every time the "what can we do to connect to young men and pull them off right wing paths" convo comes up i keep thinking "have the suburban libs decided to pull back on making it illegal for kids to exist in public yet? because that'd be a great place to start"
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1) being old enough to get in
2) being comfortable around alcohol
3) being able to get to and from there safely
4) knowing how to talk to strangers (easier in queer/punk/goth scenes)
three whole years of that!
when you start doing that in a real life group, you feel the dynamics. when you upset someone, you get a sour feeling in your stomach, thats an important learning moment for all humans
All of these are integral to the criminalization and quarantine of modern youth, and all are bipartisan.
And tbh Colin doesn't have an audience of conservatives, so criticizing them is preaching to the choir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdqQ2BdgOA
lefties have to deal with red-brown bullshit. liberals have to deal with "i love gay marriage and i want the homeless crushed into soup".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l-4MW_jbfg
Most young men aren't moving right.
Many queer and non-white men are moving left, and many young white men are staying the same.
It also ignores many adult white women moved right.
It reframes white supremacy as a sex-based issue.
Like closing public pools, just not as explicit.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111060299/school-segregation-report
It could happen to anybody!
They keep saying liberals should be more like Rogan and Petersen, but the young men they're reaching sure aren't men of color
man you're not gonna like what comes out of that.
https://3mp.org/
there's school, and the internet, and whatever meager options they have outside of (and INSIDE of) that keep getting more policed, not less.