the-pi-guy said:
Or he changed politics. It's extremely common for people of that age to have more drastic changes in politics. I had the opposite change. I was much more conservative when I was 17. |
Yeah, like I said, I was pro-Brexit once but I quickly then became anti-Brexit, I had a very quick change in view after almost being sucked in by some arguments...I hate to say it, I hate the fucker nowadays (Farage) but some of his arguments did sway me back then, the whole NHS stuff, EU being "in control" of the UK...I was sucked in a little.
My political views were rapidly forming different shapes as I went through my late teens, I'd say it's in part thanks to the friends I've met that have quickly changed my views on some things, on the other side I've seen people within the span of a year (as adults) go in a completely different direction to what they once were before, antivaxxer, conspiracy theorist, all that stuff.
It happens to even adults, in a quick period, so it's definitely plausible that a lonely 17 year old was swayed in a certain political direction in order to feel like he fits in, it happens literally all the time and I'm not saying this about Republicans but it also happens with extremists, a guy can be one minute having harmless views but they're lonely, isolated, then the extremist gets their claws into them, makes them feel like they belong to something, they feed off their loneliness and then in a rapid amount of time, this dude is unrecognisable.
Andrew Tate is great at poisoning the minds of young men for example.
So yeah, it's very plausible that someone can change their political view in slightly less than a year, especially at that age and especially if they're lonely.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 14 July 2024
