This was the first key instance of major tech companies taking independent action against extremist content.
In contrast, Moderate Independents don't align themselves with either party and, unlike "extremist Independents," are centrist in their viewpoints.
Similarly, in the tribal areas, many local village councils, called jirgas, have summoned the Pakistani Army or conducted independent operations against extremists.
There are various petitions to try to get the Westboro Baptist Church -- an independent group of Calvinist extremists, most of who are related to founder Fred Phelps -- defined as a hate group and not a religious group.
FBI Director James B. Comey, in his first testimony before Congress since his Senate confirmation in July, said he worries about homegrown extremists who operate independent of traditional terrorist groups, however.
Tarrant, who according to London's Independent newspaper met with right-wing extremists during a visit to Europe in 2017, declared allegiance to a group he called Europeans.
Introducing new laws to prosecute extremists would be wrong, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said.
The idea that Republicans will be branded as extremists in the eyes of independent and moderate voters as a result of the current focus on the issues is "a Democratic fantasy," Mr. Ayres said.
Seventy percent of Democrats, 75percentt of Republicans and 59percentt of independents back an air campaign against the extremist group also known as ISIS.
"People just don't buy it when you call me an extremist because I've been very independent of my party," Johnson said.
Imagine a campaign focused on resolving issues through creative, independent effort rather than one that panders to extremists from the left or the right.
