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You don't use wording like that on accident. Being one word off from a white supremacist quote in a message sent to white supremacists is incredibly unlikely to

You don't use wording like that on accident. Being one word off from a white supremacist quote in a message sent to white supremacists is incredibly unlikely to be accidental.

capableweb 6y ago
> You don't use wording like that on accident Stupidier things have happened in the past. I bet more than half of HN wouldn't know that quote if you removed the "white" part, so not so unlikely that someone who doesn't know it, sends it to others as the sentiment (without the "white" part) is actually pretty good.
- anigbrowl 6y ago
  Unknowingly reproducing (albeit imperfectly) a somewhat famous extremist catchphrase is of course a possibility, but the odds of doing it twice in a short document like this are too low to be plausible.
- adrianmonk 6y ago
  > more than half of HN wouldn't know that quote The donor here is not comparable to typical HN users. They've gone out of their way to make a large donation to known white supremacists. Also, if you read the donor's suicide note (in the article), there is a reference to the Weimar Republic and there is a holocaust denier code phrase. (I won't encourage its spread by copying it here, but it's in one of the highlighted sections.)
  - kls 6y ago
    I consider myself a classic liberal, not a leftist most people on the left assume I am a conservative, most on the right assume I am a leftist because of my belief in social liberties. I bring this up, because I am generally the hey, hey, hey lets give this guy, the benefit of doubt voice, but I have to agree with you on this one, there is not much to read between the line on, with what this guy is saying. We don't even really have to use polito-speak words like dog whistle to make it look like that is what he is saying. He is saying it very clear and his meaning is very clear this guy is/was a white supremacist's.

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You don't use wording like that on accident. Being one word off from a white supremacist quote in a message sent to white supremacists is incredibly unlikely to

by freeone3000 6y ago

You don't use wording like that on accident. Being one word off from a white supremacist quote in a message sent to white supremacists is incredibly unlikely to be accidental.

capableweb 6y ago
> You don't use wording like that on accident Stupidier things have happened in the past. I bet more than half of HN wouldn't know that quote if you removed the "white" part, so not so unlikely that someone who doesn't know it, sends it to others as the sentiment (without the "white" part) is actually pretty good.
- anigbrowl 6y ago
  Unknowingly reproducing (albeit imperfectly) a somewhat famous extremist catchphrase is of course a possibility, but the odds of doing it twice in a short document like this are too low to be plausible.
- adrianmonk 6y ago
  > more than half of HN wouldn't know that quote The donor here is not comparable to typical HN users. They've gone out of their way to make a large donation to known white supremacists. Also, if you read the donor's suicide note (in the article), there is a reference to the Weimar Republic and there is a holocaust denier code phrase. (I won't encourage its spread by copying it here, but it's in one of the highlighted sections.)
  - kls 6y ago
    I consider myself a classic liberal, not a leftist most people on the left assume I am a conservative, most on the right assume I am a leftist because of my belief in social liberties. I bring this up, because I am generally the hey, hey, hey lets give this guy, the benefit of doubt voice, but I have to agree with you on this one, there is not much to read between the line on, with what this guy is saying. We don't even really have to use polito-speak words like dog whistle to make it look like that is what he is saying. He is saying it very clear and his meaning is very clear this guy is/was a white supremacist's.