It's a good point about not taking the bait of debating with the far right about their nonsense, but I'm not convinced it quite counts as trolling when, being a proud Nazi, you get up in front of a bunch of Nazis and do Nazi salute to show them you are a Nazi. I guess the trolling is what he did afterwards.
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Yeah, it's never been as a troll, but as a sign of solidarity and beacon for others. Continuing to treat this like a trolling is continuing to give cover for Nazi/fascist behavior happening more and more in the light of day.
The Alt Right Pipeline depends on edgy immature people ironically saying edgy stuff for dopamine hits until they are effectively trained to repeat the edgy stuff unironically.
When they put away the dog whistles and just come out as evil fascists then it causes a lot of their supporters to have a "are we the baddies?" moment
I really hope you're right.
Yeah, that almost seems like giving them too much credit. I hope I'm wrong though.
How is only one "main stream" American News source calling it what it was "falling flat"?
The author is comparing it to previous trolling attempts, and how this one isn't being picked up except by neo-nazi groups.
Why are we calling a Nazi paying homage to his fellow Nazis "trolling"?
It's how they see it, apparently. Same with all the "OK" hand gestures. It's a dog whistle intended to empower those that agree with this crap to start doing it publicly. "If Elon can do it, so can I"...etc.
It's generally great when people show who they really are, so it's possible to know how to properly respond. PUNCH NAZIS! RIDICULE FASCISTS!
Wrong you shouldnt punch Nazis thats uncivilized. You should show them classical civility and lash them to a fucking cross. Sic Semper Tyrannis
Sure, but not everyone carries around a cross for just such an occasion. Everyone's got their fists on them, though (well, unless you're an amputee -- in that case, bite Nazis.)
Telephone poles make great substitutes.
The article is fairly good, the headline only really makes sense after reading the article.
Not a great headline.
I'm so glad you commented this. Yes, great article with a terrible headline
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