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Breaking hate, confronting the new culture of extremism, Christian Picciolini

eng

Includes bibliographical references

no index present

non fiction

Breaking hate

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Christian Picciolini

confronting the new culture of extremism

"At fourteen, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to 'protect the white race from extinction.' Soon, he had become an expert in racist ideology, a neo-Nazi terror who roamed the neighborhood, quick to throw fists. By the time he left the movement years later and was able to see clearly for the first time, Picciolini found that his life was in shambles and the nation around him was coming apart. Told with startling intimacy and compassion, Breaking Hate is the inside story of how extremists have taken the reins of our political discourse and a guide to how everyday Americans can win it back. The forces pushing to polarize and radicalize us are many--from fake news to coded language to Russian trolls to a White House that often aims to inflame rather than to heal. Increasingly, the information with which we construct our world views is segregated by social media stars and advertisers with murky motives to validate our worst impulses. As Picciolini demonstrates, our modern world systematically normalizes extremism in such a way that we grow blind to it, only recognizing it in the wake of tragedy. Drawing on profiles of extremists that he works to free from violent ideology and on his own painful history leading and then escaping from an infamous neo-Nazi group, Breaking Hate explains why terrorism and violence have come to characterize our daily lives and why that doesn't need to be the case"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: Nation of hate -- Prologue: The crossroads of union and division -- Pre-radicalization-"The marginalized seeker." Warning signs: the prelude to hate: Kassandra -- What leads us to extremism: Kassandra -- The hate we see: Daniel -- Hate becomes normalized: Ben -- White pride worldwide: Kassandra -- Extremist recruitment: Reggie -- A mental health crisis: Kassandra -- Toxic masculinity: Dallas -- The propaganda of hate: Kassandra -- The threats we ignore: Kassandra -- Terror by another name: Koval -- A withdrawal from hate: Kassandra -- Radical-"The true believer." -- Lone wolf: Dylann -- De-radicalization-"The enlightened seeker." The seven "L" steps of disengagement -- Link: See the child, not the monster: Koval -- Listen: Filter out the white noise: Omar -- Learn: Mapping the journey: Ben -- Leverage: Filling potholes: Daniel -- Lift: The quest for ICP: Reggie -- Love: Building bridges: Daniel -- Live: Free radical: Kassandra -- TBD (To be de-radicalized): Richard