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.
Interesting that your only takeway from the protest movement is "smashing up neighborhoods and businesses"
Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
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Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#22Isn't this whole boogaloo thing some 4chan meme?
Here's a good overview:
Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#23Isn'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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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
At this point, it's more about the extent to which Facebook is all in for the militant extreme right.
I thought Facebook was all in for the militant extreme left that controlled all social media. Which is it? Which conspiracy do I believe? Help me, Hacker News!
Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#26Is 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.
>no weapons
???
Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#27Is 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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#28Re: Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War and Unrest
#29Isn'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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#30Isn'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.