Hatewatch Headlines 5/18/2018
Radicalized young men are turning violent too; YouTube ‘Super Chat’ pushes extremes; Vegas shooter was a conspiracy theorist; and more.
: The terrifying trend of white men radicalized online becoming terrorists in real life.
: How YouTube’s ‘Super Chat’ system is pushing video creators toward more extreme content.
: Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock believed conspiracy theories about government plot to seize guns.
: Trump says he only called gang-affiliated immigrants ‘criminals,’ but that’s not true.
: 1,000 ‘domestic terrorists’ are being investigated currently by the FBI.
: Judge orders David Duke to turn over his Charlottesville-related messages.
: Gab’s new ‘groups’ feature makes it easier for racists to categorize themselves.
: Far-right pastor gives Alex Jones a handgun, assures him he’s protected by God.
: LGBT students at southwestern Oregon high school were bullied, forced to read Bible.
: Protesters want store with controversial ‘Nordic’ symbols on windows to leave Fredericksburg.
: ‘Ghost Squad’ militia group plans to rally against local GPS-tracking business.
: Georgia Republican’s bigoted ‘deportation bus’ stunt backfires as his tour is barred at Cracker Barrel.
: Anti-LGBT extremist Rep. Raul Labrador loses primary race for Idaho governor.
: How conservatives are weaponizing ‘religious liberty’ to allow institutions to discriminate.
: It’s time we had a talk about white people calling the police on black people.