'It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse
If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an Internet forum. His new book offers an overview of Internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early Internet trolls.
A few things happened this July.
Two hundred or so folks decked out in MAGA hats and black Fred Perry polos gathered in Washington, D.C., shortly after the Fourth. It was nominally a rally about free speech on social media platforms, but in practice a whimpering PR stunt from various fading, far-right figures. Two weeks later a memelord was invited to the White House for a "social media summit" — again, nominally about free speech but, in practice, a PR flex from some lesser known right-wing figures. And then at the end of the month, became the highest grossing.
