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How to respectfully tell your friend that their radicalization/chronically-online politics is worrying. Theyre convinced everyone else is brainwashed except them rn and its legit scaring me
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Anonymous 1d

Wdym, what are they saying?

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Anonymous 22h

tell them you’re worried they’re getting sucked into a radicalization pipeline bc that’s what it sounds like

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Very like. Redditor-style “centrist” (AKA bordering alt right) stuff originally and then it just kept getting more and more radical to the point where theyre getting into like. 4chan style stuff/spaces

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Like using slurs WAY too casually/often, bringing very aggressive politics into non-political talks, etc

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

If they are mostly centrist then they can’t be bordering alt-right, thats far right extremism. Either they are already a bit right leaning or they are bordering the right wing

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Yeah i put centrist in quotations for a reason. They say its centrism but its just. Right wing

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4h

Idk your beliefs, but as soon as my best friend started going down that pipeline (in a different way) I warned them, they didn’t believe me, so I dropped them entirely. Im not keeping a friend that chooses to be an idiot or a piece of shit. All you can do is talk to them and try to get them out of all that crap

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4h

Just sent a very risky message to them. Tried to be empathetic (basically just asked how they were and said i was worried about their recent posts) but i have a bad feeling

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4h

The last times ive even hinted at this topic theyve lashed out so im not super hopeful, which sucks because they were a good friend before all of this.

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