The internet enables nationalist extremists to advocate genocide

Evidence

Writers usually encourage a military solution to the conflict; they vilify individuals, NGOs, and foreign governments that may protest the Sri Lankan government’s disproportionate prosecution of the civil war; and they resort to propaganda that praises the actions of their Sinhalese Buddhist fellows while traducing Tamils. One contributor even recommended a policy of genocide against the island’s Tamils, as that “will solve the terrorist problem for good” (Kannangara 2006). — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 202

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to manufacture-of-enemy thesis and how digital networks harden in-group solidarity against an external foe; parallels diaspora radicalization literatures. — connects to: The Internet’s global scale amplifies antisemitic conspiracy discourse; The internet enables racist activists to construct translocal imagined white identities — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2246; Speculative digital technologies amplify ethno-nationalist mobilization to new magnitudes. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 500 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The Internet’s global scale amplifies antisemitic conspiracy discourse #exemplifies (0.93)
• The internet enables racist activists to construct translocal imagined white identities #exemplifies (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2246
• Facebook served as a vector for state-driven ethnic violence in Myanmar #exemplifies (0.88) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 500
• Speculative digital technologies amplify ethno-nationalist mobilization to new magnitudes. #expands (0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 500
• Internet radicalization recruits people toward suicide martyrdom #exemplifies (0.80)
• Historical victimhood narratives can be mobilized to incite new genocides #qualifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 282
• Genocide accusations were weaponized as signals to launch genocidal attacks #qualifies (0.72) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 194