Hefty-
Hm, we did agree on some things. State of the NHS etc.
Brexit hell no.
But he did think the Home Office were shitty and that was well before the hell that it is now.But yes, what IS radicalisation?
To me it is becoming overly bigoted and meanspirited in your response to some groups of people / overly tribal. And in a way that it is no longer your own thinking. That of course can happen with any ideology...
But yeah when somebody who is pretty smart and can take a joke starts parroting gay and muslin slurs, feck...but I don't know if he meant that, as even discussing Brexit wasn't fun! But I doubt he's deep down a Bad Person (few people are) so I am not happy he's gone the bad person way.
Fuck Murdoch and all, but perhaps that is Arseholery Begets Arseholery which is also not a good reaction :)
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JWestland
The Telegraph radicalised an ex colleague of mine.
It makes me very angry and also sad. He was a bit gammony but we agreed on quite a few things but he's now gone to the extreme side.
I think those newspapers use known human vulnerabilities like tribalism and if you don't know you have those very human weak spots...they get in.
Bah. But what can you do...keep talking to people I guess but it seems ineffective.
Unless you are old and need nurses ;)