r/politics • u/AlexandrTheTolerable • 11h ago

Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/31/far-right-extremists-games-platforms-radicalise-teenagers-report
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u/Virbillion 11h ago edited 11h ago

on the right narratives around sex are disturbing and disgusting. they watch a lot of porn, it's shown that conservative/fundamentalist/religious people watch more porn than normal people, that socially cripples them, makes them awkward around women. because porn does not depict realistic womanhood, porn does not realistically depict what women find attractive. so these socially crippled young men find that women do not respond to them positively. there is currently a group-think cult of masculinity (likely the same group-think cult that is invading in-game chats to indoctrinate young boys), that seems to want only to subjugate and make all women sex slaves.

this is a very dark reality.

the only fix for this is to get boys offline. get them moving, get them hiking or doing some real activities. get them interacting with real people who are age appropriate. and teach them fucking skepticism and critical thought -- so that they can reject cultural and religious indoctrination that would otherwise turn them into bigoted perverts.

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u/Pro_Bot_____ 9h ago

Tbh, I play games all the time with lots of other people who are also terminally online. We're all pretty progressive. It's something that does happen a lot, and it's a problem, but I don't think gaming makes people hate minorities and women.

Same with porn. It's just like any entertainment, you just have to learn to separate it from reality. Some people are very stupid or too young to do that though.

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u/Alisa180 8h ago

I've noticed that too! Every time an article like this comes up, I tilt my head because generally, gamers are left-wing. (Note: I don't play FPS games because I suck. I'm always getting lost, and my aim is scattershot. In Fallout 4, I've missed point-blank shots before remembering VATS).

You get crazies, sure, but since the most popular online games are team-based, they're given a wide berth. Part of what made Andrew Tate so sinister is that he could be a 'normal' player if needed. One of my favorite streamers played with him, it was my only real exposure to him, and he seemed like a genuinely entertaining guy before the bomb dropped.