{"id":106312,"date":"2023-02-08T08:28:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/the-power-of-extreme-socialization\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:20:43","slug":"the-power-of-extreme-socialization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/the-power-of-extreme-socialization\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Extreme Socialization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-109834 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A group of electricity transmission towers against a sunset.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/electricity-4666566_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In recent weeks, U.S. authorities have sounded the alarm about <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6244977\/us-power-grid-attacks-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the safety of the American power grid.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Increasingly, extremist groups are actively plotting to disrupt electrical power in various cities across the country. In 2022, there were over 100 such incidents. One month into 2023, we have seen over a dozen attempts. The most recent plot was uncovered on February 6 and involved <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/woman-plotted-with-a-neo-nazi-leader-to-attack-power-grid-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">neo-Nazis trying to destroy Baltimore, Maryland\u2019s power grid<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. This plot was an effort to instigate a race war between the Black and White residents in the city and surrounding suburbs. While the groups looking to promote such domestic terrorism are clearly in\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">opposition or contrast with the majority of the members of a society<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and are, thus, examples of a <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">counterculture<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, it takes a bit more digging to understand the forces that play a role in their broader perspective. To better understand why people act this way toward one another, let\u2019s take a few minutes to consider the topic of socialization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109835 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Ashley_Mary-Kate_Olsen_2011_Shankbone_3-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Kate and Ashley Olson.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Ashley_Mary-Kate_Olsen_2011_Shankbone_3-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Ashley_Mary-Kate_Olsen_2011_Shankbone_3.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For our purposes,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">socialization<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is defined as\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the process by which one learns the appropriate attitudes and behaviors within a culture<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Typically, when we think of socialization, we think of whether a person is taught to use chopsticks or a fork or whether they are taught to bow or shake hands. Socialization can also encompass beliefs and attitudes about other people. Are you taught to treat everyone equally? Or are you taught that your group of people is superior to different groups of people? For example, at one point,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/teen-twins-lamb-lynx-gaede-deny-neo-nazi\/story?id=14124412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lamb and Lynx Gaede were the neo-Nazi version of the Olsen twins<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the child stars of the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/fuller-house-full-house-cast-then-and-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1980s television series <em>Full House<\/em><\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. From childhood to their teen years,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Primetime\/story?id=1231684&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lamb and Lynx performed White Nationalist songs at neo-Nazi rallies<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The twins weren\u2019t born neo-Nazi entertainers. They were socialized that way by <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">significant others<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">individuals who are important to the development of self<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Significant others can include parents, siblings, relatives, friends, and teachers, who play an essential role in your development. <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Social learning theory<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the process of learning from one another in a social context as a result of observation and imitation,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">helps explain how the learning between the individual and the significant other occurs. Lamb and Lynx learned to be neo-Nazis by observing and interacting with their family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-109836 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two parents and their two young children cuddling in bed.\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-1067x1536.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-1422x2048.jpg 1422w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4545160-scaled.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Family, as an<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0agent of socialization<\/span><\/strong>, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">often plays a crucial role in teaching someone to hate. Specifically, other agents include\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">individuals, groups, and institutions that influence the attitudes and behaviors of members of society.<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> While most people don\u2019t gravitate to groups that spew hate, these groups often make a concerted effort to reach out to vulnerable young people to recruit them into the fold\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/08\/parenting\/online-hate-groups-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">via media such as virtual games and online chats<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Religion is another agent of socialization that can be used to teach people to hate.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/06\/white-christian-nationalism-is-a-threat-to-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">White Christian Nationalism<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0does so by using the tenets of Christianity to promote both racism and sexism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Historically, such radical counterculture was often hidden; it was <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">backstage behavior<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, part of a\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">person\u2019s private world they choose not to reveal<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to the larger society. Hiding behind sheets and robes of the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/extremist-files\/ideology\/ku-klux-klan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ku Klux Klan<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to obscure the public\u2019s perception, these perpetrators of hate caused immeasurable harm to people of color and religious minorities across the country. Today, hate is often <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">front stage<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a person\u2019s public life that they reveal to the world,<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> proudly worn as a badge of honor. Frontstage hate is displayed in social media posts, at political rallies, on t-shirts, and on car bumper stickers with no care toward how it is perceived or received. The hate has been unmasked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109837 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in sunglasses sitting against a vintage car.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/woman-1853939_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Counterculture groups aren\u2019t always bad. The <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollector.com\/hippie-counterculture-movement-1960s-1970s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hippy Movement of the 1960s<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is an example of a counterculture movement that had some positive outcomes for society. On the other hand, one must look at hate groups with a magnifying glass and consider how their stated goals would impact not only individuals but also the stability of the society. As we have seen, we can lean on our understanding of socialization to gain insight into the source of hate. In the end, one cannot help but wonder if the haters were to experience\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">identity transformation in which social norms and roles are altered or replaced<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, would their\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">resocialization<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0result in meaningful change to the society overall?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Thompson is a co-owner of\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>UITAC Publishing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i>. UITAC\u2019s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable, and socially responsible online course materials.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Images used in this blog:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/electricity-electricity-pylons-4666566\/\">Photo<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/analogicus-8164369\/\">analogicus<\/a> is licensed by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license-summary\/\">Pixabay<\/a>. This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ashley_Mary-Kate_Olsen_2011_Shankbone_3.jpg\">Ashley Mary-Kate Olsen 2011 Shankbone<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:David_Shankbone\">David Shankbone<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 3.0<\/a>. 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One month into 2023, we have seen over a dozen attempts. 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