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I love the last question ‘Aren’t you giving these trolls the attention they’re seeking by writing about them in The New York Times?’

I thought the same thing. Interesting to see right-wing business coming out of *chan-land. I’d always seen it as more of a left-wing place.

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Y'all went so far left *chan-land is now considered right.

*chan land is chaotic neutral and always has been. Authoritarians just can't handle chaotic. A projection of a high dimensional vector (politics) onto a line (left - right) is always going to be a goof.

*chan-land is pro freedom of speech. Historically that meant being against things like religious crusades against explicit lyrics and anti-evolution arguments. With the shift of the left against free speech, they've become the new enemy.

No they're not, their idea of freedom of speech extends no further than "I want to say whatever I want."

Their longstanding history of doxxing, conducting raids, etc. on those who they disagree with are the exact opposite of actual proponents of free speech.

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