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[-] danieljackson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

4chan is just a bunch of people pretending to be racist/homophobic/... for the lulz. Only a minority are hardcore trump supporters, neonazis, ...

[-] funnyletter@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

My issue is even if that's true it kind of doesn't matter because it's making the people who are ACTUALLY racist/homophobic/name your bigotry flavor feel comfortable enough to be genuinely horrendous. Fucking with the Overton window like that ain't cool.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I'm more convinced the majority of crazy posts are by disinformation trolls that plague all social media now.

[-] funnyletter@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I simultaneously miss AmITheAsshole and think that it's almost all either made up for karma farming or people shitposting to make some marginalized group look bad.

Or weird sex stuff. Definitely a lot of it is some person's weird sex thing.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

disinformation, deflection and plausible denialability

you can be an outright racist on 4chan ... if someone debates you, you can entertain yourself endlessly

if you aren't a racist ... you get to have some fun ... and tell everyone you are fake

if you are an actual racist ... you get to affirm your deluded beliefs ... and tell everyone you are fake

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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