It does read like a subtle parody or ironic commentary. It’s the style of someone poking fun at common narratives about polarization by showing how absurdly “offline radicalization” might look.

This is an interesting take.

Is it really so unthinkable that someone who lived through or close to the troubles should feel enraged by an ongoing starvation and relocation campaign by a powerful empire?

Trump hate is not radical it's rational. I think the guy should look in the mirror.

It's because you have TDS.

There are a vast number of valid reasons to despise Donald Trump. He has publicly lusted after his daughter. He has said that he can sexually assault women with impunity since he is a star. He was convicted of felonies. He is barred from operating a charity in New York. He is known to stiff workers and hire illegals. He is incapable of admitting wrongdoing or admitting that he made a mistake. Hence his marking up a NOAA hurricane forecast map. He clearly knew about Epstein’s crimes and did not care about them. (Along with a lot of other famous people.) His threats against Panama, Canada, and Greenland are doing harm to the U.S. His henchmen in charge of ICE have deported U.S. citizens and he doesn’t care about that. He’s accepted billions in bribes via his Trump Coin. He lies constantly. He got into a twitter feud with a tennager while President. He is ignorant, incurious, vain, and narcissistic.

Don't forget he's a traitor who attacked his own people.

He's destroying the institutions of democracy.

He uses his power for retribution.

His dad has it right. #purge #bilionaires

How is this "radicalization" and not "developing your own opinions"? By the facts presented in the article, the Father reads widely. Perhaps the Irish press is as homogeneous and "woke" as depicted, but CNN has never been liberal, and Al Jazeera doesn't fit on a left-right axis. This Father can and does receive many viewpoints, and actively chooses among them. As any rational being would. This isn't "radicalization", it's deciding a way to believe that the author of the article simply doesn't approve of.