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by kazinator 3206 days ago
Exactly. What a non-story here.

Moreover, an argument can be made that it can be used for good. Someone could target Jew haters with some sort of educational messages.

"I want to address a message to Jew haters" isn't inherently good or bad; it doesn't mean I'm a Jew hater.

For that matter, someone who expresses an interest in a topic like "German Schutzstaffel" by searching for it isn't automatically a neo-nazi.

This article has some of the flavor of blaming a knife factory for stabbings.

I suspect any n-grams can be used; you can probably target people who are interested in a "pig shit ice cream" or anything completely random.