Xtreme knowledge

Extremism is the actions or ideologies of a group that see society and politics to violate their beliefs. Extremist’s ideas are most often expressed violently with the formation of hate groups. Such drives of groups include: anti government, racial purity and anti-semitism. With the advancement of technology and the global accessibility of the internet extremist groups have found an easier way to drive their opinion. This has its good and bad points. Such groups that have spread their propaganda on the net are WAR (White Aryan Resistance), the neo-nazi group (Hammerskins) and a mix of KKK influenced sites. Oddly I can’t list any black supremacy groups on the internet, none could be found??

A benefit of eExtremism is that it keeps the expression of hate groups off the streets and out of our faces. To find the extremist’s sites you have to have an interest or knowledge of the group’s beliefs to be able to track them down and search their sites. Most of the sites have internal linking’s to one another and therefore remain in this circle of interests, that can’t be stumbled across if you don’t go looking for them. It’s a safer way for the group to express their extreme ideas and beliefs without harming those who have no desire to hear it. A disadvantage is the worldwide access of the net, because of the internets ability to reach across a global network; these “hate-groups” can increase their membership and quickly form an international protest or initiate extreme activity against their group/race of hate.

As I’m sure I’ve said many times before, with information comes greater knowledge and open-mindedness for an individual to make their own decisions on how they view society and poltics. Allowing extremists sites to remain online means it is out in the open and not a secretive, taboo thing. Making the sites un-accessible could increase the intrigue and desire to search them out.
While researching this area I’ve read quite a bit of information about the extremist groups, their website’s provide information explaining who they are and what they stand for. Some groups I found to be not as aggressive in their beliefs as I had predicted (unless the aggressive points had been censored?), reading about them gave me a stronger idea of why I don’t agree with them, it reinforced my own beliefs by investigating others. The internet is about freedom of access,m it is a public domain, so ideas and thoughts online should not be regulated, extremist groups have every right to be on there as I do to write this blog.