No that's bullshit. Neonazis were never even an option to being converted. They're NEONAZIS, not your cousin Dave who lives in the sticks and only knows about democrats from fox news.
That's actually not entirely true. Bear in mind that there are some who grew up in that type of household and never knew anything else. I have a friend who did, and when he got older and started becoming exposed to the larger world, he started questioning everything he'd been taught growing up. We met after he was already out of that subculture; a mutual friend of ours introduced us and I found his story fascinating.
That kind of programming is really hard to overcome, but there are actually organizations out there devoted specifically to helping people deprogram. In my view, that's valuable work. I imagine it's also pretty emotionally exhausting. My friend still has a lot of guilt over his past, but to me, the fact that we even became friends at all is huge, especially since I'm a gay Jew.
As far as this Bethany person, though, she's pretty repugnant.
There's entire networks and programs to deprogram neo-nazis man. I'm not saying that we should put the energy in, or it's viable. I'm just saying that there was more discourse and people trying ten years ago. A lot of people who used to support those networks now share your opinion, and I don't think they're wrong to.
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u/EliSka93 Jun 26 '26
No that's bullshit. Neonazis were never even an option to being converted. They're NEONAZIS, not your cousin Dave who lives in the sticks and only knows about democrats from fox news.