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Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by abritinthebay »

NelsonMinar wrote: post #47
abritinthebay wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN has a surprisingly strong alt-right contingent, they’re just more subtle about it than Reddit.

"Alt-right" is a surprisingly polite term for "Nazi sympathizer"

I’m using it mostly as a catch all from “actually a fucking Nazi” all the way to “trolling 4chan type college kid”

But yeah, I know exactly what you mean.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by grasshopperpurp »

subjectsigma wrote: post #49
grasshopperpurp wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your sympathies are very telling.

Are you seriously insinuating this user is a neo-Nazi because he's trying to have a polite conversation about what is and is not ethical? That's shameful.

Of course not. Why would you jump to that conclusion? When you see someone with a "Thin Blue Line" decal on their car, do you assume that he/she is a police officer who murders minorities? No, but you know where their allegiance rests.

As CalChris said:

>If you are going to dismiss impersonation on such an ephemeral platform, why do you care about spamming?

Maybe you didn't read enough of the replies to understand the context. I don't know.

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