There is a semi-organized mob of white supremacist anon boards like /pol/ and various "for the lulz" hangers on.
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Replying to @a_man_in_black
It's not all of
#gamergate, although it overlaps. It's not#ayyteam, but#ayyteam is a joke they either made or co-opted.1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes -
Replying to @a_man_in_black
It's not even all of /pol/. /pol/ is also full of straight-faced racist ideologues and people just fucking around with racists/anti-racists.
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Replying to @a_man_in_black
Nor is it
#gnaa, but GNAAers seems to like to alternate between fucking with them or participating, whichever seems to be funnier.1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @a_man_in_black
#gamergate likes to call them "outside trolls", although most of them aren't meaningfully separate.2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @a_man_in_black
They aren't a group or clique so much as a demographic. They're the intersection between open bigots and for the lulz anon posters.
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Replying to @a_man_in_black
They're the people who run and populate boards like /baphomet/, the teenaged edgelords who grow up and decide they still have a taste for it
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On Twitter, they like to pull stunts like
#BALTIMORELOOTCREW,#mencantberaped,#endfathersday, etc.2 replies 3 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @a_man_in_black
Terrorists is too strong a word, trolls too weak.
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@a_man_in_black *cough* brownshirts
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