The problem with allowing alt-right ideology like Jordan Peterson, Pepe the frog, anti trans speech, anti muslim speech, cries about deplatforming nazis, support for the wall, terms like SJWs, larping, NPCs, etc etc, is that here we are in a time of actual violent political turmoil.
Many of these lines of thought and discourse are obvious dog whistles for the white nationalist agenda, whether or not the people who are engaged with them realize this.
Allowing de facto hate speech with zero pushback normalizes the dehumanization of others in the alt-right echo chamber. Eventually, "SJWs" and the rest are so "other than" the crowd, that the group mocks victims of the violence, even if they aren't perpetrating this violence. If we have an attitude that we do everything "for the lulz", then even calls to or acts of violence and hate speech are merely "jokes", and this is by design. Even the term "NPC" is a meme meant to literally dehumanize others who disagree.
The alt right mentality often dips deep into the concept of schadenfreude, getting pleasure from watching others suffer. This is why they start with "edgy" humor - because if you can laugh at something "dark" that targets another class/group/race, then you are primed.
This video here is about stochastic terrorism, which is defined as creating an atmosphere of hatred towards a group that escalates to the point where a very small part of that group feels encouraged and supported to do violent acts. We're past that point. The left isn't murdering people in the streets over politics and religion. The right is. So when I see someone who goes through the talking points almost without deviation, I get super worried that they are being radicalized without even realizing it.
Anyway, I don't want to be on the news some day because we were sympathetic enough that someone thought it would be a good idea to stream a mass shooting on our forums, or post their manifesto here.
Many of these lines of thought and discourse are obvious dog whistles for the white nationalist agenda, whether or not the people who are engaged with them realize this.
Allowing de facto hate speech with zero pushback normalizes the dehumanization of others in the alt-right echo chamber. Eventually, "SJWs" and the rest are so "other than" the crowd, that the group mocks victims of the violence, even if they aren't perpetrating this violence. If we have an attitude that we do everything "for the lulz", then even calls to or acts of violence and hate speech are merely "jokes", and this is by design. Even the term "NPC" is a meme meant to literally dehumanize others who disagree.
The alt right mentality often dips deep into the concept of schadenfreude, getting pleasure from watching others suffer. This is why they start with "edgy" humor - because if you can laugh at something "dark" that targets another class/group/race, then you are primed.
This video here is about stochastic terrorism, which is defined as creating an atmosphere of hatred towards a group that escalates to the point where a very small part of that group feels encouraged and supported to do violent acts. We're past that point. The left isn't murdering people in the streets over politics and religion. The right is. So when I see someone who goes through the talking points almost without deviation, I get super worried that they are being radicalized without even realizing it.
Anyway, I don't want to be on the news some day because we were sympathetic enough that someone thought it would be a good idea to stream a mass shooting on our forums, or post their manifesto here.
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