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September 30, 2024
Hazel Woodrow, a writer and researcher with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, says this messaging establishes a worrisome dynamic between parents and the leaders of far-right groups.
“Essentially what they are communicating to parents is: ‘Schools are such dangerous places. And your children aren’t safe there. And everybody else is lying to you about that. And we’re the only ones that will tell you the truth about that,’” explains Woodrow.
“Once people believe that it becomes a lot easier to isolate them from the other supportive structures in their community.”
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