What’s the over/under on the Leftist media falling for this, along with the Liberal base?
4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a white supremacist symbolhttps://t.co/GOOIeMWEXp
— Only The 'Ferrite' Get Over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) May 28, 2019
From the article
Members of the notorious internet forum 4chan have proposed a new troll campaign aimed at converting the hashtag into a white supremacist symbol.
In a post, on the /pol/ or “politically incorrect†message board, an anonymous user calls on his fellow forum frequenters to begin creating propaganda that incorporates the commonly used pound sign.
“We must start using # to represent the swastika on memes and social media,†the user states.
The far-right campaign, dubbed “Bash the Hash,†a play on the anti-fascist term “Bash the Fash,â€Â aims to remove the ability of sites like Twitter to use the popular symbol.
Remember, these were the same people who created the meme which made the OK sign to be a far-right/white supremacist symbol to see if they could punk the media and leftists. They succeeded 100%. Heck, even when news outlets mentions that it was an operation to punk the media, they still have Outrage in the same articles over the use of the OK sign by someone or some group.
While 4chan’s latest campaign is almost certain to be largely ineffective, the hoax highlights how the battle of ideas is fought in the digital era.
You sure of that? The article has a bunch of tweets where 4chaners are trying to make it happen, including
It’s time we all learn who to fight and understand which symbols the alt-right uses. #antifa #bashthehash #lovenothate pic.twitter.com/vanolUnKmv
— ur_defs (@DefsUr) May 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/HHWDiscord/status/1132354088035921920
Time will tell whether it succeeds.
