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The high price of ‘white genocide’ politics for Australia
When Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton suddenly became concerned at the plight of South African farmers earlier this year, he may not have been aware that he was echoing ideas and memes not only of the alt-right, but also potentially of a…
- Chris Zappone
- Brisbane Times
Publicity around the persecution of white farmers can be traced back through the alt-right, which has embraced it, to the well-worn conspiracy theories of white supremacists.
In recent years, however, the alt-right has used the idea to seed online discussions that are then amplified by Russian bots on the…