floofloof , 4 days ago

I once posted a comment to Reddit that was misinterpreted as supportive of fascism (can’t remember the comment but my wording must have been atrocious), and I experienced online love bombing from Nazis who were trying to recruit me into various groups. They were so nice, apart from the whole Nazi thing! It taught me something about how these groups recruit that I didn’t know before. They start by showering you with compliments and offers of friendship and invitations to join various “exclusive” online groups. If I had been the kind of person they thought I was, it would have felt so good to find all these new friends, much more exciting than just a political affinity. They really try to make you feel you’ve found your people, who value you. Anyway, I never really knew about this side of modern Nazism before. It’s quite culty. I didn’t join up, by the way.