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Racist content has a bearing on the marginalized races. Ignoring the casual hate on 4chan brought us GamerGate and Trump.
by bitwize 3y ago
Racist content has a bearing on the marginalized races. Ignoring the casual hate on 4chan brought us GamerGate and Trump.
- ecshafer 3y agoI thought deindustrialization and free trade brought us trump not memes? But maybe I made a mistake by listening to what trump supporters said.
- ToValueFunfetti 3y agoAs far as I'm aware, nobody got physically hurt from Gamergate, ie. ignoring casual hate would have completely removed its impact. Though you could argue that that was impossible. Do you have evidence for your claim that ignoring casual hate caused either of those things? My baseless theory is that suppressing and excluding these people from the mainstream is what riled them up in the first place; it certainly didn't feel like they were being ignored even after that. But I am open to contradicting evidence.
- richbell 3y agoPeople losing trust in and feeling ignored by politicians is what brought us Trump. Some people voted for him because they liked that he wasn't a typical "politician", other people voted for him out of protest.