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Originally Posted by Ea of Dune
I'm not surprised that Matt O'Connor was into CND etc. in his activist days. I think these groups aim to hoover up students and they tend to then all move amongst similar circles.
It's surprising the number of people who where part of groups like the International Socialists, SWP etc. who have now come over to the right of politics, Garry Bushell and Hitchins in the Daily Mail being two examples I can think of.
It's easy to see how people can be absorbed into the zeal of the left, then realise it's a sham and lots of lies are peddled.
Ea of dune
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A lot of formerly young far rightists also move their stance. This is why people can't keep badgering others about the way things were and hoping to get mileage out of it. People change and if they get involved in things they tend to change quite a lot until they find their own level, which is often rooted in the way they have always felt and acted rather than the way they have felt or acted when very angry or upset.