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Juliette Kayyem: “The big lie is direct -- directly motivates violence, because in the white supremacist viewpoint, and in these…”

On the recordJuly 4, 2021
The big lie is direct -- directly motivates violence, because in the white supremacist viewpoint, and in these radicalized groups viewpoints, when something is stolen, they can rightfully use violence to get it back.
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Juliette Kayyem

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Kayyem discusses how the rhetoric surrounding the 'big lie' can incite violence among extremist groups.

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