Examining Online Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists During Peak Posting Days

Figures & data

Figure 1. Distribution of postings on Stormfront Canada.

Table 1. Presentation of ideological posts by sample group.

	Peak posting day			Non-peak posting day
	Non-violent	Violent	Comparison	Non-violent	Violent	Comparison
Anti-immigrant	80	43	54	108	48	102
Anti-Semitic	51	66	41	95	85	45
Anti-Black	43	41	32	42	32	52
Anti-LGBTQ	4	20	11	10	15	12
Anti-Muslim	8	9	16	28	8	22
Anti-government	121	57	69	232	105	113
Christian Identity	0	0	1	2	0	1
Male supremacy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neo-folkish	1	0	0	1	0	1
Conspiratorial	95	61	59	208	78	120
Total	403	297	283	726	371	468

Table 2. Presentation of violent extremist mobilization posts across sample group.

	Peak posting day			Non-peak posting day
	Non-violent	Violent	Comparison	Non-violent	Violent	Comparison
End of life preparations	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seeking help to travel abroad	0	0	0	0	0	0
Planning a trip abroad	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seeking permission to engage in violence	0	3	0	0	0	0
Seeking to recruit others to mobilize	20	49	6	12	8	18
Asking to purchase/how to obtain illegal material	0	0	0	0	0	0
Includes terrorist icons/flags/prominent figures/symbols/slogans	1	25	4	0	24	6
Expressing goodbyes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acceptance of violence as a necessary means to achieve ideological goals	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempting to radicalize others/pushing others to action	62	41	30	97	34	64
Involved in a group that promotes violence to rectify grievances	1	11	0	1	6	1
Provides virtual simulations of an attack/assault	0	0	0	0	0	0
Discusses behavioral change	0	0	0	0	1	0
Linguistic expressions that reflect new sense of purpose	0	0	0	0	0	0
Advocates/encourages violence	8	17	5	24	6	15
Asks for information about specific targets	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asks for technical expertise	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contains a violent, ideologically motivated outburst	0	1	1	4	0	1
Blames external factors for failure in school, career, or relationships	0	0	0	0	0	0
Display an unstable mental state (e.g., mental health, derailing)	0	0	0	2	0	0
Discusses operational security and asks about ways to evade law enforcement	0	0	0	0	0	0
Praises past successful/attempted attacks	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inappropriate use of what an individual perceives as doctrine to manipulate others	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	92	147	46	140	79	105