He went from just your bog standard Obama lib to Andy Ngo-worshipping Nazi. How do we reeducate folks like this? I think my old friend might be gone forever :(

  • AlasPoorRorrick [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I've noticed this trend with a few people in my life as well. I think it's built off of a type of fear and targeted hatred.

    Center-left gay friend had a dramatic shift to alt right literally the day after the Pulse Night Club Shooting. Went from Hillary supporter to Trump supporter. Now he thinks that COVID-19 is a conspiracy.

    I never thought he was a particularly good person, he was quarrelsome and always acted like he was being personally targeted. A little self centered and definitely not empathetic.

    • yeehawman1312 [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      Pulse did the same thing to me but I pushed the hate onto the attacker, it was like a lightswitch, one moment peaceful demsoc, next moment I wanted to lynch chuds and burn their corpses to carrion. Attacks do weird shit to people.

      When 9/11 happened there was tons of pissed off yorkies that wanted to beat the living shit out of whoever did it. Its a lizard-brain thing, probably.