i do think people should be able to put this sort of thing behind them because they alternative is people being forced to stay neo-nazis which I don't think we want
I don't trust them mainly because they use the political compass. Also that's too many ideologies for someone who I am suspecting may be a stupid teenager to have legitimately had any involvement in
Definitely. We ought to be encouraging people to self-critique their beliefs, and should welcome anyone who has realized that being a fascist/ancap/whatever is monstrous. However, there's an open question as to what genuinely "moving on" from the ideology looks like. I think it's reasonable to be skeptical and critical of people for whom reform looks like anything but something like "I was very, very wrong and I'm working every day to undo the harm I did both to individuals around me and society at large." Responding defensively to mentions of your past beliefs, or excusing your past beliefs with "well whatever, lots of people used to want to summarily execute people with disabilities, I've moved on" is a huge red flag that you actually haven't engaged in the rigorous self-critique necessary to come to terms with the harm you've done.
i do think people should be able to put this sort of thing behind them because they alternative is people being forced to stay neo-nazis which I don't think we want
I do agree, but then they post things like this.
I don't trust them mainly because they use the political compass. Also that's too many ideologies for someone who I am suspecting may be a stupid teenager to have legitimately had any involvement in
Definitely. We ought to be encouraging people to self-critique their beliefs, and should welcome anyone who has realized that being a fascist/ancap/whatever is monstrous. However, there's an open question as to what genuinely "moving on" from the ideology looks like. I think it's reasonable to be skeptical and critical of people for whom reform looks like anything but something like "I was very, very wrong and I'm working every day to undo the harm I did both to individuals around me and society at large." Responding defensively to mentions of your past beliefs, or excusing your past beliefs with "well whatever, lots of people used to want to summarily execute people with disabilities, I've moved on" is a huge red flag that you actually haven't engaged in the rigorous self-critique necessary to come to terms with the harm you've done.