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It’s not “right wing” or pro-Trump at all, but this NYT explanation is hilarious. It’s just a joke reference to the simulation theory, and refers to someone who

It’s not “right wing” or pro-Trump at all, but this NYT explanation is hilarious. It’s just a joke reference to the simulation theory, and refers to someone who has their opinions “assigned” to them, left or right, and doesn’t imply disagreement. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NPC&amp=true&defid=13042309 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NPC&amp=true...

avs733 5y ago
NPC is a meme. Your link to urbandictionary is particularly interesting if you look at the contributors history... NPC left is a term specifically to fuzz anti-progressive animus through 'memeing' language. This type of coded language is a common tactic of white supremacists [0-4]. You may have done it intentionally or not, but it is what it is [0,1,3]. If this is unintentional, you should be aware that that language is created specifically to play with this irony and ambiguity and draw people in while taking a stance that enables everyone involved to claim [4]. [0] https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-white-supremacists-use-soft-power https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-white-supremacists-use-soft-... [1] https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990274685/how-extremists-weaponize-irony-to-spread-hate https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990274685/how-extremists-weap... [2] https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alt-right-terminology-20161115-story.html https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alt-right-terminolo... [3] https://mashable.com/2017/05/05/alt-right-memes-france-world/ https://mashable.com/2017/05/05/alt-right-memes-france-world... [4] https://journals.openedition.org/angles/369 https://journals.openedition.org/angles/369
- lawnchair_larry 5y ago
  None of these links are authoritative, they’re just NPC left activism. I used “NPC left” to differentiate from the “reasonable left”. The people who follow folks like AOC and Ilhan Omar, as opposed to the more mainstream moderate left. Nothing to do with right wing or alt-right anything. And I am not even going to entertain this stupid white supremacist lie that folks of a certain activist persuasion love to fling at everyone and everything with no basis whatsoever. That’s not a thing, and you need to join the rest in coming to terms with the fact that narrative is completely manufactured nonsense. Hopefully you weren’t one of the many who fell for the CNN hoax about the white supremacist catholic kids supposedly antagonizing the indigenous man, but after that happening repeatedly, it should give you pause before believing claims like this. Nevermind that “NPC” doesn’t even appear in your links, so this is some massive goalpost shifting. One of them even says “snowflake” is an alt-right white supremacist word. Is anybody still supposed to take this shit seriously?

avs733 5y ago

NPC is a meme. Your link to urbandictionary is particularly interesting if you look at the contributors history... NPC left is a term specifically to fuzz anti-progressive animus through 'memeing' language. This type of coded language is a common tactic of white supremacists [0-4]. You may have done it intentionally or not, but it is what it is [0,1,3]. If this is unintentional, you should be aware that that language is created specifically to play with this irony and ambiguity and draw people in while taking a stance that enables everyone involved to claim [4]. [0] https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-white-supremacists-use-soft-power https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-white-supremacists-use-soft-... [1] https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990274685/how-extremists-weaponize-irony-to-spread-hate https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990274685/how-extremists-weap... [2] https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alt-right-terminology-20161115-story.html https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alt-right-terminolo... [3] https://mashable.com/2017/05/05/alt-right-memes-france-world/ https://mashable.com/2017/05/05/alt-right-memes-france-world... [4] https://journals.openedition.org/angles/369 https://journals.openedition.org/angles/369

lawnchair_larry 5y ago
None of these links are authoritative, they’re just NPC left activism. I used “NPC left” to differentiate from the “reasonable left”. The people who follow folks like AOC and Ilhan Omar, as opposed to the more mainstream moderate left. Nothing to do with right wing or alt-right anything. And I am not even going to entertain this stupid white supremacist lie that folks of a certain activist persuasion love to fling at everyone and everything with no basis whatsoever. That’s not a thing, and you need to join the rest in coming to terms with the fact that narrative is completely manufactured nonsense. Hopefully you weren’t one of the many who fell for the CNN hoax about the white supremacist catholic kids supposedly antagonizing the indigenous man, but after that happening repeatedly, it should give you pause before believing claims like this. Nevermind that “NPC” doesn’t even appear in your links, so this is some massive goalpost shifting. One of them even says “snowflake” is an alt-right white supremacist word. Is anybody still supposed to take this shit seriously?