Saw a couple of interesting threads on twitter from a guy about WN stuff and how (in a twist of irony) SJWs were the ones that made it difficult for him to break away from going full-1488. Good bits copypasta'd:
See, it's useful for white nationalists that their ideology is somewhat difficult to discuss their ideas with anyone other than them.
White nationalists are actually exploiting the stigma attached to racism for their own benefit. Recruitment targets are scared of it.
They feel like they can't discuss the things that they've been told without being shunned for being racist. And white nationalists love that
They are the EXACT opposite of "it's not my job to educate you." They are OVERJOYED to show you all their painstakingly-curated information.
I think this is why people like JonTron doubled down on their shitty behaviour rather than apologising. This concept of "I can't go back."
The sunk cost fallacy. "I've invested way too much in this now. I can't turn back. I have to push through to the other side."
What's important to getting people out of shitty ideologies like that is the knowledge that they CAN go back. They CAN rejoin society.
You may have to apologise. You may have to give back somehow. It may not be easy. But it's possible. They HAVE to know that. It's vital.
I have seen people espouse ideologies like "once a white nationalist, always a white nationalist." This helps no-one and is fucking stupid.
Remaining vigilant and refusing to tolerate bullshit doesn't mean you can't show compassion and sympathy.
tl;dr shit like tumblr receipts blogs and name-and-shame blocklists on twitter and the like that say THIS PERSON IS A BAD PERSON FOR SAYING SOMETHING PROBLEMATIC IN 2014, CUT THEM OUT OF YOUR LIVES and other SJW bullshit that's more concerned with attacking the "bad" (and being seen to be doing so) than actually doing good are actively harmful and do more to drive people to the right than anything the right could possibly hope to achieve.
A page or so back people asked for a definition of SJW, and personally I tend to reserve the term specifically for the type of virtue-signalling asshole who uses progressive causes as an excuse to go on the offensive against "acceptable" targets.
"It's okay and in fact REQUIRED to rally together a mob to continuously dox and harass this 14 year old girl until she attempts suicide and pursue her wherever she goes even if she changes her username,
she drew fanart with the wrong skin-tone and that's racist."
That sort of thing. The kind of thing that leaves people wondering that if they set one foot out of line, they'll wind up with a fucking lynch mob after them. No wonder so many people just say "fuck it" and go to /pol/.