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In reply to the discussion: This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here's what she learned. [View all]Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)26. K&R
It's similar to Daryl Davis, a blues musician by trade, who convinced over 200 men to quit the KKK, by getting to know them.
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This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here's what she learned. [View all]
ProudLib72
Jan 2019
OP
So are you saying that people who join gangs or commit other crimes are weak?
Caliman73
Jan 2019
#16
No. They join because they are desperate, isolated, and feel their options are limited.
Caliman73
Jan 2019
#19
You really think that everybody who becomes a racist does so because they're scared and need
Downtown Hound
Jan 2019
#33
Oh, I agree. I did think it was hopeful. I think my post might have come off the wrong way.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2019
#15
"Basic needs not being met" makes it easier to recruit people into any extremist ideology
IronLionZion
Jan 2019
#31
KKK Conservative boasting: "We killed six million Jews the last time," he answered. "Eleven millio
keithbvadu2
Jan 2019
#36