Kill All Normies
Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right
by Angela Nagle · first published 2017
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Examines how online subcultures from 4chan and Tumblr fed into the alt-right and Trump-era culture wars. A level-headed, readable look at online identity politics for anyone curious about that space.
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120 pages ; 22 cm
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If this is a subject that interests you, I'd recommend reading Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies: Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right[1]. It's a really level-headed look at online identity politics. It's an extension of her The Baffler article "The New Man of 4chan"[2],…
on “A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and Its Effects on the Web [pdf]” ↗…historical overview Anti-Semite and Jew - by Jean-Paul Sartre - an examination of the fundamental dynamic of nazi ideology The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz - examines the nazi worldview in detail Kill All Normies by Angela Nagel - examining the intersection of chan culture and far-right ideology * What we have with Daily Stormer is a quite literal database of interactions of people who self identify as Nazis...…
on “The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors” ↗All those patriarchal forums are the top-end of a stochastic terrorism funnel. 1. [The Pewdiepipeline](https://youtu.be/pnmRYRRDbuw] 2. [Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34858587-kill-all-normies)
on “Facebook to ban white nationalist content” ↗Awesome to see a Zero Books published book here! Also, be sure to check out "Kill All Normies: Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right", another excellent book recently published on Zero Books.
on “Howl: a nostalgic homage to the brief, hazy era of “pure” London punk” ↗There is an interesting book on the radicalization of 4chan titled "Kill all Normies" It's not perfect, but it is a fun read.
on “Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known as “4chan”” ↗…goal, purpose, or mission statement other than a kind of bland “do what you want, be you”. Angela Nagle very effectively even links this to the growth of populism and even the alt-right in her book, Kill All Normies. https://www.amazon.com/Kill-All-Normies-Culture-Alt-Right/dp...
on “'I'm sad that I didn't have sex until I was 37'” ↗…still a powerful tool against their rule, and how SJW is undermining it. Unfortunately, the talker's research focused on building a good community, not a detailed study of fringe tech culture. o Book: Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right, by Angela Nagle, focuses on the history of the current cultural war online. I haven't read the book yet, so I'm not sure what is…
on “RIP Culture War Thread” ↗