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Yes, it's full of "glowies." (We can thank Terry Davis of Temple OS fame for that term.) Occasionally, a nutcase who intends to do harm will have been found to

Yes, it's full of "glowies." (We can thank Terry Davis of Temple OS fame for that term.) Occasionally, a nutcase who intends to do harm will have been found to hang out there[1], and the glowies don't want to be the last to find out if said nutcase posts their intentions in advance. Which is fair enough. That's their job, after all. [1] like the recent Rotterdam shooter https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/29/rotterdam-shootings-suspect-expressed-right-wing-extremist-views-online https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/29/rotterdam-shootings-suspect-ex... https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/436995585 https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/436995585

greyface- 3y ago
4chan loves the term "glowie" in part because its full expansion incorporates a racist slur, but its shortened form can be used in contexts like this, in which it seems merely irreverent rather than racist. Thanks, Terry. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie
- theodric 3y ago
  Also because typing "glow-in-the-dark CIA [neighbors]" all the time takes too long. I mean, /pol/ doesn't really shy away from using the odd slur. Just occasionally. Only in between the casual misogyny, gigachad fetishism, and soyface posting.