I said on @SirajAHashmi's podcast that the rhetoric and tone of online radicalization like this sounds less like Nazis to me and more like ISIS online radicalization. Her near ecstasy at her righteous cause reminds me of how deradicalized jihadis describe their past experiences. https://twitter.com/thegarance/status/1347993597111578624

I actually worked in online Jihad research around 2014-2016 and remember tracking the radicalization paths of jihadis by scrolling back in their Facebook timeline. They go from normative, secular dudes to bitter, angry radicals who are obsessed with what radical sheikhs preach.

This is why I shut off replies. Because people who are mad that you can't have an honest discussion about radicalization in Muslim communities also get mad when you mention the similarities it has to radicalization in other communities. Do you want honest discussion or not?

Captain strawman has logged in. "I can't have the discussion in this exact spot, which means I can't have it at all." https://twitter.com/BigBrainBrad89/status/1348000091068452864

Anyway the people who complained that replies were closed here got direct responses from me. Point was I didn't want this thread to become about that. I was making an observation backed with some professional experience and sorry if that makes you angry.