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It seems pretty obvious that all this hand-wringing over a little known site called The Daily Stormer has raised its profile worldwide far beyond their wildest dreams. This is likely causing the opposite effect of what activists want.

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If you honestly think that the rest of the world is only now hearing about the Daily Stormer, then you must have a very plush rock that you've been living under. I assure you that many, many others have not had that particular luxury.

I don't think that's fair. Some of us work very hard for a living or have kids. I just learned about the Daily Stormer, this weekend.

EDIT: on second thought, I wonder if this is what Daily Stormer wanted all along. They have raised their profile enormously now.

My wording was excessively, and for that I apologize. However, my point was more that not everyone has the same freedom to be unaware of Daily Stormer. In much the same way that childless people have the luxury to be unaware of which schools in their neighborhood are good ones, populations regularly targeted by Daily Stormer have been aware of their rising influence for years.

I can assure you many people had no idea what the Daily Stormer was before they were "kicked out" of the US internet. So no, not knowing about it doesn't mean living under a rock.

Unless I have a reason to seek out The Daily Stormer or similar sites, why/how would I know about them? Some of us just want to go about our lives without having to be stressed about all of this.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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