My God this Shit writes itself: The newest variant of violent extremism? Using paranoia about the pandemic as a recruiting tool

Essentially pandemic is causing conspiracy right wingers to get violent. Just as AJ and MANY other talking heads have been predicting for almost 2 years now. Staging false flag events to then blame on the people who just want to be left alone to push their 2nd amendment confiscation and w/e else.

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For anti-government and anti-authority extremists, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a godsend. In many ways, it seems almost tailor-made for anti-government propaganda, exerting an almost magnetic pull on conspiracy theorists and other far-right extremists. The Omicron variant sweeping the globe has made vaccine mandates a global talking point, which has led a paranoid and growing fringe of extremists to threaten violence against healthcare workers, scientists and government officials in countries around the world.

The pandemic is essentially serving as a gateway drug for violent extremists to dabble in new ideologies and conspiracies. The anti-vaxxer movement could end up serving as a conveyor belt that delivers new members to other extremist groups, including militias and racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist organizations.

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