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by bloopernova 812 days ago
Stormfront targeted 4chan because the "not your personal army" crew could be easily turned into whatever the white supremacists wanted.

All you had to do was say "this will offend people" and 4chan rushed off to do exactly that, over and over.

4chan was originally just a contest to show how much something doesn't bother them, because they were still competing with each other like a clique of schoolkids, and any feelings were viewed as weakness.

Also, 4chan spawned QAnon. That was absolutely "starting a movement".