Forum for Democracy was once the largest party in the country, but politics is now at most a side issue for Thierry Baudet. He withdraws more and more into his own reality.
Conspiracy thinkers like Lange Frans, Willem Engel and Alex Jones are part of an international movement with roots in the Cold War. A world of government-fearing oil barons, right-wing Christians and the American John Birch Society.
Last week, the NCTV warned of the radicalization of the extreme right and virus madmen. Particular attention was drawn to the role of the "ultra-conservative" publisher the Blue Tiger.. What kind of club is the Blue Tiger?
From the attack on the Twin Towers to a secret pedophile network that is in control of the world: the internet is full of unproven, even debunked theories and stories. Conspiracy theorists try to make money off this. A successful career seems only for a few.
With the outbreak of corona an information chemistry also broke out. Conspiracy thinkers of the old school merge online with hip influencers with a reach of millions, according to research together with the Utrecht Data School. It only takes one superspreader to keep an avalanche of conspiracies going on.
In the past few months, the virus madmen have been on the rise. Their demonstrations come in rapid succession and their claims are getting more absurd by the day. Despite this, the far-right disinformation campaigns seem to be having an effect.
The government is out 200.000 corona kill, the Groningen YouTuber Tom Zwitser poses in a video on his YouTube channel. "Nonsense and fake news", RIVM judges. Scientist Alexander Pleijter is also fierce: ,,Absurd. I fell straight back. ”
In science, arts and media is too little real diversity, find FVD politician and lawyer Paul Cliteur. In his ideal society would be a conservative-right column with its own broadcasting and university are not needed, "But perhaps there is no other."
What is Forum for Democracy really have to, after all internal factions and splinter groups of the past year? At the general meeting Saturday was much to discover in the colorful parade of right-wing conservative paradise birds which passes through the members.
Debate on fake news – The PVV Wednesday organized a debate on fake news. Media serve the ideology of the establishment ' .
More and more openly
Over the past few decades, it has become radical online- and extreme right-wing landscape has taken off. In addition, racist and dehumanizing statements are no longer only made under a pseudonym in a corner of the internet on a web forum like Stormfront., but increasingly openly shared on social media. This fact sheet has been prepared to gain more insight into this online world and its significance for the offline world. The online world fulfills various functions in this regard: recruiting, generate attention, mobiliseren, spread ideology, finding like-minded people, ideological justification, trolling and doxing, undermining social cohesion and government and entertainment. Although the online range of known physical (offline) radically- and extreme right-wing groups is relatively small and the threat of violence has been low for years, is there a continuation of a previously observed "threatening culture". Racist and dehumanizing messages are not distributed from major channels, but rather shared bottom-up by a network of individual users. These increased racist comments and hate speech contribute to further polarization and undermining of social cohesion, especially when it comes to dehumanization and increasing hostility towards groups with a migrant background. The online landscape is constantly changing. The information in the fact sheet is a snapshot of September 2020. We update this fact sheet periodically.