Apparently there was some drama in gaming.win yesterday
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People see the negative association and then completely stop thinking and don't bother to assess whether the specific argument being made is legitimate or not, even if such arguments originated long before the "bad people group" (conpro) even existed. It's why the cointelpro tactic of creating goofy conspiracy theories and organizing a "cult" around them to discredit actual conspiracies works so well. (QAnon, anyone?)
Its bad when normies fall for it, but they wouldn't be normies if they were capable of critical thinking.
Its worse when people who should know better, like most here, still fall for it. Probably because its easier than asking why someone doesn't like them or if their arguments are just bad.
It's one (another) of the reasons why I think nationalists are more right than anyone else. People are extremely tribal by nature. It appears to be genetically hardwired into all life as a survival mechanism, most notably for social creatures (like humans). They like and forgive their own for almost anything, but attack and hate "the other" for almost anything.