Memes and Humour Are ‘Central Weapons of the Far-Right’, Claims the EU

The European Commission recently released a report, as part of their Radicalisation Awareness Network, which ostensibly examines “far-right extremists’ use of humour.” The document discusses the “recent wave of far-right terrorist attacks” and how far-right extremists rely on internet cultures and the humour used therein to help spread “racist ideologies” and incite violence. However, this is far from the entire picture.
The report fails to define in clear terms what it regards as ‘far-right extremism’, which opens the door to a whole host of vague interpretations. From a sufficiently far-left-wing perspective, almost anyone on the right could be regarded as an extremist. (...)