Isn't this whole boogaloo thing some 4chan meme?
Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
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#12Is it me or does the design for the "Hoplite Armor"[1] look like the hong kong flag[2]? I did some digging and it looks even closer to the variant that the hong kong protesters are using[3]. Why would "anti-government extremists" (as described by the article) in America use this design? [1] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-06/30/2... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong [3] https://…
A lot of boogaloo boys have a hardon for the hong kong protests, viewing it as a right wing militia standing up to a communist government.
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#13Interesting. So some people in Hawaiian shirts are fomenting unrest and trying to bring about a second civil war, whilst some other people in much more sober clothing are fighting for righteousness and justice by smashing up neighbourhoods and businesses and forcibly occupying parts of a major city.
Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#14Is it me or does the design for the "Hoplite Armor"[1] look like the hong kong flag[2]? I did some digging and it looks even closer to the variant that the hong kong protesters are using[3]. Why would "anti-government extremists" (as described by the article) in America use this design? [1] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-06/30/2... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong [3] https://…
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#15Nobody's actually surprised, are they?
Maybe nobody who is an HN reader, but plenty of people are surprised that organizations like boogaloo actually exist. And by targeting ads, the people who are surprised are the people who never see the ads.
"organizations like boogaloo" from my general experience they're no more an "organization" than Antifa? Just like minded people, on the internet who latched onto a name.
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#16Isn't this whole boogaloo thing some 4chan meme?
Yes, it's just a series of memes between a lot of people who don't share any other specific political beliefs, except maybe 2A support.
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#17Interesting. So some people in Hawaiian shirts are fomenting unrest and trying to bring about a second civil war, whilst some other people in much more sober clothing are fighting for righteousness and justice by smashing up neighbourhoods and businesses and forcibly occupying parts of a major city.
Interesting that your only takeway from the protest movement is "smashing up neighborhoods and businesses"
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#18Isn't this whole boogaloo thing some 4chan meme?
Yes, and like the OK hand thing it started as trolling and became both semi-serious and still very much trolling.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe nobody who is an HN reader, but plenty of people are surprised that organizations like boogaloo actually exist. And by targeting ads, the people who are surprised are the people who never see the ads.
"organizations like boogaloo" from my general experience they're no more an "organization" than Antifa? Just like minded people, on the internet who latched onto a name.
They're much less of an organization than Antifa, who has city chapters, training sessions, meetings, and recruitment.
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#20Interesting. So some people in Hawaiian shirts are fomenting unrest and trying to bring about a second civil war, whilst some other people in much more sober clothing are fighting for righteousness and justice by smashing up neighbourhoods and businesses and forcibly occupying parts of a major city.
> Interesting. So some people in Hawaiian shirts are fomenting unrest and trying to bring about a second civil war, whilst some other people in much more sober clothing are fighting for righteousness and justice by smashing up neighbourhoods and businesses and forcibly occupying parts of a major city.
That's about the gist of it, yes.