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by likeclockwork 1365 days ago
So, what Voat was full of anti-Jewish slurs for fun?

Is your point that Voat may have been full of jew-hating racists but it's okay because they weren't actual Nazis?

I can't imagine most people caring about making that distinction at all. Except for jew-hating racists who don't want to be associated with Nazis for some reason.

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No, that Voat had a small population of jew-hating Nazis, and another small population of racists. It had a large population of fat-shamers and trolls. It was not a "forum for Nazis" by any definition.

If OP had said, "a forum for terrible people," we wouldn't be having this discussion at all, and I would agree with you.

The same distinction I am drawing about Voat is what people routinely say about Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, and Twitter. All of which host far more Nazi content, by the way, than any side-show like Voat.

Toting out the token Nazi groups on a platform to say that every user is a Nazi is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.