Thread by @TitaniaMcGrath

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Do you have white teenage sons?

Listen up.

I’ve been monitoring the online behaviour of my personal trainer’s teenage boy (all totally legit – I found his password on his hard drive) & noticed something really scary...

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Social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists.

Here’s how...

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There is a co-ordinated network of white supremacist commentators who create vlogs/podcasts and who regularly meet in secret to discuss how they can take over the minds of young males.

Usually in the woods.

Probably when there’s a full moon so they can look even whiter.

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They decide to make jokes about race/sex/sexuality which is exactly the same thing as being racist/sexist/homophobic because jokes are literal statements of the truth and anyone who says otherwise is a Nazi.

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Even though most white supremacists freely admit that they’re white supremacists, these ones believe that the best way to recruit for their white supremacist cause is through memes, vlogs and problematic emojis.

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The white teenage boys don’t understand that they’re consuming pure evil and repeat/share. I know this because, like I say, I’ve been monitoring a white boy’s internet habits so that I can make an informed judgement about all white boys.

This is all the research I require.

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Then they’re called out for these jokes/phrases/memes by mothers, female teachers, girls at school and online.

The boys then feel shame & embarrassment & begin to project their hatred on to all women.

They decide to become incels.

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Then the boys seek out those who claim “you can’t say anything anymore”.

When they realise that there’s no one out there who is actually saying that, they begin to see that “you can’t say anything anymore” is the *underlying* message of these “alternative influencers”.

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(These dangerous influencers never actually say “you can’t say anything anymore” because if they did we’d all just dismiss them as being one of the “you can’t say anything anymore” brigade, so the fact they don’t say it proves that this is what they really think.)

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The boys start using problematic terms like “triggered”, “snowflakes” & “facts”, all of which are intended to demean the lived experience of those who face oppression.

They are being set up – they’re placed like badgers in a vice to be smashed up with a study mallet.

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And NOBODY seems to notice this happening, except for activists like me who have decided that it is happening.

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MOTHERS!

You need to watch your son’s internet activity closely. Look through his Instagram with him. Browse the internet with him.

Most teenage boys are perfectly happy to have their mothers sitting next to them while they’re looking at their favourite websites.

12/16

Explain to him that PTSD has nothing to do with the kind of psychological trauma associated with war and violence, but is more commonly linked to memes and mean words on Twitter.

Use my badger analogy if you like. It’s really good.

13/16

Tell him you are always there, standing behind him day and night, not judging, but watching, always watching, to investigate his likes and dislikes and the things he says to his friends.

No judgement. Just harmless observation of his every thought, word and deed.

14/16

You can also watch comedy shows with him and agree when it is appropriate to laugh.

Explain to him that laughter is not an involuntary response, but an action that should only take place once a joke has been assessed for any potentially triggering qualities.

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Show him that progressive comedy isn’t about “laughter” or “humour”, but is about deconstructing oppressive systems.

Engage. Challenge. Do not shame. (Unless he deserves it.)

Above all… BEWARE.

16/16 (fin)