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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.
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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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