A netizen shared how her brother has been obsessed with Nazis and even has the Nazi flag as his profile picture, and now she is getting worried as it is getting further out of hand.
Here is the story
My younger brother (15yo) is obsessed with nazis and Germany and everything else in between. Basically, it started with the interest with history, and then it evolved into fascination with the wars and now he has the nazi flag as his whatsapp profile picture + joined discord groups that seem to be pro-nazis.
It has been 2 years since he told me and initially I thought it was just a phase. He joked about how he knows to differentiate things in the discord, claiming he sees it all as a joke. But being a part of that for 2 years is borderline worrying for me.
I mentioned it to my mum, who also said it is an innocent phase, nothing to worry about. But now he is in this angsty, ‘cooler than everyone’ kinda phase too and things have just gone a bit worse.
He told me not to tell anyone, but he is looking to buy weapons. He had always had a fascination with them for years, but never to this extent. Because he took a part time job over the holidays, he has decided that he wanted to buy real staff/baton/sword/blades kinda thing. I discussed with him the legality of it all and he claimed that since it can be delivered to sg that it is “allowed”. I told him not to do that but I don’t think he will listen.
I asked him why he wanted them and he said that he is interested in martial arts. “Why not take some lessons?” I asked him, but he says he hadn’t saved up enough for them yet and our parents wouldn’t want to sponsor. Which baffles me because you don’t have enough money to attend lessons that teach you how to handle these weapons safely and so instead of saving up, you decide to buy weapons instead??
He doesn’t share these things to anyone and I am worried that if I told my parents, he wouldnt trust me anymore and then nobody in the family would ever know anything. At least now, I can still try my best to guide him since he trusts me…
But I am worried. He had been diagnosed with ADHD just a few years ago too and so that kinda adds to his impulsiveness…
Anyone has advice? I’m leaning more towards telling my parents
Netizens’ comments
Inform ISD. Let them investigate. Not kidding.if we expect family members of radicalised individuals to report their kin to ISD, this is no different. people may die. SEN may be a mitigating factor but try telling that to the aggrieved after the deed is done?
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