Uncontrolled Alt Shift

“On his last day at the public school, I met Sam at the bus stop, and he reached for a hug in the middle of the empty street. We were both relieved this hideous chapter was closed. But the transfer, midyear, to a new school—after he’d been wrongly accused, unfairly treated, then unceremoniously dropped by his friends—shattered Sam. He felt totally alone. I counseled patience, naively unprepared for what came next: when he found people to talk to on Reddit and 4chan.” A very interesting piece from the Washingtonian: What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right. (I could barely stand the stress of my 13 year-old son preparing for his bar mitzvah…)