One of social media's worst effects. 1-Find single case. 2-Pretend it represents a huge thing. 3-Put it down. 4-Go viral in echo chamber... https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/805242662005641217 …
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I worked on this topic for years in multiple countries; I am indeed making a claim this is an illustrative example.
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Replying to @zeynep
Visit https://reddit.com/r/The_Donald or the Breitbart comment section before telling everyone that Trumpists are good netizens
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Replying to @BGilroy
I said nothing of the sort, so not sure that subreddit (which I've been following for a long time) adds to argument?
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Replying to @zeynep
They are populated with the prototypical Trumpists of social media, they fit the mold of the economic anxiety jokes. 1/
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If you know /r/The_Donald, you must know how many racists who are tired of being called racists make up the movement 2/2
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Replying to @BGilroy
Lots of such people exist, and are active online, wasn't the point of of those jokes.
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Replying to @zeynep
Far from a single case, abusive Trumpers are the norm online. They are representative until mild Trumpists start talking over them
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"Abusive Trumpers online" and "Trump voter"—the wording in the tweet—are not identical groups. What's the relationship? Good Q.
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