Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid — welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Those kinds of comments are 4chan style psyops moves. Literally have some screenshots of them discussing this tactic somewhere.
Edit: Found the images. Sorry for no alt text, but it is a bit too much to type out, put them under a spoiler as to not spam the thread. Note that they are more talking about the whole ‘this is helping push people rightward’ messaging than this specific thing I quoted from HN.
4chan images
sartre proven more right every day
@Soyweiser @HotGarbage 💯
Bigoted trolls say that all the time, stuff like “I wasn’t homophobic until they started doing pride” etc. It’s total bullshit by them designed to try to make bystanders blame victims.
@Soyweiser @HotGarbage “This makes me want to try Omarchy”, to me, sounds like the nerd version of “This makes me want to wash my eyes with bleach”.
@Soyweiser @HotGarbage usage examples:
(Windows pops up a friendly dialog telling you in a cheery tone and with Corporate Memphis avatars that Microsoft would like to install a smörgåsbord of spyware on your machine. You can submit now, or maybe later. Resistance is futile.)
“Jesus Christ, what a fucking shitshow. This makes me want to try omarchy.”
(Apple launches an ad where they proudly announce that they mean to pulp all human creativity into a marginally thinner iPad. Then they tell you that they are going to make their devices spy on every real-life conversation you have! The future is AWESOME!)
“Fuck me, this sort of shit makes me want to abandon all technology and live in a cabin in the woods. Or try omarchy.”