When extremists are embraced by leadership, people in power or afforded celebrity there will be consequences. In the USA, the acts of hatred in Charlottesville, Virginia were predictable.
March 21, 2019
By Michael Bachelard
...Apparently (click here) driven by a confused and violent alt-right ideology, the attack took white-supremacist extremism to its logical conclusion in the most peaceful and unlikely place.
Almost a week later, as the bodies of the dead are still being washed and buried in Christchurch, this act, allegedly carried out by a 28-year-old Australian, has prompted dozens of different discussions, all of which seem urgent.
Among those discussions are gun control, the role of social media in radicalising the perpetrator, and broadcasting his act, the growth of right-wing extremism, its infiltration into mainstream politics, and even the merits and morals of egging a sitting senator....
