• RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    As a “recluse” who wasn’t doing stuff up til the early half of college, I never thought it was acceptable to join an internet nazi meme cult and punch down on vulnerable groups. So while these people are definitely influenced by outside actors, they ultimately chose to become who they are.

    Not that I think they can’t change.

    • Circra [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Oh yeah that's for certain. I never meant to imply that it was out of their control. As you point out plenty of people go through social isolation without becoming nazis. ScreamoBMO bought up patterns of abuse and of course plenty of people who are abused also don't do shit like that. They're responsible for their actions but the outside actors are also utter peices of shit who deliberately target vulnerable young men.