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I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won't be surprised but don't dismiss the findings out of hand. It's important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.

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[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

If you were familiar with far-right extremists before Reddit gave them a comfy little platform, it was painfully obvious.

Sticking to vocabulary only, terms like "cuck" becoming their favourite insult was straight from neo-nazi circles, where it very deliberately meant "race traitor" -- someone who would let a black man fuck their wife.

Since it had the most plausible deniability behind it, "cuck" survived about as long as "alt-right" did, before it became obvious to even the dullest of fucks that it was all just neo-nazis.

But scattered around that, you had terms like "Zionists" and "ethnostate" that aren't inherently Nazi terms but are neo-nazis go-to problem and solution. You had outright dogwhistles like (((Soros))) and 1488. You had preferred slurs for women and minorities that came straight from places that were openly far-right, Holocaust advocates.

You also had various versions of the same old Protocols/Mein Kamph conspiracy theories, custom built for internet reactionaries. Hell, the anti-Hillary frenzy escalated to accused the Democrats of blood libel for fucks sake -- one of the oldest antisemitic conspiracy theories there is.

Most of these came and went as they carefully balanced remaining "mask on". If it became too much of a give away, it was retired and replaced. These days, they know to not even name their movement, because it makes it harder to attack. The "alt-right" is now just "Republicans" so they can hide their extremism behind moderates.

Anyway, fuck the lot of them. Reddit providing a platform for groups like neo-nazis and anti-vaxxers has likely caused more social damage than anything on the internet to date.

[–] Tregetour@lemdro.id -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

These days, they know to not even name their movement, because it makes it harder to attack.

Sounds like they learned well from the progressive left :D

There's no such thing as 'woke'!

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Sir ur not allowed to point out that both sides are using the same strategies. If ur socialist ur allowed to use any means to achieve the goals u desire because they are grounded in superior morality.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Sounds like you're a cunt.