Generally I think it revolves around the normalization of really hateful thinking, both outside and within.
I never got too deep into it, and once /pol/ got overrun with literal Nazis I knew it was over, and it's when I started distancing myself from it. Reddit was nominally better, and it took me from being this center right a-hole to at least a RadLib.
I always had an interest in Communism, but it was more "Tankie Aesthetic cool!" Than it was about "We must implement communism as it is the only way to save the world."
Since no one ever was able to convince me that the USSR killed 6942002496 people a second, it and the awesomeness of Chapo Trap House eventually got me to where I am now: The only True Leftist.
Since no one ever was able to convince me that the USSR killed 6942002496 people a second
TBH there is a bit of a gap in the fossil record or crockoduck or Non-sequitur there if you think about it.
There are 2 easily verifiable facts.
A. Lenin and Stalin had some ideological beliefs we can loosely refer to with words like Marxism, Socialism, etc..
B. Some people died in the USSR.
Now a normal person may presume something like correlation does not imply causation. And normal people remember in Math class where if you didn't show your work, you get a zero.
But Liberals have this neat trick where they present this information as verified proven causation, BUT NEVER FUCKING DRAW A LINE FROM A → B. Everything that pretends to is a bunch of obvious baloney.
I feel like we need a formal term for this general concept.
Can you tell a bit more about how 4chan fucked you up?
Generally I think it revolves around the normalization of really hateful thinking, both outside and within.
I never got too deep into it, and once /pol/ got overrun with literal Nazis I knew it was over, and it's when I started distancing myself from it. Reddit was nominally better, and it took me from being this center right a-hole to at least a RadLib.
I always had an interest in Communism, but it was more "Tankie Aesthetic cool!" Than it was about "We must implement communism as it is the only way to save the world."
Since no one ever was able to convince me that the USSR killed 6942002496 people a second, it and the awesomeness of Chapo Trap House eventually got me to where I am now: The only True Leftist.
TBH there is a bit of a gap in the fossil record or crockoduck or Non-sequitur there if you think about it.
There are 2 easily verifiable facts.
A. Lenin and Stalin had some ideological beliefs we can loosely refer to with words like Marxism, Socialism, etc..
B. Some people died in the USSR.
Now a normal person may presume something like correlation does not imply causation. And normal people remember in Math class where if you didn't show your work, you get a zero.
But Liberals have this neat trick where they present this information as verified proven causation, BUT NEVER FUCKING DRAW A LINE FROM A → B. Everything that pretends to is a bunch of obvious baloney.
I feel like we need a formal term for this general concept.