You’re not even wrong.

You could and would probably have a point.

But it doesn’t make it ok for you just because someone else did before.

Your hypocrisy is the point here.

A philosophy that should not be forced on another animal against their nature.

There’s some hypocrisy here!

There’s one near me that’s only about 200 meters. Nothing joining for miles in either direction.

I suppose it puts a tick in a box somewhere.

So it’s more a case of general ‘mob mentality’ rather than a belief in their bigoted cause? That makes sense.

It’s good they’ve started with the online ‘influencers’, but is it likely that so many young (11-15 iirc) kids became so radicalized so quickly just from these online sources?

Interesting. Edited my 1st comment for clarity, hopefully.

Interesting downvotes.

So people want the adults that radicalized these kids to get off with no punishment?

That’s a hot take I didn’t expect from here!

So they will be going after the groomers next, right? Right?

edit for clarity; the groomers of the multiple far-right kids that have so far been charged.

I bet I can boil it down to just 1 cause… Racist cunts!

~goes to read article~

Yep, racist cunts!

Tit for tat with some forgiving, even more so. I’m attempting the ‘forgiving’ part.

I’m prepared to lose contact with people that are problematic or toxic, especially those with the more radical views, but it’s not nice to watch someone I’ve known for many years gradually lose all their friends for similar reasons.

While I do completely agree with all your points, I don’t see what I can learn from mocking someones ‘wonky lip’ or ‘saggy eye lids’ for example.

And for context, this isn’t a new issue, it’s been brought up a good few times over the last year or so.

No it’s not. It’s how to help someone recognize toxic traits and hope they want to stop.

If they were to see that behavior as toxic but wish to continue with it anyway, that’s fine. It just won’t be around me any more.

Thank you for the excellent response!

The problem seems to be a mental disconnect they just cant overcome.

Immediately after criticizing some racist news story (so not all bad!) they then mocked the reporter or news reader for their appearance.

I pointed out the hypocrisy of that being just the same as how racism starts. I don’t think it sunk in in any meaningful way though.

Based on many other things, and that was my first response too, I don’t think they are capable of self reflection enough for that to sink in.

Seems to be a worrying trend these days.

I tried that kind of approach yesterday.

Their response was to mock someone else on TV.

I’ve mentioned it a couple of times now. Last time I told them even if they cant see the issue with it, it bothers me and other people, so cut it out.

The response was something like “yeah other person says that to me too”.

That’s when I start to wonder why I bothered.

I genuinely thought it was a pretty good opening ceremony.

The themes were great, especially Marie Antoinette. By far the most inclusive opening ceremony I’ve seen!

Looks interesting!

Signed up and will be trying this!

A quarter century of shameless piracy! Now that’s something to celebrate!