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by Andrew_nenakhov 1727 days ago
Can you please explain what you mean by 'disgusting alt-right vocabulary'? After your comment I read his post twice and didn't find anything remotely political.
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> Nitter.net is a Twitter proxy that mirrors Twitter, but without Javascript soyware and spying.

With "soy" here being an old dogwhistle that refers to the "theory" that men are being feminized through the estrogen contained in meals that have soy as ingredient.

You are offering significant interpretation here. Note the adjaceny if 'o' and 'p' on the QWERTY.

'Soyware' is possibly a simple 'spyware' typo.

I know neither you nor The Famous Article's author, but your remark does not instill confidence in your judgement.

It's not a typo, the author also uses this on their YouTube channel.
by definition a dog-whistle. something which can be innocently handwaved away by those not attuned, but sends a clear signal to those capable of reception.
I think they refer to terms like consoooom and soyware which are not political, but can be connected to 4chan and therefore to the alt-right. It's a bit of a strech if this is the first time you heard of Luke Smith, but generally he's not shy to express his political opinions on the far right of the spectrum. Which is a shame, because otherwise there's a lot I can agree with him on.