• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Ok, so it looks like stormfront is a website that promotes white pride. It sounds like there might have been a subreddit at some point based on that stormfront image.

      https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Stormfront

      And /r/196 is a leftist meme posting subreddit that is trans friendly.

      https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=r%2F196

      I’m using non-reddit links because I don’t want to direct traffic to reddit.

      Can you help me find a source that shows, stormfront, a white pride website, influenced the 196 rule please? This seems like an important point to learn more about. I’ve been googling, but I haven’t found any connection yet.

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                  1 year ago

                  Are you talking about this guy?

                  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/vaush

                  I didn’t participate in 196 when I was on Reddit. And I’ve just now learned about Vaush. For what it’s worth, I haven’t seen him mentioned on this 196.

                  Although I’m pro-NATO. I’ve no way to know how representative that stance is of the general user base of this instance. But I’m of the opinion that it’s a common position.

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                    I really don’t understand how someone can come the conclusion that NATO is a good thing? :/ They’ve carried out some absolutely awful military operations that have taken many lives. They are not, in any way, a “defensive alliance” and have never acted like one. Like, the bare minimum that I ask is “Russia and NATO are both bad” (and thats not even wrong, its just said in bad faith sometimes). But outright saying NATO is good? :/

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        1 year ago

        I think stormfront the user, Stormfront the right wing website, and Stormfront the Apple store are all 3 seperate entities.

        I think you got them mixed up. I hope you mixed them up and they aren’t somehow connected anyway.

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          I honestly know very little about Stormfront, beyond what I’ve googled. I don’t support white pride groups. I have seen people referencing it on Lemmy though.

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              I won’t contest that racism and bigotry existed on reddit. It definitely did. I also experienced and saw kindness and acceptance. Saying Reddit in its entirety is racist is really no different that saying everyone is racist. And not everyone and not everyone on reddit is racist.

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                  They said elsewhere that they’re autistic. The need to be exact and truthful when people generalize something like a community is something i identify with. Its why I dont really love the stormfront joke myself, just go along with it for community peace. This person to me is clearly well intentioned and is an example of the dunk impulse going too far because I think they’re trying to do right.

                  ETA: Actually I got them mixed up with another user they never said they were autistic. But I still think they are well intentioned.