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Just curious to what extent you hang out w/ people who hold political views that are very different from your own (outside of political debates)
I ask the question because of this article, actually
White Supremacists Still Have a Safe Space Online
Discord is a hub for 150 million gamers—as well as some of the worst people on the web.
I'm a computer game enthusiast and I spend time on that same platform (discord). Most of my channels either have a "no politics" rule, or at least fence those discussions off into a subforum labelled with things like "Trash" or whatever
But anyways, I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of the people I game with day to day are neo nazis. Like if you're just playing / talking about whatever game they're fine, but if you talk about real world stuff they hold super bigoted opinions, have an almost divine reverence for Donald Trump, etc.
I don't think it's necessarily neo-nazis intruding into gamers space. I think there's unfortunately a lot of overlap if you draw a venn diagram of gamers and racists/bigots.
Just wondering how often you bump into those types and if you actually have some in your circle of acquaintances or friends.
I ask the question because of this article, actually
White Supremacists Still Have a Safe Space Online
Discord is a hub for 150 million gamers—as well as some of the worst people on the web.
I'm a computer game enthusiast and I spend time on that same platform (discord). Most of my channels either have a "no politics" rule, or at least fence those discussions off into a subforum labelled with things like "Trash" or whatever
But anyways, I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of the people I game with day to day are neo nazis. Like if you're just playing / talking about whatever game they're fine, but if you talk about real world stuff they hold super bigoted opinions, have an almost divine reverence for Donald Trump, etc.
I don't think it's necessarily neo-nazis intruding into gamers space. I think there's unfortunately a lot of overlap if you draw a venn diagram of gamers and racists/bigots.
Just wondering how often you bump into those types and if you actually have some in your circle of acquaintances or friends.