8chan and 4chan were instrumental in creating the disease that is gamergate and the subsequent online shitheaps it produced. Including but not limited to Trump’s term.
What about Reddit
Reddit has always been democratic. Theres some offshoot subreddits that are a cesspool for republicans. But they isolate themselves.
Reddit has always been democratic
Jesus. Fucking. Wept.
gamergate was a meaningless troll movement. To imply that they got trump elected is moronic.
Scary how many people in here are anti free speech. Yes, they’re stupid, cancerous, lot of white supremacists, and all the scum and villany etc , but like, the point of free speech is that you’re allowed to say that shit.
Make a threat? Absolutely, track IPs and investgate logs, lawful actions against unlawful acts. But to flat out ban every one you disagree with? Disgusting. And you should be ashamed of it.
the point of free speech is that you’re allowed to say that shit.
No, it isn’t
11 days later but
“Nu uh” wow you sure showed me
You’re standing up for hateful assholes so great job
Why is there so much fearmongering around 4chan? Everyone that doesn’t use it seems to think of it as an anomaly; when it is nothing but a somewhat “radical” (that too only some boards) social site. Also banning & doing something along those lines to the users of 4chan is the shittiest idea of all time.
People are dumbass normies who fear anyone slightly different than the mould. You don’t have facebook and instagram? Fucking weird. You don’t know the latest influencer trend? Outcast. You think capitalism is evil and the normalcy is harmful to society? Terrorist.
You think capitalism is evil and the normalcy is harmful to society? Terrorist.
Except that this is an accepted mainstream opinion now
Because it and 8chan are racist shitholes that have produced numerous mass murderers, most notably the Christchurch murderer that killed 51 people at a mosque.
I don’t think such sites “produce” mass murderers; they certainly contribute to the accleeration of their extremity–I don’t deny that–but no site can “produce” mass murderers, there has to be some preeminent malignity present in the person.
I think you’re arguing for a distinction without a difference. If the seed of malignancy would not have grown without finding fertile soil, how can you prove it existed? Why is it more fitting to blame this metaphysical and unknowable thing rather than these very real cesspits?
I don’t think the disposition to evil needs a “fertile soil”. For instance, there are evil men in convents–and in quite a high degree too–that harm others in order to break the monotonicity of their life; now, would you say a convent is a “fertile soil” for growth of evil–should be the contrary. The artificial spite is a product of, as I’ve mentioned, a boring and monotonous life, and it so happens the easiest mode available to break this is harm towards others.
In case of natural malignity, the influence on the actions lies not in something mundane as boredom but other natural causes–be it from parental abuse, &c. but I concur that I’ve no scientific knowledge in this field. And, thus I believe that the ones that hold malignity through nature (in contrast with the artificial one) are able to create an environment that accomplishes, or perhaps, breaks, as I’ve said above, their disorder’s whims. And the chans happen to be a pre-existing place with like minded people that nurture each other’s “seeds”, but even in the lack of these imaginary soils, the seeds will grow without any problem.
Day 279: Lemmy advocating for full on fascism on worldwide scale. Again.
Wtf are you talking about?
They probably meant authoritarianism or something like that
TIL fascism and authoritarianism mean “to judge a shitty thing as shitty”
Friend…
Everyone should be on a terror list
I couldn’t give a single shit about their “freedom of speech”
They might be talking about this part…
Yeah find me a single response where anyone is agreeing with that sentiment.
“Lemmy is advocating for full on fascism!!!” When I think OP actually was advocating in favor of FrEe SpEeCh in reality
Maybe they saw this top comment (atm) and went off based on that. I hope they’d clarify what they meant though (Shardikprime, I mean)
Nothing about that comment is fascist, unless fascism means “factual”
