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The 7 Stages of an Extremist Hate Group
Stage 5: Attacking without weapons
– This stage is critical because it differentiates vocally abusive haters from physically abusive ones. In this stage, hate groups become more aggressive, prowling their turf seeking vulnerable targets. Violence coalesces hategroups and further isolates them from mainstream society.
Each successive anger- provoking thought or action builds on residual adrenaline and triggers a more violent response than the one that originally initiated the sequence. Anger builds on anger. The adrenaline high combined with hate becomes a deadly combination.
Stage 6: Attacking with weapons
– Some attackers use firearms to commit hate crimes, but skinheads prefer weapons such as broken bottles, baseball bats, blunt objects,screwdrivers, and belt buckles. These types of weapons require the attacker to be close tothe victim, which further demonstrates the depth of personal anger. Attackers can discharge firearms at a distance, thus precluding personal contact. Close-in onslaughts require the assailants to see their victim eye-to-eye and to become bloodied during the assault. Hands-on violence allows skinheads to express their hate in a way a gun cannot. Personal contact empowers and fulfills a deep-seated need to have dominance over others.
Stage 7: Destroying
– The ultimate goal of haters is to destroy the object of their hate.Mastery over life and death imbues the hater with godlike power and omnipotence,which, in turn, facilitate further acts of violence. With this power comes a great sense of self-worth and value, the very qualities haters lack. However, in reality, hate physically and psychologically destroys both the hater and the hated.
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originally posted by: DanteGaland
ANTIFA just like any "organic" created group DOES get infiltrated & co-opted by FEDS.
OWS did. Tea Party did. Hells Angels are.
PAID informants, undercovers and SPOOK agitators RIDDLE their ranks.
I wouldn't trust ANY of these groups to truly be WITHOUT influence...
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: seeker1963
LEFT or RIGHT ...
They ALL get infiltrated.
Since this is a conspiracy community might we WANT to wonder WHO and what the motives are??
Deny ignorance.
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: seeker1963
AGENDAS are NOT excuses.
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
Can anyone explain in a sentence or so what is Antifa? As a Brit I'm sort of curious and don't know what it is?
originally posted by: veracity
i honestly did not know what ANTIFA was until today
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
a reply to: seeker1963
Yeah I do live out in the semi sticks, but have no idea whatsoever what Antifa is. They smash windows? So they are like anarchists or students?
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: seeker1963
I don't like ANTIFA. I think they are fascist, Marxist, and basically moronic to a degree unseen for decades. They are the antithesis of freedom, free expression.
That being said, I don't like any government agency labeling groups.
I don't think it serves any other purpose other than denying free expression even to groups that abhor free expression.
We saw enough of that during the Obama era when anyone who was for lower taxes, smaller government, was labeled as "anti-American".
really?....who were these people that labeled others as anti-American if they wanted lower taxes, etc.....was it 20 people?, 100 people?, entire groups?......or some joe blow down the street, or some wack-job on a blog, that you happened to read or hear?....out of a population of 320,000,000, there are going to being nutjobs all along the political spectrum....cherry-picking is easy, detailed analysis and discussion is of course boring, but critical to reasoned thought.