re: #299 Citizen K

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I’ve yet to see the crosstabs for the election that separates by race & age together. My worry is that younger white generations really are getting more radical and racist and are only offset and masked by the fact that said generations are less white overall. But as others have pointed out in the replies as well, it could just be the megaphone affect. Or it could also be just that those who are racist and radicalized are far more open about it. I wish I knew, I really did.

In the recent tragedy where a teen-age Nazi murdered his girl friend’s parents before killing himself, the parents had forbid the relationship because their daughter started spouting Nazi memes. Nazis are actively recruiting and, given the lack of historical knowledge prevalent among Americans, in this world of Twitter and Facebook and Internet sites, people often see only those sites that confirm their biases or what their friends promote. In the old days, we got our news from the big 3 — now every site is given equal weight by consumers most of whom don’t know how to investigate for themselves.