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Afghan Refugees: Right-Wing Extremists Decry Aid, Fret About Demographic “Replacement”
ADL ^ | 09 01 2021 | Staff

Posted on 09/07/2021 6:49:45 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Right wing extremists frequently use national and international conflicts as platforms for their bigoted narratives. Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and in the face of ongoing humanitarian and military crises, extremist online spaces have been rife with racist, Islamophobic and antisemitic tropes.

The August 26, 2021, attack in Kabul by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), refugee and evacuation efforts and the growing mainstream criticism of President Biden presented myriad opportunities for extremists to further elevate racist, xenophobic sentiments via cries about “the Great Replacement,” a white supremacist conspiracy theory that envisions the intentional replacement of white majorities at the hands of nebulous Jewish forces.

Much of this content has been shared by white supremacists, who are railing against potential immigrants and refugees from Afghanistan as well as Jews and Israel, while applauding the Taliban’s underdog “victory” over American forces. Islamophobes and conspiracy theorists are also weighing in, to a lesser extent.

Online responses from white supremacists can be loosely separated into the following themes: Anti-immigrant or anti-refugee content, expressing fear of an “invasion” and demographic shifts, pro-Taliban and anti-American content, celebrating an underequipped insurgent group successfully defeating a global power.

Fears of “White Genocide” and Demographic Shifts

The Great Replacement, or replacement theory, emerged out of early 20th century French nationalism and is frequently cited by white supremacists who claim there is a plot to perpetrate “white genocide.” Common uses of the narrative include conspiratorial claims that there is a plot to intentionally import immigrants or non-white individuals to change demographics or voting blocks. Extremist murderers like Robert Bowers, Brenton Tarrant, John Earnest and Patrick Crusius have referred to the theory as motivation for their targeted attacks.

Posts referring to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees, meanwhile, allege that an influx of these refugees, with their “high birth rates” will create white minority countries. White supremacists also claim that liberals care about Muslim women and children under the Taliban but ignore white women and girls allegedly victimized by refugees of color, and that there is a political motive for accepting refugees who will theoretically vote for Democrats.

Non-extremist conservatives and various QAnon adherents alleged on Telegram that Afghan refugees would change voting patterns and that the U.S. military and President Biden should be removed.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; qanon; refugees; replacement
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Do YOU harbor "RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS" views? If you do it's time for a new "narrative". Everything you believe is wrong. YOU are the problem.

Don't be led by "fear and hate". Open your borders (and your wallets) and let the refugees in because we're Americans and hate, fear, and "right-wing conspiracy theories" have no place in America.

(For the sarcasm impaired, this is sarcasm)

1 posted on 09/07/2021 6:49:45 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
Right wing extremists frequently use national and international conflicts as platforms for their bigoted narratives.


Nothing at all bigoted or biased in the opening sentence, right? /s
2 posted on 09/07/2021 6:53:13 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The crowd was chanting "Death to America", but they were a mostly friendly crowd.)
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” Right-Wing Extremists “

Nope. No bias there.


3 posted on 09/07/2021 6:55:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: yesthatjallen

When they start butchering American Jews maybe the ADL will wake up from woke


4 posted on 09/07/2021 6:58:29 AM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: yesthatjallen
Right wing extremists frequently use national and international conflicts as platforms for their bigoted narratives.

No bigoted bias there.

5 posted on 09/07/2021 6:58:52 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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I’m on it! /S. SMDH....
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6 posted on 09/07/2021 7:02:26 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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"a white supremacist conspiracy theory"

That's all it is you Neanderthal, knuckle-dragging kooks...


7 posted on 09/07/2021 7:02:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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the ADL is a POS! F them! They want to burn bridges to conservatives, full steam ahead. Any Jew worth his salt would do good to distance themselves from this group. Left wing garbage, demonizing the people that support Isreal.


8 posted on 09/07/2021 7:08:59 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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Perhaps the ADL should be advocating the settlement of Afghans in Israel.


9 posted on 09/07/2021 7:10:51 AM PDT by euram
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Since that screed was written by the “ staff “ at ADL, I’m envisioning a group of nerds sitting around a big table, competing with each other for the most colorful characterizations of “ extreme right-wing white supremacists “.


10 posted on 09/07/2021 7:16:56 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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How about settle Muslims in Muslim countries.


11 posted on 09/07/2021 7:18:33 AM PDT by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

ADL can suck it


12 posted on 09/07/2021 7:21:08 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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You have to be brainwashed not to see the plan is demographic replacement. Outfits like the ADL cheer it anytime demographic results are released that show white decline. Then a conservative points it out and are labeled a dangerous white supremacists.


13 posted on 09/07/2021 7:23:58 AM PDT by teevolt
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To: yesthatjallen

Ya gotta create the boogyman to keep the kids from wandering away from Scout camp


14 posted on 09/07/2021 7:24:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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...extremist online spaces have been rife with racist, Islamophobic and antisemitic tropes.

Islam is Anti Semitic. (It's anti anybody not Islamic and pretty busy killing the 'wrong' Moslems too!)

15 posted on 09/07/2021 7:25:55 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Kozak

I thought we should bring them to Israel to see the ADL begin their fretting.


16 posted on 09/07/2021 7:27:45 AM PDT by MNDude
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““the Great Replacement,” a white supremacist conspiracy theory that envisions the intentional replacement of white majorities”

Conspiracy theory??

It’s happening right in front of your eyes, you moron! And every time it is announced that whites make a smaller percentage of the US population (or the world for that matter) it is done with glee.


17 posted on 09/07/2021 7:31:06 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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Muslims are religiously obligated to subjugate, convert or kill all non-muslims.

Islam is incompatible with civilization.


18 posted on 09/07/2021 7:40:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

What a pile of crap


19 posted on 09/07/2021 7:41:44 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: aquila48

Just for the record, Afghans are white, they just also happen to be Islamic, which is what makes them dangerous.


20 posted on 09/07/2021 7:42:54 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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