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Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by jeffreyrogers on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:01PM (#23705135)
Isn't this whole boogaloo thing some 4chan meme?
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by vorpalhex on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:06PM (#23705175)
Yes, and like the OK hand thing it started as trolling and became both semi-serious and still very much trolling.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by 0max on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:45PM (#23705658)
I think we've breached second-order simulacra at this point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_simulacra
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by happytoexplain on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:25PM (#23705407)
The thing about communication, whether in speech, written word, or symbols, is that there is no practical difference between pretending to be hateful and actually being hateful. Using a common gesture to communicate white supremacy as a form of trolling and doing it sincerely both have the same effect. In fact, I think the people "trolling" understand this to some degree (it would require some intense self-deception to not understand this), which blurs the line between "trolling" and sincerity on these kinds of topics into perhaps non-existence.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by RickyInHell on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:58PM (#23784408)
the vast majority of boogaloo boys are not white supremacists and show no support or sympathy to the idea of white supremacy,there was an organized group that formed under the idea of the boogaloo movement, our first rule was that you must disavow prejudices.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by pmoriarty on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:08PM (#23705201)
It seems to be more than that.

Here's a good overview:

https://www.wired.com/story/boogaloo-movement-protests/

Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by Grakel on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:05PM (#23705166)
Yes, it's just a series of memes between a lot of people who don't share any other specific political beliefs, except maybe 2A support.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by gremlinsinc on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:11PM (#23705243)
Same could be said of Antifa, though instead of being 2a that unites, it's just hatred of fascism.