00:04do you have concerns about a loved one and are wondering what to do if you are you are not
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00:10reach out for support because from my own personal experience of once having a young teenage son
00:16involved in extremism i know you cannot do anything alone having received support i have
00:21learned from communication with other families affected by radicalization and extremism and
00:26working with professionals involved in this area that getting support sooner rather than later is
00:31crucial to reducing extremism firstly let me be completely honest and talk to you about the
00:37excuses that i and others use not to deal with the issue of extremism within families excuses used
00:43could include it is just a phase really this is something you simply cannot know and regardless
00:48of if it is it's destructive and damaging and no one should walk this path because it will only
00:53destroy and could lead to them landing up in a lot of trouble and even prison depending what they are
00:57doing they are just expressing their opinions an opinion that targets marginalizes or is negative
01:04or hateful to others is not okay and can result in prosecution depending on what someone does
01:09they do have a point do they though please don't be tempted to cherry pick certain points
01:14to not look to bad a parent you are there to protect your children and it is important that
01:19you look at the whole picture ask yourself this does the point validate their actions i will get
01:25them in trouble ask yourself this if you do nothing and this continues could it result in them getting
01:30into trouble if so by getting them help you are protecting them and stopping them getting into
01:35trouble so please if you have concerns get help it's only online threading hate online is a criminal
01:41offense and can lead to prosecution once a post has been posted people do not have any control over it
01:48or who sees it the internet is forever and posts from many years ago can come back and have
01:53consequences for the poster years later they are harmless and wouldn't hurt a fly maybe they are and
01:59this is often the case but if they have been radicalized they will not be thinking as they once did
02:04and they could be talking about harming others i could go on but hopefully you can see why getting
02:09support is so important i'm lucky my son was fortunate and he got support from prevent which helped him walk
02:16away from involvement if you are worried have concerns get help search act early and give
02:22them a call their telephone line is open 24 hours a day so you can always talk to someone for
02:28lived
02:28experience support talk to us at exit hate email info at exit hate.org never alone support is available
02:36all you have to do is ask
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