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“Reformed fascists” have a lot more work to do than just showing up

This is a really good framing for how to treat fascists, including so-called “reformed fascists” So often centrists, but also white “united front” leftists, allocate all their empathy to the fascist because they think “what if I had gone down that path?” In so doing they reveal that, whatever their rhetoric, they think politics is […]

November 27, 2021

Twitter @BrandonLBradfor Deradicalization spaces are important, but they cannot be the same spaces built by/for vulnerable populations to feel safe. Incels need an offramp, but it can't be the women's shelter.

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Deradicalization is not a speaking tour

“That’s all in the past; I’m different now,” is really only relevant to your subjective self. It may be good that you have found your essence has changed. It can be helpful to think yourself moved out of one category and into another. To the rest of us, though, all we have access to are […]

December 21, 2020

Tumblr @primordial-fungus-monolith: "I'm not joking when I say that deradicalization should necessarily come with you providing some sort of material aid to the people you hurt"

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