• Daniel Jackson
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    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
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      81 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.

      • @funnyletter
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        41 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
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      21 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