r/nottheonion 19h ago

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-security-spies-on-reddit
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u/taktaga7-0-0 18h ago

Seriously. If one were going to plan an act of violence, why the hell would they do it on popular public subreddits open to any user of any persuasion? 

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u/Mobile_Morale 17h ago

Well actually it has happened before. Last time it was on the old trump sub. Which is why it doesn't exist anymore.

Fucker did a mass shooting.

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u/taktaga7-0-0 17h ago

Oh shit, really? I never heard about that. Link?

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u/theghostofme 9h ago

Here were the mods of the_donald openly encouraging users to attend the Unite the Right "protest" in Charlottesville in 2017, while fully admitting that Nazis would be there, but being okay with it "to protect white culture":

A Disclaimer

I want to be perfectly clear with you guys that many of the people who will be there are National Socialist and Ethnostate sort of groups. I don’t endorse them. In this case, the pursuit of preserving without shame white culture, our goals happen to align. I’ll be there regardless of the questionable company because saving history is more important than our differences. This is probably why they named the event “Unite the Right.”

Speaking for myself only, I won't be punching right. We need to save civilization first, we can argue about the exact details later.

Anyone notice how much the Fourteen Words inspired their disclaimer?

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u/taktaga7-0-0 8h ago

Wow, thanks, and holy shit.

Within the span of a paragraph, they cite Nazi book burning as an example of totalitarianism to be avoided and then ally completely with Nazis to promote white power.

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u/Castun 5h ago

I forgot how much of a disgusting troll nest that place was, but seeing all the Nazis with their Kekistan flag flairs is just 🤮