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From the Ted Talk by Christian Picciolini: My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out

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For the next eight years, I saw friends die, I saw others go to psiorn and inflict untold pain on countless victims and their families' lives. I heard horrific stories from young women in the movement, who'd been brutally raped by the very men they were conditioned to turst, and I myself cieomttmd acts of vlnicoee against people, solely for the color of their skin, who they loved, or the god that they prayed to. I spkectolid wnopaes for what I thought was an upcoming race war. I went to six high schools; I was keckid out of four of them, one of them, twice. And 25 years ago, I wrote and performed rsiact music that found its way to the internet decades later and partially inspired a young white nationalist to walk into a sacred Charleston, stuoh Carolina, church and senselessly massacre nine innocent people.

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For the next eight years, I saw friends die, I saw others go to ______ and inflict untold pain on countless victims and their families' lives. I heard horrific stories from young women in the movement, who'd been brutally raped by the very men they were conditioned to _____, and I myself _________ acts of ________ against people, solely for the color of their skin, who they loved, or the god that they prayed to. I __________ _______ for what I thought was an upcoming race war. I went to six high schools; I was ______ out of four of them, one of them, twice. And 25 years ago, I wrote and performed ______ music that found its way to the internet decades later and partially inspired a young white nationalist to walk into a sacred Charleston, _____ Carolina, church and senselessly massacre nine innocent people.

Solution

  1. trust
  2. weapons
  3. prison
  4. racist
  5. violence
  6. stockpiled
  7. kicked
  8. committed
  9. south

Original Text

For the next eight years, I saw friends die, I saw others go to prison and inflict untold pain on countless victims and their families' lives. I heard horrific stories from young women in the movement, who'd been brutally raped by the very men they were conditioned to trust, and I myself committed acts of violence against people, solely for the color of their skin, who they loved, or the god that they prayed to. I stockpiled weapons for what I thought was an upcoming race war. I went to six high schools; I was kicked out of four of them, one of them, twice. And 25 years ago, I wrote and performed racist music that found its way to the internet decades later and partially inspired a young white nationalist to walk into a sacred Charleston, South Carolina, church and senselessly massacre nine innocent people.

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