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I'm specifically referring to the phenomenon of grown ass adults grooming impressionable kids into acting like this. It's a real problem and I'm not surprised i

I'm specifically referring to the phenomenon of grown ass adults grooming impressionable kids into acting like this. It's a real problem and I'm not surprised it's being looked into, these guys need chris hansen showing up in their kitchen level.

Test0129 4y ago
You imply they are allegedly grooming these kids to be white nationalists on discord. Discord is a monitored platform. Do you have any evidence of the FBI cracking down on these discords? Actual terrorism falls into the purview of the FBI and given the current administration you'd think they'd be all over using that honeypot as a way to find them. I have yet to see any evidence that the FBI has stopped a discord turning kids into white nationalists so I suspect the problem is not actually the problem you suppose it is, or you and I have very different definitions of what grooming means.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  I really doubt you or I have any insight into active FBI investigations for good reason
  - JetSpiegel 4y ago
    Yes, with actual evidence of nothingburgers and undercover agents entrapping other undercover agents, the gravy train would stop.
bavell 4y ago
It seems to me you're making a lot of assumptions and jumping to conclusions. How do you know these trolls are adults and not angsty teens? How do you know it's not a niche problem (I've only ever seen this cringe behavior in low-effort FPS like CoD)? Not saying you're wrong but your experiences don't match my own. I'm open to having my mind changed but the idea of some conspiracy to influence kids by screaming naziisms at them at the end of video game matches just seems... hilariously ineffective.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  I played a lot of csgo during the pandemic, you'd be surprised how much of this is prevalent in the casual lobbies. It's to a point where I don't play a lot of csgo anymore. It sounds stupid as hell because it is, but it's all part of a tactic of normalization. That's all they're after here.
DoItToMe81 4y ago
There have always been groomers, sadly, but I'm not sure there's a groomer behind every sieg heil. It's funny to kids and teenagers to shock and disgust polite society and always has been. It becomes even funnier when people out of the in-group think they're in serious danger because of it, which just spurs on more hardcore trolling. I'm not convinced that most of this is anything but the current generation's version of Belsen Was a Gas.

Test0129 4y ago

You imply they are allegedly grooming these kids to be white nationalists on discord. Discord is a monitored platform. Do you have any evidence of the FBI cracking down on these discords? Actual terrorism falls into the purview of the FBI and given the current administration you'd think they'd be all over using that honeypot as a way to find them. I have yet to see any evidence that the FBI has stopped a discord turning kids into white nationalists so I suspect the problem is not actually the problem you suppose it is, or you and I have very different definitions of what grooming means.

jamal-kumar 4y ago
I really doubt you or I have any insight into active FBI investigations for good reason
- JetSpiegel 4y ago
  Yes, with actual evidence of nothingburgers and undercover agents entrapping other undercover agents, the gravy train would stop.

bavell 4y ago

It seems to me you're making a lot of assumptions and jumping to conclusions. How do you know these trolls are adults and not angsty teens? How do you know it's not a niche problem (I've only ever seen this cringe behavior in low-effort FPS like CoD)? Not saying you're wrong but your experiences don't match my own. I'm open to having my mind changed but the idea of some conspiracy to influence kids by screaming naziisms at them at the end of video game matches just seems... hilariously ineffective.

jamal-kumar 4y ago
I played a lot of csgo during the pandemic, you'd be surprised how much of this is prevalent in the casual lobbies. It's to a point where I don't play a lot of csgo anymore. It sounds stupid as hell because it is, but it's all part of a tactic of normalization. That's all they're after here.

DoItToMe81 4y ago

There have always been groomers, sadly, but I'm not sure there's a groomer behind every sieg heil. It's funny to kids and teenagers to shock and disgust polite society and always has been. It becomes even funnier when people out of the in-group think they're in serious danger because of it, which just spurs on more hardcore trolling. I'm not convinced that most of this is anything but the current generation's version of Belsen Was a Gas.