When I was younger and really naive, I was on a Discord server with an insane neo-pagan fascist who would say the most unhinged take you could imagine, not too far off from what's in this post, but sprinkle "lol" here and there. I would call him out for using "lol" to sugarcoat what he said but I think people kept him around because they actually couldn't see past that? It's like Superman's glasses.