Terrorism: Part Two

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In part one of Terrorism, we looked at the history of domestic extremists on both the left and the right, from the slave revolts of the 1700s up through the formation and then rebranding of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as their violence during the era of desegregation. From there we looked at far left groups that developed in the late 1960s and early 70s, the Black Panthers and their sometimes allies, the Weather Underground. For part two, we'll move into the modern era, with the militia movements of the 1990s and the rise of white supremacist groups following Obama's election. In the last few years, we have seen movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter investigated as terrorist organizations, while the far left group known as Antifa battles in the streets with the newest iteration of organized white supremacists known as the Alt Right, whose young male members are radicalized through victim narratives on online message boards and disturbing meme propaganda. We'll end up in the park where I was once arrested as part of Occupy Charlottesville, the same park that just a handful of years later would see the most famous far right rally in recent history, as neo nazis carried tiki torches around a confederate monument, with one driving his car through a crowd of counter protesters, while the white supremacists screamed and chanted together about their terror at being replaced. American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Produced and edited by Clear Commo Studios Research and cowriting assisted by Riley Smith Co-Produced by Miranda Zickler Show art by Roache Voice Acting by Will Rogers Become a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	If you haven't listened to Part 1 on Terrorism, please listen to it before this episode.
0:14.7	It gives a very important context.
0:17.3	In addition, you could also check out our Illuminati episode.
0:20.4	It helps explain how conspiracy theories emboldened violent actions from certain individuals.
0:25.7	Thanks, and now here's Part 2 of Terrorism.
0:30.0	On this season, we'll be exploring our bizarre beliefs, unfounded fears, and fantastical thinking,
0:44.8	how they shape our psychology and culture, and how much of our past we can find in the
0:49.5	present.
0:50.5	I'm your host, Chelsea Leversmith, and this is American hysteria.
0:56.8	I think there's blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either.
1:26.8	In Part 1 of this two-part series, we explored a partial history of domestic terrorism, both from the far right and from the far left.
1:56.7	We started with the slave revolts and abolitionist actions of the 1700s in response to the institution of slavery.
2:04.0	And then we moved onto the Ku Klux Klan's strange beginnings in the late 1800s, as well as their rebranding in the 1920s,
2:12.4	due to a smash hit box office favorite, Birth of a Nation, that presented the Ku Klux Klan as heroes.
2:19.6	Then we followed the KKK up through desegregation and saw the violence that the far right was willing to commit to prevent black kids from entering white schools.
2:28.9	And then came the late 1960s and early 70s, where we took a look at the Black Panther Party, an armed group of black people fighting against police brutality and inequality,
2:39.5	while creating free breakfast programs for impoverished kids.
2:43.4	Then we looked at their sometimes allies, the weather underground, made up of mostly middle and upper class college students who bombed federal and state buildings.
2:53.1	For this episode, I'll use this historical context to explore our modern iterations of the far left and the far right, as well as the government's familiar reactions to both.
3:04.0	I had one listener reach out after part one, concerned that I was making a false equivalency between the far left and the far right,
3:11.4	and I hope to clear up my feelings on that today.
3:14.2	So let's take a look at this false equivalency together.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from W!ZARD Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of W!ZARD Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.