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Sure, but if he can't find a group in person that will validate and amplify his views and also can't find such online, he will probably remain some run-of-the-mill uncouth jackass without feeling so strongly about it that shooting up a mall seems like a good idea he should totally act upon.

There have been studies. Radicalization is generally the product of a social environment that magnifies certain views and actively encourages people to become more extreme.




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