White Apocalypse (see chapter 2 in Hate on the Right) is described as a recent incarnation of hate novels. Like its earlier counterparts, White Apocalypse clearly identifies enemies of the white people and systematically goes about the task of dehumanizing that enemy and constructing that enemy as a threat to white people. What is unique about the enemy constructed by Bristow? How does he construct those he calls Amerindians? How does Bristow construct those he calls “Liberals?” Explain why “Liberals” are the enemy of white people. How does Bristow camouflage his hate as right-wing political discourse? How does White Apocalypse relate to our discussion of Nativism? Define Nativism and explain how Bristow utilizes Nativism as a way to promote hate. How has this discourse found a home in the Alt Right?

White Apocalypse (see chapter 2 in Hate on the Right) is described as a recent incarnation of hate novels. Like its earlier counterparts, White Apocalypse clearly identifies enemies of the white people and systematically goes about the task of dehumanizing that enemy and constructing that enemy as a threat to white people. What is unique about the enemy constructed by Bristow? How does he construct those he calls Amerindians? How does Bristow construct those he calls “Liberals?” Explain why “Liberals” are the enemy of white people. How does Bristow camouflage his hate as right-wing political discourse? How does White Apocalypse relate to our discussion of Nativism? Define Nativism and explain how Bristow utilizes Nativism as a way to promote hate. How has this discourse found a home in the Alt Right?

Describe the nature and history of the paramilitary right? Why is the paramilitary right so feverishly committed to the Second Amendment and guns? Identify and provide examples of hateful discourse from the Paramilitary Right. What role do conspiracy theories play in the discourse of the paramilitary right? Provide examples. How does the term “Western Civilization” function in this discourse? What work does this term do for the paramilitary right? How has this discourse found a home in the Alt Right?

Describe the nature and history of the paramilitary right? Why is the paramilitary right so feverishly committed to the Second Amendment and guns? Identify and provide examples of hateful discourse from the Paramilitary Right. What role do conspiracy theories play in the discourse of the paramilitary right? Provide examples. How does the term “Western Civilization” function in this discourse? What work does this term do for the paramilitary right? How has this discourse found a home in the Alt Right?

William Pierce wrote two novels (under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald), The Turner Diaries and Hunter. As noted in The Communication of Hate these texts have played important roles in the development of Lone Wolves (like Timothy McVey, Robert Matthews of The Order and Benjamin Nathaniel Smith). What makes these novels a form of hate speech? Be sure to utilize our discussion of the conceptual properties of hate speech in your response. Based on your readings, why are these novels influential to people in the hate movement? Can you speculate on what one experiences when reading such a novel? Do the novels shape how readers process information? What is it about the narrative structure of these novels that make them important to the hate movement and to the promotion of hate-motivated violence?

William Pierce wrote two novels (under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald), The Turner Diaries and Hunter. As noted in The Communication of Hate these texts have played important roles in the development of Lone Wolves (like Timothy McVey, Robert Matthews of The Order and Benjamin Nathaniel Smith). What makes these novels a form of hate speech? Be sure to utilize our discussion of the conceptual properties of hate speech in your response. Based on your readings, why are these novels influential to people in the hate movement? Can you speculate on what one experiences when reading such a novel? Do the novels shape how readers process information? What is it about the narrative structure of these novels that make them important to the hate movement and to the promotion of hate-motivated violence?

Define hate speech and the purposes hate speech serves. What is the hate stratagem and what are its constituent elements? Provide examples of hate speech or hateful messages that instantiate the different elements of the hate stratagem. You can recycle examples from lecture or the text but your own examples that illustrate the nature of the hate stratagem and hate may be more impressive and useful for me to understand what you have learned. What does the hate stratagem tell us about the relationship between hate and language? What impact does it have on our prejudices and stereotypes?

Define hate speech and the purposes hate speech serves. What is the hate stratagem and what are its constituent elements? Provide examples of hate speech or hateful messages that instantiate the different elements of the hate stratagem. You can recycle examples from lecture or the text but your own examples that illustrate the nature of the hate stratagem and hate may be more impressive and useful for me to understand what you have learned. What does the hate stratagem tell us about the relationship between hate and language? What impact does it have on our prejudices and stereotypes?

What is hate? (p. 2; p. 33) How is hate to be distinguished from anger? (e.g., p. 33) Why do we hate? What do we gain from hate? Describe the nature of the American hate movement and its importance to hatred in our larger society. What are the elements of the ideology of hate? Why is it important to understand the ideology of hate?

What is hate? (p. 2; p. 33) How is hate to be distinguished from anger? (e.g., p. 33) Why do we hate? What do we gain from hate? Describe the nature of the American hate movement and its importance to hatred in our larger society. What are the elements of the ideology of hate? Why is it important to understand the ideology of hate?