by this exact kind of thinking. to what degree is a cyclical? we talk about what happened in the earlier part of the 20th century, stephen miller, the architect of trump s immigration policies and a fan of president covering coach immigration act of 1924, which was effectively, is a law based on eugenics. is it just a matter of demographic change that this kind of the general and poison rhetoric springs up, or are we at an apex point that is unparalleled in modern american history? as a historian, i am contractually obligated to say that we are off the map, contractually. we have too many different factors at play at this point to draw any true historical pro, but what i can say is as somebody who has studied extremist movements and the klan, one, the kind of context we should be looking to in the 1920s one that anti-immigration legislation was passed, that was also the peak prior to know of clan activity and clan violence. that was one 4 million people or 10% of the state of india
history? as a historian, i am contractually obligated to say that we are off the map, contractually. we have too many different factors at play at this point to draw any true historical pro, but what i can say is as somebody who has studied extremist movements and the klan, one, the kind of context we should be looking to in the 1920s one that anti-immigration legislation was passed, that was also the peak prior to know of clan activity and clan violence. that was one 4 million people or 10% of the state of indiana were in the klan. it was totally, socially acceptable. we had pictures of clansmen marking down the national mall with roads and hoods and their faces in plain view. they were doing sunday school picnics and church pageants and business campaigns. that is where we are in extremism. it s in our mainstream, it s in our politics, and it s going to be incredibly difficult to extricate from her. you mentioned how intersectional it is, and it seems impossible to excise that fr
year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting. this is only going to ratchet up extremist movements. it is not tied directly to specific religious movements or anything like that. it is tied to the idea of a changing culture. these things that people don t think they can control. they often think it is a winning political movement. it is a way for them, they believe, to ingratiate themselves into the mainstream. they want to do it violently. that is the big difference here. all of these groups, you know, they are being talked about in these january six hearing. proud boys, oath keepers, the three percenters, they have moved on fully to this culture war against the lgbtq movement. they have been targeting events during pride month. that is what we saw yesterday. yeah, it s only june 12th. we have a number of days yet to go in pride month. a number of activities and public expressions, certainly. let me ask you about the leader of patriot front. a guy named thomas rousseau.
provision of the legislation in your state with a bit of national notice. tennessee state senator, thank you so much for your time. now i want to bring in nbc news senior reporter, who reports on extremist movements including qanon. i want to talk to you tonight because you have been embedded in the subculture for a very long time. i think for people that have been, the rhetoric coming from the right right now between what we saw with the ketanji brown jackson hearing, ron desantis and his spokespeople, i mean . on the internet, among rioters, in places where democrats are pro pedophile, pedophile adjacent, pedophiles themselves, it is truly like shocking stuff. but you have been tracing the pre-history. explain how we got here. it really is blowing my mind. people ask me, what are the qanon people saying?
were than allowing child marriages in the state. again, there has been an attempt every year, even before i got into the legislator, to circumvent the lgbtq family to live a happy, healthy, and fair life just like everybody else in the state. and this has just taken it to a whole new level. all right. i m glad that it appears to have stopped the child bride provision of the legislation in your state with a bit of national notice. tennessee state senator, thank you so much for your time. now i want to bring in nbc news senior reporter, who reports on extremist movements including qanon. i want to talk to you tonight because you have been embedded in the subculture for a very long time. i think for people that have been, the rhetoric coming from the right right now between what we saw with the ketanji brown jackson hearing, ron desantis and his spokespeople, i mean on the