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Revision as of 17:20, 30 June 2004 by Jossi (talk | contribs) (Renmove scientology URL)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A hate group is an organization or movement which hates some other group of people. Typically they prejudge each individual in the target group as "unworthy" or "inferior" and want to exclude or hurt them. A hate group commonly works to achieve its goals using fear, hate, and intimidation as its modus operandi (or commonly used methods).
In the democratic West, organizations dedicated to the incitement of racial violence, including white supremacist, black supremacist, and neo-Nazi groups, are commonly described as hate groups. Typically these groups make no bones about it; they openly admit hating their targets.
Other groups are more controversial, and little or no consensus has developed as to whether political or religious movements deserve the label "hate group". Some advocates have applied it to some radical activists who engage in "questionable and often illegal" methods to achieve their goals, such as Operation Rescue and the Animal Liberation Front.
Some advocates who regard certain fringe religious organizations as spurious (and condemn their methods) also call them "hate groups" (see cult).
Apostates of new religion movements often resort to tactics that may create a background favourable to extreme (and occasionally violent) manifestations of discrimination and hate (see anti cult), thus some of anti-religious or anti-cult groups are often called "hate groups".
Three main elements are present in hate groups websites:
- Dehumanizing or demonizing the target
- Extreme conspiracy theories, mostly based on hearsay and unproven facts
- Proclamation of scientific support for their theories, including physcological, biological and societal thesis
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