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A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?' (www.insider.com)

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[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes thats true.

That's not what they said though.

They said extremism. Which is absolutely not a completely normal human experience.

[–] Gaywallet 5 points 1 year ago

Extremist views are not normal, correct. I was addressing the quote and response because I want to be clear about the implications of a single anecdotal finding amongst a study on a drug being used for a very different purpose than the context being examined here. I don't want people jumping to too many conclusions.