ADL: U.S white supremacist propaganda stayed at historic highs in 2021

Courtesy of: Anti-Defamation League
Courtesy of: Anti-Defamation League

(WDAY) -- The Anti-Defamation League says incidents of white supremacist propaganda, content and messaging has increased.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) asserts the usage of propaganda has dropped slightly since 2020, but that is paired with a 27% rise in antisemitic content and messaging over the same period. The incidents of propaganda fell from 5125 in 2020 to 4851 over 2021. However, 2021's numbers still tower over numbers from 2017 through 2019. A total of 421 incidents of propaganda were reported in 2017. That number nearly tripled in 2018 and more than doubled from that in 2019, with 1206 and 2714 incidents of propaganda reported respectively. 

The ADL asserts white supremacists use propaganda to "spread hate, promote themselves, attack their percieved enemies, and present themselves victims of an 'anti-white' society." You can read the report by clicking here