The young white supremacists being radicalized online are taking the bait.

The bait is this silly narrative that the reason they talk in depth and at length everyday about exterminating non-Whites is because it's elaborate "trolling" to own the libs, until they start sprinkling in enough "justification" and repetition to radicalize you into becoming a white supremacists.

Sadly many young men are taking the bait and becoming radicalized online.

You keep taking the bait. Stop being so emotional, jesus. Use logic

You're echoing and embracing a narrative of fear. Tell me, is the white supremacy in the room with you now?

I know people in real life that got radicalized from /pol/. It is not a joke and it's not ironic, it's a real thing.

Are the posters in this thread arguing that George Floyd was a junkie, trolls too? There is a ton of legitimate white supremacy here masked by "trolling". It's just a convenient cover, but the beliefs are authentically held.

This statement is simultaneously both true and false.

It's true in that yes they are agitators and trolls.

But it's false in that the line between unserious troll and serious activist was blurred or erased long ago, and most recently with Trump being elected president.

It's no longer possible to distinguish between unserious troll attempt and serious statement when such a large audience subscribes to the trolling as their actual reality.

Are you familiar with the rule of goats?

For those unfamiliar, mbcook's comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20187663) captures it:

Ken White’s rule of goats:

  “The Rule of Goats applies. Slightly paraphrased — for this family newspaper — the rule states: If you kiss a goat, even if you say you're doing it ironically, you're still a goat-kisser.”

  You don’t get off scott-free just because you say “I was only being ironic“.