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Friday 24 November 2017

Re-integrating Nazis

Slightly misleading headline : this is about how to re-integrate former Nazis, not how to get them deradicalised in the first place. But interesting nonetheless.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-42100175/world-hacks-how-to-deradicalise-a-neo-nazi

9 comments:

  1. Derp Derpington I certainly did.

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  2. Rhys Taylor you’re only lying to yourself.

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  3. No, no, I definitely deleted it. I recall it quite distinctly.

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  4. In fact, to hell with you, Mr Derpington (if that is your real name). Random comments that attempt to derail a thread with total BS are bad enough. Using the phrase, "let's concentrate on the "nazis"", with the speech marks, that's a step too far. And I see that the profile is simply a hate-filled troll. Enough of this. Blocked.

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  5. To be non-radical nazi - basically it means someone is rasist but only a little?

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  6. Actually, I'm not sure it ever uses the phrase "radical Nazi". Nazis are radical by definition, so deradicalising them also means de-Nazifying them.

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  7. Rhys Taylor so it is about resocialization and returning them into ordinary health? It is not simple in extreme cases, but for typical person it means just to grow up.....

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  8. Kazimierz Kurz That's my understanding of it, yes.
    As the video says, there are many people who already want to leave but need an escape route. It doesn't go into much detail as to why such people joined in the first place, or what persuades them that they've made a terrible mistake afterwards.

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