Liam Gillespie
@liamgillespie.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne. I research far-right political violence, ethnic nationalism, and white supremacy. Current projects on rightwing conspiracy theories and the Sovereign Citizen movement.
I have previously written about a version of this phenomenon here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On the proximity of the far right and the misuses of the ‘mainstreaming’ metaphor
A recent body of work has examined the normalization of far-right ideas and political violence. This is often referred to as the ‘mainstreaming’ of the far right. This article explores some of the ...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I have previously written about a version of this phenomenon here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I write that while the far-right deploys euphemism to launder its public image, the strategy cuts both ways by providing an alibi to "mainstream" nationalists who want to participate and are equally complicit.
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I write that while the far-right deploys euphemism to launder its public image, the strategy cuts both ways by providing an alibi to "mainstream" nationalists who want to participate and are equally complicit.
We then critique the widespread idea CTs are spreading bc we now live in a ‘post-truth’ era. We argue the ‘post-’ of post-truth severs the past from the present by portraying CTs as a ‘new’ problem, effectively masking the historical continuities of racism that have enabled CTs to take hold.
April 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We then critique the widespread idea CTs are spreading bc we now live in a ‘post-truth’ era. We argue the ‘post-’ of post-truth severs the past from the present by portraying CTs as a ‘new’ problem, effectively masking the historical continuities of racism that have enabled CTs to take hold.
We argue that framing racist CTs as the 'irrational' obsession of extreme actors discursively portrays them as being incompatible with liberal society. This obscures both the role of paranoia in liberal society AND its racialised structure. We critique this as a postracial manoeuvre.
April 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We argue that framing racist CTs as the 'irrational' obsession of extreme actors discursively portrays them as being incompatible with liberal society. This obscures both the role of paranoia in liberal society AND its racialised structure. We critique this as a postracial manoeuvre.
Amazing work all can't wait to read!
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Amazing work all can't wait to read!