• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    I’m not convinced that most of those aren’t just trolls/satire.

    Edit: To be clear, I know there are real people who believe this stuff. I’m saying there are a lot of people who infiltrate these groups for the lolz. It makes it hard to differentiate.

    • @carl_dungeon
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      At one time I would have agreed with you, but 400 YouTube videos of sovcits getting slammed into concrete, yanked out of cars, and dragged away in cuffs has made me realize that the algorithms used to promote content on social media puts these people in an echo chamber so complete that they think they’re really onto something and have become completely detached from anyone and anything that isn’t another sovcit shill.

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOPM
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      310 months ago

      The groups have thousands of members. I am sure some are just there for the laughs like me, but most are pretty serious.

    • @TexasDrunk
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      210 months ago

      Many years ago and many miles away I held the same belief. I even engaged because it was funny and thought anyone who didn’t get that we were just messing around was dumb.

      I was proven wrong time and time again.

      I’m not saying this to get you to believe. You’ll either find out in your own time or these particular whackos will be replaced by a different set that a lot of us will think are just satire.