My Apology

[Findus]

Hey guys, 

Until half a year ago, I was known on this forum as "Robi Steel". An account that is now banned permanently. Around election time, I got very much caught up in far-right politics and talking points. I want to deeply apologize for that.

I now realize that I was pulled into an echo chamber and with the help of conspiratorial thinking, I began detaching myself from the real world and my trust in everything around me dwindled. I stopped trusting societal institutions altogether and my friends and family seemed like they were part of the plot. Everyone else was losing their mind and I was the only one that could see how things really are. 

I was struggling with that feeling and was questioning myself many times if this were the right path. After Leo finally banned me from the forum, I just felt more confirmed in my theories and suspicions, but I also knew that Leo is not your regular Joe overcome by leftist ideology, I knew that something was fishy. I was overestimating my knowledge. 

After making a deep dive into information about the "intellectual darkweb" and "the far right rabbit hole", it suddenly came to me that i was taken in and the process of me unwinding started. I now can fully see why Leo banned me, it was appropriate, I was downgrading the space with low consciousness thinking. 

I am making a humble request for my account to be unbanned. I apologize for the misinformation I have spread, I apologize for insulting you Leo, I apologize for underestimating my ego. I am off the Trump train and turned away from populism in the majority of my political views. I embrace equity and diversity, and my views on China and the middle east have become way less western-centric. I am trying my best to become a rounded adaptable person. 

I will mostly refrain from taking part in political discussions on the forum and will only appear here and there on the spiritual forum from now on. I will stick to what Im good at!

 

Robin

[Raphael]

This guy @Robi Steel ?

I remember you, it's nice to see that you woke up  

[Gesundheit]

May I ask why do you want the old account?

[Findus]

@Gesundheit Because its my actual account. I wrote about many things on there besides politics. 

[Stomatopod]

Great. Stories like this make me feel like there is hope for humanity.

Have you heard the story of Caleb Cain? It sounds very much like a parallel to his account of how he was sucked into the alt-right pipeline. Even though I don't know you, I would like to apologize on the behalf of the people who judge, mock and demonize people like you. That is not the way to go about helping anyone. Nobody is a lost cause.

[Findus]

@Raphael Thats me alright!

[Gesundheit]

1 hour ago, Findus said:

@Gesundheit Because its my actual account.

And this is your imaginary account lol?

1 hour ago, Findus said:

@Gesundheit I wrote about many things on there besides politics. 

Unless you want to remove them, what's the difference?

[Preety_India]

@Findus do you remember me?

 

[Michael569]

I think anybody deserves a second chance. But the boss @Leo Gura needs to decide on the outcome here as you did call him XYZ back then

 

[Opo]

2 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

The far right and Fascists are the most intellectually bankrupt people I can think of.

Tankies aren't that far off. 

[Consept]

Fair play, this is what growths about. Now that youre on the other side of the fence, I just wonder what approach do you think worked best to open you up in the debates you had with people, was it a tough love approach or a more compassionate, accepting kind of approach? 

[Willie]

11 hours ago, Findus said:

Hey guys, 

Until half a year ago, I was known on this forum as "Robi Steel". An account that is now banned permanently. Around election time, I got very much caught up in far-right politics and talking points. I want to deeply apologize for that.

I now realize that I was pulled into an echo chamber and with the help of conspiratorial thinking, I began detaching myself from the real world and my trust in everything around me dwindled. I stopped trusting societal institutions altogether and my friends and family seemed like they were part of the plot. Everyone else was losing their mind and I was the only one that could see how things really are. 

I was struggling with that feeling and was questioning myself many times if this were the right path. After Leo finally banned me from the forum, I just felt more confirmed in my theories and suspicions, but I also knew that Leo is not your regular Joe overcome by leftist ideology, I knew that something was fishy. I was overestimating my knowledge. 

After making a deep dive into information about the "intellectual darkweb" and "the far right rabbit hole", it suddenly came to me that i was taken in and the process of me unwinding started. I now can fully see why Leo banned me, it was appropriate, I was downgrading the space with low consciousness thinking. 

I am making a humble request for my account to be unbanned. I apologize for the misinformation I have spread, I apologize for insulting you Leo, I apologize for underestimating my ego. I am off the Trump train and turned away from populism in the majority of my political views. I embrace equity and diversity, and my views on China and the middle east have become way less western-centric. I am trying my best to become a rounded adaptable person. 

I will mostly refrain from taking part in political discussions on the forum and will only appear here and there on the spiritual forum from now on. I will stick to what Im good at!

 

Robin

Congratulations on seeing your own way out of such a negative worldview! I bet it wasn’t easy.

[Preety_India]

Lol you didn't mention @Leo Gura. 

@Leo Gura  Leo someone is asking here for something. 

Edited February 17, 2021 by Preety_India

[Leo Gura]

@Findus That account was banned. You can use this new account. But mind what you post since I will be watching you and I don't have trust that you won't post more ideological garbage.

You're welcome to show me wrong by using your mind in a conscious manner.

[Findus]

@Leo Gura Alright chief! I will keep myself out of politics and further learn about ideological traps. I will also take more political advise from this forum. 

Gonna do some work on the spiritual forums here and there, hopefully you will like it!

Thank you @Preety_India  for tagging him!

[Rilles]

Wow, happy to hear that you got out before it went too far, you dodged a bullet! ??

[Peter-Andre]

This thread really made me smile. Always nice to see people having the courage to change their minds when they realize they were wrong about something.

[Bando]

@Findus What would you say to someone who was in your shoes to get them out of their paradigm of thinking? I remember people tried to explain things to you yet you just kept insulted them, what was the aha moment where you released you were deluding yourself?