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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell me this is just a phase. I can’t handle it. Yes I have warned him and educated him about alt-right recruitment as well as how to do your own research about topics and to get information rather than rely on inflammatory videos, etc.

He likes to debate with me and argue with me about it a lot - topics that this guy talks about, etc. I know this is how they form their views of the world and he’s only a junior in high school. But I can’t rely on his dad to refute this stuff as he’s pretty libertarian/conservative.

I won’t be able to handle my kid being a Ben Shapiro acolyte. [/quote]
What exactly has Ben Shapiro said that you don’t like?
(He’s an observant Jewish man from Harvard.)[/quote]

+1 I love hearing people say they hate Ben Shapiro (Steven Crowder, heck even Fox News) but when you ask why they can’t point to anything actually said. They just know other people say they’re terrible. Ben Shapiro is hilarious, incredibly smart, and I’d love it if my kids could debate like him. [/quote]

Conservative here. If you're being honest that you've never been exposed to a rational critique of Shapiro, this is a pretty entertaining piece: https://static.currentaffairs.org/2017/12/the-cool-kids-philosopher

OP, maybe a good idea would be to try to introduce you DS to some less toxic, more thoughtful conservatives like Rod Dreher or Ross Douthat.[/quote]

DP. This is a great suggestion, and then also challenge him to read some opposing opinions of similar quality. getting out of the social media/clickhole bubble is key. I can’t stand Dreher but I would not be concerned if my DS decided he was going to be a Rod Dreher fan![/quote]

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