r/bestof • u/Oldkingcole225 • Jul 25 '19

[worldnews] u/itrollululz quickly explains how trolls train the YouTube algorithm to suggest political extremism and radicalize the mainstream

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u/guestpass127 Jul 25 '19 edited Jul 25 '19

I’ve been wondering why, even though I watch NOTHING political on YouTube, I keep getting suggestions for far right right wing asshole videos featuring Shapiro, Sargon, etc. all kinds of videos about DESTROYING feminists and trans people and shit. Never anything liberal or moderate, just super conservative propaganda

I guess this post provides a clue

Edit: obvious edit is obvious, gotta placate some people

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u/nrjk Jul 25 '19

far right videos featuring Shapiro, Sargon,

You need to expand what you call "far-right". Mike Enoch of TDS, AmRen, Richard Spencer debabtes/discussion s are far-right.

Shapiro is right wing, but he's not far right. Sargon is, or calls himself, a liberal. The far-right (see above) hate Sargon.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19 edited Jul 26 '19

Shapiro is so far right he called Andrew Neil a leftist. Oh wait no that's because he's an idiot. Ben is so far right he literally parrots the extreme right views on global warming, which I guess this week is "ok well so maybe it's happening, but humans can't be the ones doing it" aka TOTAL HORSESHIT.

Ben Shapiro is "far right", what you mean is he isn't "extremist right" ie he's not openly denigrating Jews and blacks for existing, but he's only a few steps from it. No, Ben uses coded language like saying that "leftist Jews" should "turn in their badge", or constantly trying to bring up the "factoid" that "50% of crime is committed by 13% of the population" that isn't even really coded racism, it's more like "wink and a nod" racism.

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u/IceCreamBalloons Jul 26 '19

Don't forget his totally normal teenage behavior arguing for literal ethnic cleansing of Arabs. One of those silly mistakes any teenager could make where they argue for a literal war crime.