Now this is rather good.

What if I were to suggest that the most important study of the far-right worldwide had been made by a physics professor?

Wel, her we hav an article in today's Grauniad, sa fotherington-tomas¹:

www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/22/online-hate-extremism-physics-science

Wherein we find that Neil Johnson has examined the structures of the politics of hate and tried to apply appropriate metaphors to describe his findings. I think this whole analysis/analogy bears greater examination, because, from where I stand, it looks rather apt and fit for purpose.

What I find interesting and heartening from his conclusions is that fighting with online trolls is actually worthwhile, but you can't do it by yourself.

Now obviously I need to solicit more opinions about this, and find proper criticisms of the analogies and analysis; but what is interesting to the intelligence agencies is the fact that Johnson has mapped the entire far-right network, and the information is now out there. I'm thinking about reformatting this and posting it in talkpolitics , but I don't really have the time because I have the kids for the bank holiday weekend. Let's see.


¹Lapsing into Molesworth-speak is in direct contravention of the Jacob Rees-Moog stile guide. For thos of you who dont kno her is the wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Molesworth