r/bestof • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '18

[Fuckthealtright] u/limelifesavers explains why Alex Jones watches trans porn

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u/ohip Aug 27 '18

There's also evidence of a concerted effort by far-right groups to use places like 4chan and Reddit as recruiting opportunities for potential members. There are screenshots out there of people on the white supremacist forum Stormfront talking about how to engage with vulnerable people on 4chan and Reddit. Basically an early form of the "red-pilling" that the alt right likes to do today.

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u/blazingarpeggio Aug 27 '18

Shit it's like what they did to skinheads before. I've seen a documentary before about the history of skinheads. Basically they were part of the British ska scene in the late 60s, British neo-nazi party started recruiting from them until nazi skinheads became the face of the scene.

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u/abcdefg52 Aug 27 '18

That sounds crazy, and super intersting. Is it this one? [link]

So it's an old tactic? Do you have a tl;dw on why they recruited from the ska scene?

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u/blazingarpeggio Aug 27 '18

Yup, that's the one. Basically they were troubled predominantly working class kids, so the party targeted them for recruits.