In the same thread, Chad brought this part up,

It is worth noting that as of early 2019, @RobMonster was mutuals with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1437517323775086594

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    4chan wasn't always fascist, anonymous is a holdover from the days they were an idiosyncratic strain of anti-authoritarian

    • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      4chan wasn’t always fascist

      "NOOO 4CHAN WAS ALWAYS FASCIST GET OUT OF MY WEBSITE DUMB LEFTOID"

      :pit:

        • Owl [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          the homophobia was pretty standard middle school shit of calling anything you don’t like gay

          This is also the website where "let the f*gs marry" was a popular meme back when gay marriage was controversial.

          Slurs and rights for everyone, I guess.

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          the homophobia was pretty standard middle school shit of calling anything you don’t like gay

          This, plus serious bigots consciously using it as a pipeline to fascism, is what eventually changed it. I remember seeing screenshots of posts on actual Stormfront/similar sites going into detail about how to pull people on 4chan from "that's gay" or South Park-style black jokes to more tenacious homophobia and white supremacy.

      • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think they've always been reactionary, but I think they had a more libertarian stance before going further right/anti-sjw.