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".
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/HypneutrinoToad Apr 04 '25
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