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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?'
| The researchers looked up Brendan and discovered he was a white supremacist, who had lost his job after being revealed as the leader of a white nationalist group. Brendan had attended the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017.
Immediately they were concerned as to what "sorting out an issue" might refer to, but when they tracked him down, Brendan revealed that what he needed to do was simply love, as opposed to something more sinister.
| MDMA is known for causing feelings of empathy, sociability and love. "It's what everyone says about this damn drug, that it makes people feel love."
30 minutes after taking the MDMA pill, Brendan questioned: "Why am I doing this? Why am I thinking this way?" and wondered why he had jeopardized the relationships in his life.
During his time on the drug, he realized his life was missing connection.
| Since the study, Brendan is trying to make changes for the better: he hired a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant to help him, enrolled in therapy, and began meditating.
"There are moments when I have racist or antisemitic thoughts, definitely," he said. "But now I can recognize that those kinds of thought patterns are harming me more than anyone else."
| The case suggested that MDMA has the potential to "influence a person's values and priorities," the authors wrote in a case study about Brendan. They hypothesized that if extremist views are fueled by fear, anger, and cognitive biases, they could potentially be treated with drugs.
https://www.insider.com/white-supremacist-took-mdma-renounces-beliefs-study-2023-6?amp
| Can't wait to hear white people say they aren't racist cause they took a drug that cured them.
If anyone is wondering about curing racism, take any racist thought and think about the worst scenario outcome, which is usually killing someone. Are you willing to kill for this thought? No. So next step go making a friend with people of different races, particularly those you hate. See how you feel a year later
| In 1960 Americans threw stones at a black school girl for going to school.
In 1968 MLK was killed and many cheered.
Luckily this was the last racist in existence and since that racism was cured by science and the USA is free of racism the end!
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| A leader in the US white nationalist movement realized he wanted to change his extreme beliefs after he took the psychoactive drug MDMA as part of a scientific study.
After the experience, Brendan returned a form to the researchers and wrote: "This experience has helped me sort out a debilitating personal issue. Google my name. I now know what I need to do."