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Amaryllis

(9,526 posts) Thu Feb 22, 2024, 01:25 PM Feb 22

My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out - inspiring & uplifting Ted talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/christian_picciolini_my_descent_into_america_s_neo_nazi_movement_and_how_i_got_out?user_email_address=c49c33ace59fac32f23ebae0ac497e3c&lctg=62d1aace1c794c328cdb9c81

At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist -- and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United States. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out of the movement? In this courageous talk, Picciolini shares the surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms.

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My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out - inspiring & uplifting Ted talk (Original Post) Amaryllis Feb 22 OP

I'm a little dismayed that this post... Think. Again. Feb 23 #1

Think. Again.

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1. I'm a little dismayed that this post...

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 05:59 AM

Feb 23

...hasn't recieved more attention and response.

This man's message is much larger than simply a "loser's" sob story.

I feel that his success is also much larger than just pulling himself out of a violent and hateful gang looking for a better life for himself.

I honestly think he could teach even us, we politically 'better' folks here at DU, a thing or two about how to embrace and include those whom we feel opposed to in these dangerously divisive times.

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