• ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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    1 year ago

    The first part there is a big reason behind why 4chan was started and the big block relates because a lot of the far rights coordination online stems from 4chan and 4chan initiated movements. I’d argue pepe and all the memes around Trump was instrumental in getting him elected 2016 and that started on 4chan. Also the whole qanon thing had a lot to do with 4chan and that was a big part of why Jan 6th went down.

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      1 year ago

      Just a side note for young readers:

      “…had a lot to do with 4chan” here means 4chan deliberately initiated the entire movement with the express purpose of causing harm for their own amusement