The Guardian: 'Alt-right’ online poison nearly turned me into a racist

[Shami-Amourae]

>This, I think, is where YouTube’s “suggested videos” can lead you down a rabbit hole. I unlocked the Pandora’s box of “It’s not racist to criticize Islam!” content.

>About a week before the US election, I heard one of these YouTubers use the phrase "red-pilled"– a term from the film The Matrix – in reference to people being awakened to the truth about the world and SJWs. Suddenly I thought: “This is exactly like a cult. What am I doing? I’m turning into an arsehole.”

>I unsubscribed and unfollowed from everything, and told myself outright: “You’re becoming a racist. What you’re doing is turning you into a terrible, hateful person.” Until that moment I hadn’t even realized that “alt-right” was what I was becoming; I just thought I was a more open-minded person for tolerating these views.

>It would take every swearword under the sun to describe how I now feel about tolerating such content and gradually accepting it as truth. I’ve spent every day since feeling shameful for being so blind and so easily coerced.



https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...s-islamophobia
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread...077#p100595077

[madfranks]

Hmm, this may be easier than we all thought!

I forget though, that most people are much more susceptible to propaganda than I like to think we are. I suppose it shouldn't be surprising to see how easily it works on the masses.

[ximmy]

we're suppose to be racists... the person was almost deprogrammed... too bad.

[drycreek]

When you're born, your biology instinctively tells you to stick with your own kind, those similar to you. "Birds of a feather, flock together." No, the "alt-right" poison isn't turning you into a "racist". The real poison already turned you into a clueless anti-racist and now you're simply being presented with reality. THE ALT-RIGHT IS TRYING TO CURE YOU OF YOUR IDIOTIC DISEASE. There's nothing poisonous or "racist" about preferring your own kind. It's healthy, sane, and biologically beneficial.

[Neuro]

LOL, this is the first link that comes up when you Google "racism+Trotsky". http://histomatist.blogspot.se/2013/...otsky.html?m=1

"debunking fascist myths". However everything he says confirms that Leon Trotsky, actually did invent the word to stifle opposition.