Anti-terrorist suspicion itself can drive people into extremism.

Evidence

A public health approach might also prioritize understanding the effect of radicalization and terrorist acts on social cohesion. For example, accusations or suspicion that one is a terrorist or discrimination of a person or group thought to be terrorists could create social conditions (e.g., isolation, exclusion, unemployment) that may make some persons vulnerable to extremist ideology or violence. Family and friends of individuals who have radicalized may be an especially vulnerable group. Ensuring that families and friends of those who have radicalized are supported after learning that their family member or friend has radicalized may be a critical component for countering future radicalization and terrorist acts. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 120

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the stated reading purpose: this is the withdrawal/depolarization logic applied to stigmatized families — echoes theory of conflict withdrawal converting grievance into further radicalization. — connects to: Heavy-handed state intervention and stigmatization deepen rather than halt radicalization — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 579; A single core need drives both entry into and exit from extremism. — Amy Fisher-Smith, Charles R. Sullivan, John D. Macready, and Geoffrey Manzi, Identity Reconfiguration and the Core…, 10; Attempting to quit extremism can itself escalate a person into a worse group — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 366 (+7 more)
• QUESTION: Does the study’s own data (Chapters Five-Six) show interviewees citing accusation/discrimination as triggers? This is a testable sub-hypothesis.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Government surveillance can push fringe radicals into full terrorist commitment. #corroborates (0.85)
• Attempting to quit extremism can itself escalate a person into a worse group #expands (0.80) — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 366
• A feared Muslim conspiracy can dwarf the actual threat it purports to describe. #corroborates (0.80) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 141
• Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists #expands (0.72) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540
• Terrorism results from predispositions interacting with political context, not personality alone #expands (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4086