In partnership with the Radicalisation Awareness Network, an EU-funded group involved with “countering violent extremism” through “surveillance and security,” the European Commission published an 18-page report titled “It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour.”
“Humour has become a central weapon of extremist movements to subvert open societies and to lower the threshold towards violence,” the report states. “Especially within the context of a recent wave of far-right terrorist attacks, we witness ‘playful’ ways in communicating racist ideologies. …This paper scrutinises how humour functions as a potential factor in terms of influencing far-right extremist violence.”
In block quotes on page 5 of the report, it states that “The most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.”
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“Humour has become a central weapon of extremist movements to subvert open societies and to lower the threshold towards violence,” the report states. “Especially within the context of a recent wave of far-right terrorist attacks, we witness ‘playful’ ways in communicating racist ideologies. …This paper scrutinises how humour functions as a potential factor in terms of influencing far-right extremist violence.”
In block quotes on page 5 of the report, it states that “The most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.”
New EU Alert: Having A Sense Of Humor Is Proof You Might Be A Far-Right Terrorist
The EU released a non-satirical report this week offering that humor, including the sharing of memes, could be a sign your peer is a 'far-right extremist.'
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