Assessing the Threat from Social Media Enabled Domestic Extremism in an Era of Stagnant Political Imagination
Posted byDivergent Options
November 29, 2021
David Nwaeze is a freelance journalist and former political organizer based out of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, who has spent over two decades among the U.S. left. Divergent Options’ content does not contain information of an official nature nor does the content represent the official position of any government, any organization, or any group.
Title: Assessing the Threat from Social Media Enabled Domestic Extremism in an Era of Stagnant Political Imagination
Date Originally Written: November 19, 2021.
Date Originally Published: November 29, 2021.
Author and / or Article Point of View: The author contends that despite efforts by legislators and social media platforms to reduce online mediated domestic extremism, America’s political stagnation is a chief contributor to the appeal of extremist movements to the domestic public at large.
Summary: Social media is enabling domestic extremism. Where recruitment and incitement to action once took a great deal more effort for domestic extremists, they can now instantly attract much larger audiences through social media. While some may blame social media echo chambers for the growth of domestic extremism in recent years, equally culpable is stagnant political imagination within the U.S.
Text: The threat of social media enabled domestic extremism in the U.S. is all too real today. Below are some recent examples:
https://divergentoptions.org/2021/11/29/assessing-the-threat-from-social-media-enabled-domestic-extremism-in-an-era-of-stagnant-political-imagination%e2%80%a8/
