We need — in common speech — to start seeding our identification of them in any article with the preface “domestic extremist” or “domestic terrorist” as in “domestic extremist Philip Weiss” or “domestic terrorist Adam Horowitz” or “left-wing extremist Weiss/Horowitz.” Why?
Think: search engine. The algorithms will bring up their names every time someone searches for domestic terrorists, domestic extremists, or left-wing extremists or terrorists.
An antisemite put this list up recently on the MondoWeiss extremist blog. It’s the definition of an extremist by Laird Wilcox who has been tracking extremist groups, domestic and otherwise, for over 40 years. His collection is now housed at the University of Kansas and is named after him. He created this list after studying several hundred extremist groups, large and small. Here are his 21 characteristics, which he explains in greater detail on his minimal site.
1. Character assassination.
2. Name-calling and labeling.
3. Irresponsible sweeping generalizations.
4. Inadequate proof for assertions.
5. Advocacy of double standards.
6. Tendency to view their opponents and critics as essentially evil.
7. Manichaean worldview.
8. Advocacy of some degree of censorship or repression of their opponents and/or critics.
9. Tend to identify themselves in terms of who their enemies are: whom they hate and who hates them.
10. Tendency toward argument by intimidation.
11. Use of slogans, buzzwords, and thought-stopping cliches.
12. Assumption of moral or other superiority over others.
13. Doomsday thinking.
14. Belief that it’s okay to do bad things in the service of a “good” cause.
15. Emphasis on emotional responses and, correspondingly, less importance attached to reasoning and logical analysis.
16. Hypersensitivity and vigilance.
17. Use of supernatural rationale for beliefs and actions.
18. Problems tolerating ambiguity and uncertainty.
19. Inclination toward “groupthink.”
20. Tendency to personalize hostility.
21. Extremists often feel that the system is no good unless they win.
This describes the groups led and associated with the domestic extremists Richard Silverstein, Philip Weiss, and Adam horowitz. Additionally, these terms describe so many of the antisemites who comment on their blogs.
Think: search engine. The algorithms will bring up their names every
An antisemite put this list up recently on the MondoWeiss extremist blog. It’s the definition of an extremist by Laird Wilcox who has been tracking extremist groups, domestic and otherwise, for over 40 years. His collection is now housed at the University of Kansas and is named after him. He created this list after studying several hundred extremist groups, large and small. Here are his 21 characteristics, which he explains in greater detail on his minimal site.time someone searches for domestic terrorists, domestic extremists, or
left-wing extremists or terrorists.
1. Character assassination.
2. Name-calling and labeling.
3. Irresponsible sweeping generalizations.
4. Inadequate proof for assertions.
5. Advocacy of double standards.
6. Tendency to view their opponents and critics as essentially evil.
7. Manichaean worldview.
8. Advocacy of some degree of censorship or repression of their opponents and/or critics.
9. Tend to identify themselves in terms of who their enemies are: whom they hate and who hates them.
10. Tendency toward argument by intimidation.
11. Use of slogans, buzzwords, and thought-stopping cliches.
12. Assumption of moral or other superiority over others.
13. Doomsday thinking.
14. Belief that it’s okay to do bad things in the service of a “good” cause.
15. Emphasis on emotional responses and, correspondingly, less importance attached to reasoning and logical analysis.
16. Hypersensitivity and vigilance.
17. Use of supernatural rationale for beliefs and actions.
18. Problems tolerating ambiguity and uncertainty.
19. Inclination toward “groupthink.”
20. Tendency to personalize hostility.
21. Extremists often feel that the system is no good unless they win.