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How the alt-right's political violence went from online to real life (www.wbur.org)

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When reporter Elle Reeve is recognized at the airport, it's often by members of the alt-right: the online white nationalists who organized the violent Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and who originated much of today's political rhetoric. How did a bunch of 4chan users feeding Microsoft's Tay chatbot hateful language become such a potent political force?

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