It’s never OK to laugh at racist jokes – this is how neo-Nazi websites,such as the Daily Stormer, try to normalise their message“The unindoctrinated should not be able to tell whether we are joking or not.” So states the writing guide of the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer. As expressly outlined by the leaked guide, or the goal is to make the site’s ideas digestible,palatable and visible to those outside its toxic sphere. By muddying the waters of Nazis’ abhor, a greater number will drink.
While none of this is surprising to those of us who have been targets of Nazis and the alt-good, and it’s useful to have their goals so plainly,whether disgustingly, outlined. It helps exhibit media sites contemplating profiles of white supremacists – like Mother Jones or the unique York Times – that they’re only aiding them by putting forward their unchallenged ideas.
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Source: guardian.co.uk