But in context seems likely that his references to Owens were calculated to spark division, and perhaps even violence, between the left and the right. It is possible, even likely that the author was a fan of Owens’s videos: she certainly espouses anti-immigrant rhetoric. Owens herself issued a response that seemed almost calculated to generate rage from those on the left: This detail was picked up instantly by many people online. Though I will have to disavow some of her beliefs, the extreme actions she calls for are too much, even for my tastes.” He states that, “ Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over meekness. In his manifesto, Brenton credits far-right personality Candace Owens with beginning his radicalization. “The Great Replacement” is a clear and brutally obvious example of this technique. The ultimate goal is to derail productive discussion and distract readers. Shitposting is the act of throwing out huge amounts of content, most of it ironic, low-quality trolling, for the purpose of provoking an emotional reaction in less Internet-savvy viewers. There is truth in there, and valuable clues to the shooter’s radicalization, but it is buried beneath a great deal of, for lack of a better word, “shitposting”. All the evidence we have suggests these are, more or less, the shooter’s beliefs.īut this manifesto is a trap itself, laid for journalists searching for the meaning behind this horrific crime.
In “The Great Replacement” repeats a variety of “white genocide” talking points, and claims his murder of several dozen Muslims is because they are “invaders” outbreeding the white race.
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