Alt-right infiltrators find soft targets in Australia's moribund political parties | Jason Wilson

The urgent question now is whether shrinking grassroots organisations in conservative parties are aware of this threat

Before Robert Bowers shot up a synagogue in Pittsburgh in late October, killing 11, he added one last post to Gab, the “free speech” social media site which had become a favoured haunt for neo-Nazis.

“Screw your optics,” it read. “I’m going in”. The word “optics” was a reference to an internal debate in white nationalist politics that has been running since their murderous march on Charlottesville led to doxxings, arrests and other real-life consequences.

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