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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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)
” Right-Wing Extremists “
Nope. No bias there.
When they start butchering American Jews maybe the ADL will wake up from woke
No bigoted bias there.
I’m on it! /S. SMDH....
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That's all it is you Neanderthal, knuckle-dragging kooks...
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.
Perhaps the ADL should be advocating the settlement of Afghans in Israel.
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 “.
How about settle Muslims in Muslim countries.
ADL can suck it
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.
Ya gotta create the boogyman to keep the kids from wandering away from Scout camp
Islam is Anti Semitic. (It's anti anybody not Islamic and pretty busy killing the 'wrong' Moslems too!)
I thought we should bring them to Israel to see the ADL begin their fretting.
““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.
Muslims are religiously obligated to subjugate, convert or kill all non-muslims.
Islam is incompatible with civilization.
What a pile of crap
Just for the record, Afghans are white, they just also happen to be Islamic, which is what makes them dangerous.
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