Can we analyze /pol/ beyond the circle-jerk response of calling them dumb and wrong?
The prevailing dynamic there seems to be that every thread challenges the core of ideas that /pol/ is supposed to have. >/pol/ BTFO >how can /pol/ ever recover >well /pol/? >/pol/ will defend this
The replies seem to resonate this >it's over, /pol/ is finished >I am now a #CruzMissile >Now I shill for Hillary >pack it up boys, time to leave
And then come several attempts to debunk and or explain why /pol/ is not actually wrong, all of different quality and merit.
What do you think about this? Is there a historical example of a group that operates like this?
Nathan Walker
its all just memes and ideology
Joseph Young
This thread is yet another proof that including humanities was catastrophically bad
Hunter Richardson
I actually like the history threads here. But humanities threads are doomed to political baiting and name calling. Need to make a separate arts and humanities boards desu. Or just put humanities into Veeky Forums, even though they won't like it. /sp/ got rid of mandrama for good, why can't we do something similar for Veeky Forums?
Tyler Hill
It barely has replies, autistic sperg
Jordan Robinson
You'd seem to be implying that history threads beyond extremely niche subject matter aren't also fucking sank by ideological and political shitflinging. God knows we can't dicuss early Christian history or Africa without the thread getting mercy killed by a janitor.
Henry Jackson
Creating a thread devoted to analyzing shitposts from /pol/ is the new low.
Asher Walker
why? i think it's one of the most interesting things you could do
Michael Cruz
Internet sub-cultures are at least as worthy of study as more traditional ones.
Jeremiah Jenkins
/pol/ is always right
Elijah Taylor
See Everyone knows you shitters don't really belong in here but we have to suffer you because of that humanities thag.
Logan Ward
Yeah and again history threads aren't much better so we're stuck in this together bud. You could always not look at the fucking thread.
Ryan Jackson
Reactionaries have existed throughout history, nowadays they are more empowered because of hyper connectivity with the internet. It certainly is interesting behavior worthy of examination, however with that said, I think Pol is the culmination of the frustrations of a generation of disenfranchised young men that are checking out in light of where society and culture is headed, can't say I blame them though
Brody Bailey
wtf i hate /pol/ now
Evan Martinez
/pol/ is just one internet subculture among others. They stick out like a sore tumb on Veeky Forums due to the high amount of people posting on reddit there so the posting style is different. I don't see how there would be anything unique among them that you generally won't find in other internet sub-cultures.
Charles Young
No, they stick out like a sore thumb because they need to make it clear they are /pol/ and proud of it, like a pride parade, but for the right wing fetishists.
Because I fail to see how bringing up african genetics or The Third Reich or the jews in 85% of the threads is relevant at all. But they still do it, every single time and in such an outrageous manner as well.
Brody Clark
>Can we analyze /pol/ beyond the circle-jerk response of calling them dumb and wrong? no, because this isn't fucking the meta board fuck off
Bentley Nelson
it's ironic shitposting you fucking sperg
Thomas Carter
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting
Gabriel Price
I have to say, some people have an incredible commitment to ironic shitposting, I've seen wehraboos argue for hours about how every single german plane was better than all the russian planes in ww2, until starting to write out in all caps and flinging insults and posting pictures of jews.
Truly the masters of irony.
Alexander Morgan
>the la5 was bad I can appreciate the FW190 as well.
Joshua Morales
We're unique because we're right. Get on the right side of history :^)
Grayson Rivera
>/pol/ BTFO >how can /pol/ ever recover >well /pol/? >/pol/ will defend this I have literally never seen any of these things said here.
Charles Watson
Really? It's every other fuckin thread on there, albeit ironically and usually an indirect invitation to brigade whatever's linked.
Josiah Jones
It's over, /pol/ is finished!
Ok let me explain, the usual idea is to mock shitty ideas by pretending they have any merit, which usually leads to /pol/acks engaging the shitty idea to try and debunk it with their own (or they just point out exactly why it's shit). The good side is sometime they use legit arguments, and that means more legit arguments come from the crowd.
/pol/ isn't really a nazi den (altough there are quite a few actual naziposters) , it's called shitposting. You actually do have some variety of ideas in there, altough there are some points the majority agrees on.
I'd say a lot of it comes from being disregarded while seeing other extremes "protected". Ideologically my country is just center-left, both in power and in practice, but due to how our culture and politics are operating we've become a safe haven and a breeding ground for all sorts of scum like legit stalinists or more recently Islamists. Of course this will create an even more extreme reaction, because you are breeding extreme reformists (and reform isn't always right either)
Jeremiah Adams
Ipso facto Weev
So, Jews Jewing Jews.
Connor Richardson
>analyze /pol/
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Ian Cruz
>Because I fail to see how bringing up african genetics or The Third Reich or the jews in 85% of the threads is relevant at all
>STOP TALKING ABOUT THINGS I DONT LIKE
Luke Rivera
>intentionally acting like a spoiled child
I blame americans, really.
Chase Martin
Honestly, sometimes I wish that /hist/ just stayed on Veeky Forums
Sebastian Ward
>dunning Kruger effect >he says on Veeky Forums
Hunter Stewart
The wehraboos are not engaged in ironic shitposting but the posters of >/pol/ BTFO >how can /pol/ ever recover >well /pol/? >/pol/ will defend this These are not serious statements they're meme responses to generate discussion. It's the equivalent of >discuss >you should be able to solve this
The other posts mentioned by OP are just sarcastic ways of acknowledging a troll, the equivalent of saying "yes this shitty bait I have seen ten times before and doesn't withstand the slightest logical scrutiny will totally change my entrenched ideological opinions. not"