Well, this was fun. One of my comments - this one - must've
gotten a gang of reports to FB enough for me to have to "review
the community standards". Those guys that have been trolling the
forums for "White Rights"? Yeah. Them.
Anyway, they are an annoying presence. Thug behavior like this
(multiple coordinated reports in order to force Facebook's hand)
takes away from the group's ebb and flow, becoming a personal
battleground for a singular perspective to dominate. Perhaps
they see it in reverse? That they're being oppressed? Perhaps.
But it's unconvincing. I'm not an admin, so my voice does not
have any weight behind it. But if their coordinated effort was
to prove a point, it did, but not the point they were shooting
for. They just dug their hole a little deeper in my mind: Group
of bullies descending on a group, taking over the group
discussions. [when is the last time there was a decent
conversation about Heidegger on them? I'd say it's been months].
Anyway, I'm not suggesting action, just registering an
irritation. == Now, if somebody _understands_ what is supposed
to be offensive about this, I'll be happy to listen. I
understand Facebook's removal of it of course: it's easy enough
to twist guidelines around to suit alternative viewpoints and a
barrage of complaints about a single comment will cause a person
to have to through the "please review our terms of service"
schtick. It's an ancient trick: I remember it back in the
American Online days, 20+ years ago. Same deal, different
network. But if there is something _genuinely_ offensive about
it? Please lemme know. It's a viewpoint I never had sympathy
for, so perhaps I'm ignorant. == ah yeah, the 4channers. I've
seen other odd echo chambers come out of there - anonymous years
ago and others as well, but this one has been a particularly
interesting trendy trend. == At one time, I'd just see anime
girls with hitler mustaches. it was funny. I was like, 'k, it's
the 4chan kids again". But the kids got older and older and
older, entered voting age and well, here's one of the products
of the Internet. = I wouldn't say that 4chan produced anything
huge though. Statistically, they're marginal. But working in
small packs, it's possible to give the illusion of grandness and
power. == I don't worry excessively about Trump though. His
wings would be clipped the moment he takes the oath and he knows
he doesn't have to hold to a single campaign promise. == When
I see Trump, I see... oh, what's his name? Ah yes. Dan Quayle.
He's Dan Quayle to me. Riot wise? I dunno - maybe during the
election process. But whoever wins, wins. People always get hot
and bothered during election cycles. This one has been more
interesting. Maybe I'm "just being naive" but I think a bored
populace is looking for some sports excitement, and this is
bringing it for them. == Just don't get taken up too much by
the news. They need to generate excitement so that we watch them
longer so that they can prove to their advertisers that it's
worth putting their ads there in order to fund the news program.
The content doesn't matter so much to the news organizations but
the draw. Trump draws. So, whatever's most exciting makes it.
And people get excited. == Well, the system is stronger than
Trump can possibly be. That's why I don't worry at all. Sure, he
can declare war without Congress. They all can, and if history
tells the tale correctly, they all do. Beyond that, anything a
combination of congress and himself might put into place that
doesn't jive with the balance of things, will get overturned by
whoever follows him in 4 or 8 yrs time. People made a big deal
about Obama. I hardly noticed him. People made a big deal about
Bush. I hardly noticed him, although a little more than Obama
because Bush made funny faces sometimes. But the war thing
didn't surprise me. I see it with all of 'em. == Protectionism
would definitely start that. Both Trump and Sanders are
protectionists and will bring in trade problems if they win. Yet
Globalism's issues are well known and problematic, so continuing
THAT course can also be problematic. So, I dunno. Curtail parts
of globalism, incorporating bits of protectionism? I haven't a
clue what the right next course would be. == it's popular among
the kids too. Kids around 9-12 yrs old are creating little
"v-Nazi" groups and sharing a lot of the 4chan anime stuff.
They're having fun with it. I don't think they're right wing but
I see them all over Vine, toying with the stuff. === The 9-11
dank memes are hysterically inappropriately funny. Girl kicks
her shoe off, flies off the screen, next scene is the twin
towers falling. Generation Z is mocking all the stuff that Gen Y
and X are OH so serious about tongue emoticon == Future's not in
4chan. 4chan's GenY's territory. Gotta go with the generation
that's being raised exclusively online. ==
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