Yes, we hear of parents thinking their kids got too westernised but also of kids thinking their parents have & trying to recapture something https://twitter.com/Banned_Ali/status/912391698415783936 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Could have something to do with lacking identity. It seems to be a reoccurring theme in any problem the west faces presently. With nothing..
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.. concrete to integrate into, it's easy to see how some people would regress to islamism, b/c it at least gives them a concrete identity...
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Replying to @Banned_Ali @HPluckrose
.. to latch onto: a set of rules and a community that has formed around it. Multikulti liberalism gives them nothing but platitudes.
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Yes but those aren't the only options. There is also various forms of British identity which are open to people of all backgrounds.
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An awful lot of football fans are of Pakistani origin, for example.
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I was about to say that besides sport, the every other major tribal identity has been under attack for ages now. Both religion& patriotism..
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Yeah but there are lots of mini-tribes & this is more meaningful to most ppl. Gaming, Cosplay, D&D, sport, music, academic areas.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
These mini tribes do not form the basis of political movements/action and they do not provide much in the way of social cohesion. They...
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.. provide a form of identity, but it's a very 'selfish' and individualistic form of identity that doesn't really go beyond "things I like".
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And I think that is it for most people.
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