Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : To make things short my stepson was out and he left his laptop wide open on his bed. I was taking in his laundry and couldn't help but notice a certain image out of the corner of my eye, so I took a glance and a glance turned into more once I saw what it was. Basically it was this forum full of photos making fun of the recent attack, people insulting muslims and hateful crap in general. I was absolutely horrified and I immediately phoned him and demanded he return home right now. I took the laptop and put it up in my office, then had him come in and proceed to show him everything I had seen and asked him what it was about. He was immediately indignant and refused to address anything I asked of him, telling me he didn't post what I saw and had nothing to do with it at all. It became very heated and he ended up storming out of the house.

He may not be my biological son but I have raised him for many years and this is not the path me or his mother want him to take. I proceeded to pack up most of things (consoles, games etc.) and waited for him to return. When he did I told him that he had two options, I could either sell all these things and donate it to charity dedicated towards ending this sort of shit, or he could come with me and offer to volunteer helping out the local muslim community. I thought these were both fair choices, and my wife and I agreed this was the best course of action to help him learn. Instead when he finally arrived home later than night and saw all his things missing and listened to what we had to say to him he proceeded to go ballistic and shout at the both of us. He said a lot of hateful things towards the both of us, ending up in calling his own mother a "cuck". At that point I found it hard to restrain myself and told him to get out and stay out until he agreed to either option and learnt some respect for the both of us.

He's seventeen years old, so legally speaking he's not in any trouble not being at home, and he has plenty of friends he can couch crash with (although I did call their parents to let them know about the situation). That said I am rather worried they might just be helping radicalise him to begin with.

It has been two days and we still haven't heard from him personally, although from what I hear he is staying with friends and safe. Now that the dust has settled, I wonder if I was out of line. I didn't expect him to stay gone for so long and I didn't intend to create a cruel punishment, just a learning experience. My wife and family are backing me up completely here but I wonder, AITA and did I go too far?