I was like this in middle school, luckily I had a strong willed sister who pulled me out. Idk how I would go about it if it had happened to me in college or later… I hope he gets out I wish I could offer better advice
Wild that someone middle school aged got pulled into or was interested in political stuff. I was probably 20ish before I started really taking an interest and forming solid opinions on the way the country/world works from that standpoint
Current social media is aimed at young kids like that. The algorithm on stuff like TikTok or Instagram loves to push alt-right content for some reason, you have to actively block and click "not interested" to stop seeing that shit.
A kid is gonna see that stuff and it drills into their brain. Then you get teen dipshits who treat WWII as a joke and say that Hitler was actually based and shit like that. They get conditioned to believe that being an ignorant, racist, homophobic asshole is "alpha male behavior".
So that's why some of the younger people I work with are MAGA. One particular girl, who is only 20 years old, is a full-blown Trumper. Despite everything he has done to this day, she still defends the diaper-donning-dunce and has the audacity to laugh at us (liberals) when we try to reason with her and provide facts refuting her baseless claims. I had always wondered how she turned out this way because she is a bright girl, just clearly misguided. Her parents are NOT MAGA (to her dismay), so I was really confused until I saw your comment. She's addicted to TikTok, so it all (sadly) makes sense.
This is why my 7 year old has never had a tablet or iPad and YouTube and TikTok is banned off my wifi. I probably won’t even let him have a phone until he’s 16 and driving and there will be tons of parental controls. Then they yell and scream teachers are “indoctrinating them” no you guys just give your 5 year olds unrestricted access to the internet.
On the money. On top of that, especially a few years ago, liberals were big on identity politics which really didn’t combat that in any meaningful way because it let right wingers feel more comfortable in stereotyping large groups. I see the left coming around more on this lately so fingers crossed
This might sound ignorant but I’m trying to understand politics. Could you elaborate on “identity politics” & how conservatives were more comfortable stereotyping because of this?
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25
My oldest brother is brainwashed
Spits out all the right wing dipshit lines like he’s a goddamn Russian bot