“His target,deadly execution,and his live streaming of the event fuelled these communities’ unprecedented response. The reactions were like nothing we’ve ever seen thus far from the far-right across the globe,” she said.
“If you compared it to jihadist attacks,it was like the 9-11 of far-right terrorists. Even the horrific Norway attacks by Anders Breivik didn’t amass this level of universal approval by the far-right.”
She said SITE,a US-based private intelligence agency that monitors online extremism for corporate and government clients,is monitoring a surge in calls for similar attacks by far right extremists,many of who are calling for further similar attacks.
“A month after his attack,those in the far-right still talk online about their desire to ‘Make Brenton Proud’ by committing acts of violence and share endearing artwork of him. Many of these posts and images likewise incite for violence against Muslims.”
Ms Katz said white supremacists have discussed the “lesson of Christchurch” as being that “accelerationism works”. Accelerationism in this context meaning violent,retaliation-sparking attacks like Tarrant’s,she said.
SITE has providedthe Herald with screenshots of far right memes and artwork in support of the attacks.