"Far right"

"Far right"  (Ideology,  Buzzword,  Enemy image,  plastic word,  Polarising perspective)
Interest of	• Rémy Daillet • Attila Hildmann • Mario N
An all-encompassing CCM buzzword.

In modern usage, far right or right-wing extremist are over-used plastic words and polarising perspectives meant to create an enemy image and put the people or idea outside the Overton Window. As clichés, they should be put in brackets - "far-right", "right-wing extremist" - to show that the use of the terms are problematic.

Example of enemy image created by corporate media, where the 2022 Freedom Convoy is framed as "far right"

One of the most favored propaganda tactics of [the establishment] is to relabel or redefine an opponent before they can solidly define themselves. In other words, [they] will seek to "brand" you (just as corporations use branding) in the minds of the masses so that they can take away your ability to define yourself as anything else...

Through the art of negative branding, your enemy has stolen your most precious asset — the ability to present yourself to the public as you really are.

Negative branding is a form of psychological inoculation. It is designed to close people’s minds to particular ideas before they actually hear those ideas presented by a true proponent of the ideas.

Actual far right people and groups

Far right people and groups, in the older meaning of the word, mentioned in Wikispooks will tend to be so for having collaborated with intelligence services or as deep state entities. Some will even described themselves as far right.

Official narrative

• Anti-vaxxer

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author
Document:The Deep State: Germany, Immigration, and the National Socialist Underground	“One has to make use of the far right, no matter how reactionary they are… Afterwards it is always possible to get rid of them elegantly… One must not be squeamish with auxiliary forces.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a>”	Franz Josef Strauß

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:British extremists are importing tactics from the US hard right. Their target? Family drag shows	Article	22 June 2023	Tim Squirrell	The Institute for Strategic Dialogue has identified a new terror threat in this article published by Tim Squirrell, its head of communications, in the Guardian.
Document:The new alliance between anti-vaxxers and the far right is a deadly threat	Article	1 August 2021	Paul Mason	"Though they claim to be “peaceful”......by setting themselves up as the victims of genocide, the anti-vaxxers give themselves permission to threaten violence.....Those behind the “crime” are said to include governments and the World Economic Forum (WEF)" because the real fascists are the ones that oppose oppressive government mandates and forced injections.
Document:Weekend Clashes Emblematic of Political Violence Around the Country	Article	16 October 2018	Anti-Defamation League	This ADL blog post from 2018 outlines instances of "terrorism", blamed mainly on the Proud Boys during first two years of the Presidency of Donald Trump. Since then, they were revealed to have links to FBI informants.
Document:Why some people are spreading false rumours about the Texas gunman	Article	9 May 2023	Shayan Sardarizadeh Mike Wendling	The BBC factchecks the recent 2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting regarding the alleged Nazism of the Hispanic shooter

 

An official example

Name
Gemma O'Doherty

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