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I always hoped r/the_Donald had a lot of Russian trolls. The racsism and misogyny there can be crazy and it would make me feel better if it was trolls instead o

I always hoped r/the_Donald had a lot of Russian trolls. The racsism and misogyny there can be crazy and it would make me feel better if it was trolls instead of sincere people

Cthulhu_ 9y ago
A lot of trolls are sincere though, or at least are indistinguishable from them. I mean I've used nazi symbolism and whatnot ironically / "for teh lulz" in the past, but if you looked at that shit if you didn't know it you'd be sure I was serious.
- learc83 9y ago
  >if you looked at that shit if you didn't know it you'd be sure I was serious And if you kept posting it long enough, and participating in that community long enough, it's very likely there would stop being a meaningful difference between what you posted ironically and sincerely.
- bmm6o 9y ago
  "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
- tdb7893 9y ago
  Yeah, I mean I hope most of the people aren't serious. My worry is that you can't really get a subreddit that large of joking racists without it being explicit that it's a joke. The subreddit almost assuredly has actual racists hiding among the kids who just want it be part of a counterculture.
puppetmaster400 9y ago
Do you have example data supporting your POV?
- tdb7893 9y ago
  In the past they've made fun of Pakistanis for being inbred and implied that the only way that some actresses could have gotten famous was through sexual favors (this was during the start of the #metoo thing). Most of the subreddit is memes and random political nonsense but when certain topics come up there is a lot of hate. I don't have any specific data as it would be weird to just keep evidence on hand for these sorts of claims but I could get some examples later when I have time if it's really necessary.
  - tdb7893 9y ago
    Here is a link I had found in my comment history from the last time someone asked for an example https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7djxqv/three_asian_men_jailed_for_sexually_abusing_a_13/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7djxqv/three_as...
    - puppetmaster400 9y ago
      A link points to non USA based. But in general, you agree a small percentage of comments. For example, compared to antifa and such.

I always hoped r/the_Donald had a lot of Russian trolls. The racsism and misogyny there can be crazy and it would make me feel better if it was trolls instead of sincere people

Cthulhu_ 9y ago

A lot of trolls are sincere though, or at least are indistinguishable from them. I mean I've used nazi symbolism and whatnot ironically / "for teh lulz" in the past, but if you looked at that shit if you didn't know it you'd be sure I was serious.

learc83 9y ago
>if you looked at that shit if you didn't know it you'd be sure I was serious And if you kept posting it long enough, and participating in that community long enough, it's very likely there would stop being a meaningful difference between what you posted ironically and sincerely.
bmm6o 9y ago
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
tdb7893 9y ago
Yeah, I mean I hope most of the people aren't serious. My worry is that you can't really get a subreddit that large of joking racists without it being explicit that it's a joke. The subreddit almost assuredly has actual racists hiding among the kids who just want it be part of a counterculture.

puppetmaster400 9y ago

Do you have example data supporting your POV?

tdb7893 9y ago
In the past they've made fun of Pakistanis for being inbred and implied that the only way that some actresses could have gotten famous was through sexual favors (this was during the start of the #metoo thing). Most of the subreddit is memes and random political nonsense but when certain topics come up there is a lot of hate. I don't have any specific data as it would be weird to just keep evidence on hand for these sorts of claims but I could get some examples later when I have time if it's really necessary.
- tdb7893 9y ago
  Here is a link I had found in my comment history from the last time someone asked for an example https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7djxqv/three_asian_men_jailed_for_sexually_abusing_a_13/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7djxqv/three_as...
  - puppetmaster400 9y ago
    A link points to non USA based. But in general, you agree a small percentage of comments. For example, compared to antifa and such.