I mean... it's a question on if you assume someone who has been indoctrinated is aware enough of their own indoctrination to then use it as a justification for their actions.
Like, you don't see Tom Cruise calling Scientology a cult, when its totally a fucking cult.
and in most jurisdictions, its assumed a 15 year old just does not have the logical or emotional capacity to take responsibility for their own actions as an independent thinking adult, let alone a sophisticated enough self identity to be able to identify and reject manipulation or indoctrination.
...but then you're left with the awkward reverse(?) racism that a bunch of era posters who are absolutely willing to damn a 15 year old white girl for a stupid edgelord racism tiktok are defending Begum as not being competent for their actions because... what, brown muslim girls have less intellectual capacity than redneck white girls somehow?
