Intimidating fear in others felt rewarding to extremists even in retrospect.

Evidence

One noted how “people switch the side of the street when they see you… . It was a great feeling, even thinking back it was a great feeling.” — 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, 375

Categorization

• XREF: The durable, retrospective pleasure of intimidation suggests conflict withdrawal alone may not be enough; the power payoff is remembered as positive years later. — connects to: Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420

Broader Connections

• Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror #qualifies (0.78) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420