Anti-hate advocates are putting New Jerseyans on alert. The Anti-Defamation League recently released its annual report documenting what it says are nearly 5,000 incidents nationwide of white supremacist propaganda — extremist groups spreading message of hate on stickers, flyers and banners — in 2021, with 179 of those happening in the Garden State.
The advocates say incidents of domestic terrorism and extremism are nothing new but the extremists’ ability to share their agendas online allows them to reach thousands of people instantly. Paul Goldenberg of the Rutgers University Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience said, “…even though we talk New Jersey-specific, there’s no borders anymore on how these groups are radicalized or how they recruit. The majority of it is done online.”
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