Let's not call right-wingers stupid please, it prevents us from taking the threat of right-wing violence seriously, they are malignant and insidiously clever in how they promote hate and violence, hiding their messages behind "memes" and "edgy jokes".
Don't believe me? look at the confession of former white supremacist "meme-lord" Timothy Gionet:
Gionet, who claims that he sees “normie-tier conservatives” being radicalized to the far-right on social media, says he wants to warn other people away from being recruited to white supremacist groups through memes and “ironic” racism.
“I really thought this was just fun memes and jokes and edgy 4Chan posting and all this stuff, and then you get to the end of this rabbit hole and you realize these guys are serious,” Gionet said.
Once he was convicted of raping and murdering scores of women, Ted Bundy claimed pornography was the first step towards becoming a serial killer. Of course, millions of other people looked at pornography and didn't become one, but that didn't stop the religious right from seizing on it to prove the evils of pornography. And Ted got an excuse out of it.
While I do find it amazing that the technique has crossed the political aisle over the course of my own lifetime, ultimately it's a pattern of any group of fa
"Toxic Videos" Please! (Score:1)
Just say what it is! Stupid people are predisposed to violence! There is nothing else to this
Not stupid. Evil. (Score:0)
Let's not call right-wingers stupid please, it prevents us from taking the threat of right-wing violence seriously, they are malignant and insidiously clever in how they promote hate and violence, hiding their messages behind "memes" and "edgy jokes".
Don't believe me? look at the confession of former white supremacist "meme-lord" Timothy Gionet:
https://elink.thedailybeast.com/view/5bae99853f92a46ecbcf5b739rlr3.15s/0f27da77 [thedailybeast.com]
Right at the end:
Gionet, who claims that he sees “normie-tier conservatives” being radicalized to the far-right on social media, says he wants to warn other people away from being recruited to white supremacist groups through memes and “ironic” racism.
“I really thought this was just fun memes and jokes and edgy 4Chan posting and all this stuff, and then you get to the end of this rabbit hole and you realize these guys are serious,” Gionet said.
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Once he was convicted of raping and murdering scores of women, Ted Bundy claimed pornography was the first step towards becoming a serial killer. Of course, millions of other people looked at pornography and didn't become one, but that didn't stop the religious right from seizing on it to prove the evils of pornography. And Ted got an excuse out of it.
While I do find it amazing that the technique has crossed the political aisle over the course of my own lifetime, ultimately it's a pattern of any group of fa
Re:Not stupid. Evil. (Score:2)
Might want to check the political affiliation of 'Tipper Gore'.
There has long been 'puritans' in both political parties.