What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Razgovory]

Aren't the rules of horse racing centuries old? I don't get the President's bizarre idea to make this a culture war political issue.

I think I can actually see the logic.  The way he sees it, PC is what keeps massively badass alpha studs like him from grabbing all the pussy in the world.  All rules are PC.

Yeah, I think you are on to something here.

[Admiral Yi]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

[Tamas]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

[Grey Fox]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

Why? Kids do use adult words. That's the thing with children, they can be very lucid at times. It just doesn't last.

[garbon]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

I was entirely surprised by the end. Also, I wanted to know more about what actually happened in his first school. Was it that they made some sort of homosexual sex joke and then the girl declared it sexual harassment (in vein of having to overheard sexual content)?

[Tamas]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

I was entirely surprised by the end. Also, I wanted to know more about what actually happened in his first school. Was it that they made some sort of homosexual sex joke and then the girl declared it sexual harassment (in vein of having to overheard sexual content)?

IDK. But the full ideal progress of the whole thing, to server a perfect lesson for everyone from "SJWs" to neo-n... alt-rights, not to mention kids and parents, just makes it look fake.

[Habbaku]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

Why? Kids do use adult words. That's the thing with children, they can be very lucid at times. It just doesn't last.

I doubt Tamas has actually talked to many 14 year-olds. The kid in the story sounds a lot like one of my friend's teenagers when he was that age.

[The Larch]

Came across this article, thought it was good and so decided to share. 

"What happened when my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right"

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Good article.

Chapter 1 was horrifying.

The end of it with the kid fully repenting and discussing with the parent using very adult words etc set off my BS alarm though. Seems like a fake story.

Why? Kids do use adult words. That's the thing with children, they can be very lucid at times. It just doesn't last.

I doubt Tamas has actually talked to many 14 year-olds. The kid in the story sounds a lot like one of my friend's teenagers when he was that age.

It's his ingrained Eastern European spider sense of caustically doubting everything.  We should be used to it by now. 

[derspiess]

IDK. But the full ideal progress of the whole thing, to server a perfect lesson for everyone from "SJWs" to neo-n... alt-rights, not to mention kids and parents, just makes it look fake.

I think you're almost guaranteed to have a certain level of embellishment with articles like this.

That said, I have to admit it does strike a chord with me, having an 11-year old son about a year away from moving up to middle school.  The fake sexual harassment thing frightens me a bit, as does the potential for a young mind radicalizing (and then wanting to be a counter-protester later on )

[garbon]

Is there any evidence the claim was actually false?

[Tamas]

You guys are naive.

1. sweet boy hanging out merrily with a rainbow selection of peers
2. far-left lunacy lashes out of him damaging him
3. turns to far-right, finds respect and a sense of community
4. does normal teenage stuff just as far-right edgelord
5. goes to live event that changes his perception overnight
6. becomes fully self-aware and asks parental forgiveness in tears


Somebody watched too much American History X. There might be some basic truth to the story, but as written it is utter BS.

[Barrister]

You guys are naive.

1. sweet boy hanging out merrily with a rainbow selection of peers
2. far-left lunacy lashes out of him damaging him
3. turns to far-right, finds respect and a sense of community
4. does normal teenage stuff just as far-right edgelord
5. goes to live event that changes his perception overnight
6. becomes fully self-aware and asks parental forgiveness in tears


Somebody watched too much American History X. There might be some basic truth to the story, but as written it is utter BS.

Look, I know it's all cool to doubt anything you see on the internet, but Washingtonian is apparently a long-established magazine.  You can't just show up with a manuscript and they'll publish it.  The editors had at least some level of confidence in the truthfulness of the story.

The article obviously summarizes and condenses the story.  It does mention that this entire sage takes places over the span of about two years.

[PRC]

Like derspiess it struck a chord because of having young children, and I'd agree with him that writers embellishment or a narrative flourish is involved in articles of that nature.  But to outright dismiss it as BS as Tamas does is something the article kind of touches upon:

The Google searches flooded his developing brain with endless bias-confirming "proof" to back up whichever specious alt-right standard was being hoisted that week. Each set of results acted like fertilizer sprinkled on weeds: A forest of distortion flourished.

Sam launched a campaign to sway us to his new views. In his mind, he was now an intrepid truth-teller disseminating critical information that mainstream society was invested in keeping under wraps. Challenges to this narrative were to be expected—indeed, they were built into the narrative.

[Tamas]

For what it's worth I completely believed the story and it was interesting, until the "how could they do this to me *sob*" part. That felt completely out of place. But whatever.

[crazy canuck]

I doubt Tamas has actually talked to many 14 year-olds. The kid in the story sounds a lot like one of my friend's teenagers when he was that age.

Yeah, I don't see anything unusual about how he communicated.  And Tamas, fyi for if you ever have a teen - expect lots of big swings as they experiment and figure out who they are.  It is an important part of growing up.