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I think for many, it starts out as posting slurs and extreme ideas as jokes to troll the "normies", until they suddenly really mean it. I remember when Reddit's

I think for many, it starts out as posting slurs and extreme ideas as jokes to troll the "normies", until they suddenly really mean it. I remember when Reddit's "The Donald" sub became bigger and hit the front page every day, most people thought it was satire. Until it was not.

alephxyz 4y ago
It's a mix of both imo. Newcomers who don't realize it's satire/trolling and old timers who like the attention, grift opportunity or feeling of leading a movement.
KennyBlanken 4y ago
They always mean it, they just start out only being comfortable with jokes and memes that are bigoted, and then as they get more validation, they get more comfortable and open about their bigotry.
- suction 4y ago
  Rings true. They wrap their ideas into "joke-y" memes to test the waters.