Right wing extremism is responsible for 73 % of extremist killings over the last decade. This compares to 23% for islamis extremism, and 3% for left wing extremism. How do you account for these transitin? I know we're going to get into technology's roll and amplifying some of it,. But what really appreciate about talking to you is going into the inner experience.
“You can binge watch an ideology in a weekend,” says Tony McAleer. He should know. A former white supremacist, McAleer was introduced to neo-Nazi ideology through the U.K. punk scene in the 1980s. But after his daughter was born, he embarked on a decades-long journey from hate to compassion. Today’s technology, he says, make violent ideologies infinitely more accessible and appealing to those who long for acceptance. Social media isolates us and can incubate hate in a highly diffuse structure, making it nearly impossible to stop race-based violence without fanning the flames or driving it further underground. McAleer discusses solutions to this dilemma and the positive actions we can take together.