AntiFash Gordon

Aimee, If you want to argue “because I didn’t know,” what’s confusing about someone with the username “StrikerIsNazBol”? Even if you don’t know who Eric Striker is— not plausible for someone in the podcast ecosystem, but okay— he is literally telling you that he’s a NazBol.

in twitter circles aimee travels in, it's common to claim to be "nazbol" as a joke about people like yourself. not a lot of "actual nazbols," whatever that would mean.

so the daily stormer guy talking about the "j-left" was just making a spicy joke

it may surprise you to hear that not many people are as well-versed in the terminology of the online right as you guys are. i'm sure you encounter this in daily life, but it's true online too.

which is it? she thought "nazbol" was a joke or didn't know what the tweet she liked meant?

i think she read a tweet that seemed to support her side in some online conflict. why is it impossible for someone to have heard the bizarre 4chan term "nazbol" but not "j-left"? makes complete sense to me, i'd never seen "j-left" used before today myself.

let me just make sure I have your defense of aimee correct here: she saw a tweet, from a daily stormer writer, went "I agree with that" without understanding fully that it came from the perspective of an actual white supremacist, and this is actually good and not alarming at all

again, your fascination with the online right is not universal. people don't necessarily see some guy show in their notifications and pull up a mental file like some online j edgar hoover. it's not "smart" or "savvy" to know who these people are. it's ridiculous.