The point of many of them now is to vocalize takes on events that you know are lies or at least very unlikely in order to support your worldview. They’re a subset of information warfare, meant to muddle the waters if not outright intimidate.
Example: people who say Luigi was framed but at the same time say CEOs need to be “Luigi’d.” The contradiction, or the truth of the matter, isn’t really important in their head, what they want to express is that killing CEOs is great and they want to support the people who do it. You’ll see the same trains of thought from Holocaust deniers and lost causer neo confederates.
The point of many of them now is to vocalize takes on events that you know are lies or at least very unlikely in order to support your worldview. They’re a subset of information warfare, meant to muddle the waters if not outright intimidate.
Example: people who say Luigi was framed but at the same time say CEOs need to be “Luigi’d.” The contradiction, or the truth of the matter, isn’t really important in their head, what they want to express is that killing CEOs is great and they want to support the people who do it. You’ll see the same trains of thought from Holocaust deniers and lost causer neo confederates.