that point to fully buy into EVERYTHING that group says, regardless of what they might have thought about something before, and the internet has created a monster.
Certainly that is fueling this madness.
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