> How does one "end up" meeting with neo Nazis? Probably the same way that alcoholics often end up at bars. For alcoholics their existing friends are often al

> How does one "end up" meeting with neo Nazis? Probably the same way that alcoholics often end up at bars. For alcoholics their existing friends are often all alcoholics too, and to them normal people just dont "feel right" and are hard to meet when the only place you feel comfortable is a bar. Similarly, when tryin to extricate oneself from a undesired community (toxic or otherwise) one has to learn where to meet people from the desired community, unlearn the undesired values+vernacular, learn the values+vernacular of the new community. etc. We're herd creatures and, for many, not having a herd feels like being on the brink of death.