They usually don't have much acceptance by other students, peers or parents. Students susceptible to recruitment by hate groups often have trouble relating to others, psychologist Lisa Kollmorgan of Glencoe Family Services said, who explained that this usually starts at the home and carries over to their teen years. Hate is like a cancer. It feeds on itself and the longer one harbors it, the more demonstrative the haters become. The teenagers involved in that shooting had been avid Internet users.
Authorities say that the boys also learned bomb-making techniques from the web.
However, hate groups do not always involve violence, as in the Littleton incident. They believe that when violence does occur, it occurs because of the ideas on the part of the individual, not the group. The first amendment grants both protection of freedom of speech and freedom of association. The moment that violence occurs, then and only then can authorities intervene. Rather than offering an outlet to committing violent acts, these groups often offer a support system.