Viewpoint

“The glory of the internet is that it allows like-minded people to find one another. And the horror of the internet is that it allows like-minded people to find one another. Coin collectors, baseball-card enthusiasts, and used-book readers have all benefited from the opportunities offered by online connection. So have neo-Nazis, child-pornographers, and Communist agitators. The forces of anger now have instantaneous links. And that instantaneity allows a radicalizing more rapid than the world has ever seen.” Joseph Bottum in The Weekly Standard