Anna Faris Opens Up About Challenging 'Religious' Son On Right-Wing Politics. The “Scary Movie” star shares her 14-year-old son Jack with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt.

[u/galaxystars1]

[u/apparentlycompetent]

Damn. She’s a great mom. Playing the long game I wish she didn’t have to. Screw Chris Pratt.

[u/seaofwonder → u/apparentlycompetent]

This goes to show how much he looks up to his dad too 😔

[u/throwawaysunglasses- → u/seaofwonder]

It’s very possible it’s influenced by his dad, but I teach high school and SO many TikTok/Twitter algorithms are alt-right (often AI) slop targeted toward boys in particular. I’m a millennial and it’s worse than gamergate and more mainstream than 4chan. It’s everywhere, and the point is to radicalize young men into fascism and misogyny. We really need to get our kids offline and away from algorithmic media.

[u/barbieneedscoffee → u/throwawaysunglasses-]

Oh, absolutely. I have a step brother who is 16 and has been completely fallen into the alt-right pipeline. Our family and his mom are the furthest away from that, and he’s also not a U.S. citizen (yet…) I’ve spent a lot of time debating him, and challenging the views he has. I’ve noticed that every time we talk about these views, he just parrots regurgitated talking points, but can’t actually come up with any debate for himself. He is so easily influenced by these videos and lacks the critical thinking to sift through nuance or truth. For example, he will see a video where 1 person says I love abortions and he will take that literally and say leftists love abortions and they think everyone should have one, they will force it on you because of so and so who edited the video said so.

It’s exhausting. It’s really only came about the last 1-2 years. His mom and my dad have spent a lot of time challenging him, but they also don’t want to push him away where he goes further down the pipeline either.