8 years ago
Trump’s Popularity Should Not Surprise
Trump’s candidacy appears to have closed the gap between right-wing extremists like longtime Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and the mainstream in a single campaign cycle. But as someone who has spent more than twenty years studying white supremacist rhetoric before and after the Internet, I view Trump’s rise differently. It is not new but rather a continuation of a trend that has been sped up and amplified by social media.
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