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Christian Picciolini on Leaving the Neo-Nazi Movement

TEDx Talks · Talk · 21 min · 2017 · YouTube title: My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini | TEDxMileHigh
Why it's here

HN points to it as proof that people can leave extremist movements, and as a model of de-radicalization through compassion.

What it covers

Christian Picciolini tells how he became a white supremacist at 14 and led America's first neo-Nazi skinhead gang, then how he left. He shares a counterintuitive approach to countering hate and co-founded Life After Hate.