The “gotcha” moments and braggers of anime’s quality I’ve seen pop up over the past year were MUCH more than they ever were in the past.
It’s disingenuous to say “it was always like this” when the number of these crazies interested clearly multiplied thanks to both sides’ screaming and yelling. Instead of the quiet gatekeeping our side should have done.
It WAS always like this, these retards didn't just spring out of the ground in 2014-15. People just started listening to them instead of saying "go back to Tumblr/LiveJournal" after they pretended to be normal, infiltrated EVERYTHING and became the majority. See the old Skeptic community for how that works, specifically Kraut, Jeff and Memorie Holiday and Shoe. Pretend to be allies, infiltrate, gain a following and get power (mod and admin positions) then start making minor changes to rules that the majority agree with (racism bad etc) then slowly make more authoritarian and ideologically driven rules.....It's Rules for Radicals and Communist manifesto 101.
Infiltration has been a thing even in our age, Razorfists "Hollywood was always red" is a good starting point though Commie propaganda started in the 30s and most famously, High Noon a 1952 American Western film is pure Commie shit in cowboy form.
The “gotcha” moments and braggers of anime’s quality I’ve seen pop up over the past year were MUCH more than they ever were in the past.
It’s disingenuous to say “it was always like this” when the number of these crazies interested clearly multiplied thanks to both sides’ screaming and yelling. Instead of the quiet gatekeeping our side should have done.
It WAS always like this, these retards didn't just spring out of the ground in 2014-15. People just started listening to them instead of saying "go back to Tumblr/LiveJournal" after they pretended to be normal, infiltrated EVERYTHING and became the majority. See the old Skeptic community for how that works, specifically Kraut, Jeff and Memorie Holiday and Shoe. Pretend to be allies, infiltrate, gain a following and get power (mod and admin positions) then start making minor changes to rules that the majority agree with (racism bad etc) then slowly make more authoritarian and ideologically driven rules.....It's Rules for Radicals and Communist manifesto 101.
That said, early 2000s were pretty good. 2007 was the beginning of True Eternal September. It was before it was important enough TO infiltrate.
I feel so bad for youngsters, who will never know freedom from September, for they were born in it.
Infiltration has been a thing even in our age, Razorfists "Hollywood was always red" is a good starting point though Commie propaganda started in the 30s and most famously, High Noon a 1952 American Western film is pure Commie shit in cowboy form.