The Based Commonwealth's response to the European Commission's report on "far-right extremism"5/8/2021
Please note that both individuals' accounts on twitter are private.
Together we will be analysing the summary of each page, as this will serve as TBC's response on this ridiculous waste of resources. Starting from the report's preface, it is clear we are dealing with a biased point of view: two individuals, a man and a woman, probably child of immigrants, both in different cities of Germany, self-proclaimed "external experts" of some "Radicalisation Awareness Network" that is clearly linked to the Union (since their logo includes the flag). Now, this - it's a red flag; anything "radical" is automatically translated as "progressive", "good", "positive", "peaceful" etc. The minds of the citizens, especially the youth, are always seeking for something "root breaking"; in this case, "bashing" on-line trolls. The first page of this ludicrous rant states a rather unusual couple of sentences, in lieu of a rather short title: "It's not funny anymore. Far-right extremists' use of humour". We are clearly dealing with butthurt people who can't handle the internet. The first sentence, therefore, is the sign of two desperate attention-seekers, trying to signal their virtue through the E.C. As for the second one, this is why we are dealing with a passive-aggressive, narrow-minded (although they try to pursue you otherwise) NPCs: they are refering to the use of certain memes (which is the main source of internet humour) by "far-right extremists", which we all know applies on everyone, according to them. Hopping on the third page of this excrement of a paper, there is a legal notice that briefly states that this is the view of the authors and the Commission is not responsible for consequences; bull. Starting from the fourth page, the sixth word is "weapon". Now, a normal person would stop reading at this point - but sadly we have to continue, in order to issue our statement. And then, the classic story about "racism", "strategic on-line cultures" (indirect quote). After that, they comment on trending nihilistic memes for no apparent reason, mentioning "far-right narratives" [brief pause for irony] and a "new generation of violent extremists [...] from digital subcultures without a clear organisational centre...". In other words, in order to "fight far-right extremism", "prevention strategies need to renew focus and cope with the intangible nature of online cultures". (direct quote). Key-word here is cope. Their introduction mentions a tactic of "preventing and countering violent extremism" (LOL) with humour (LOL). They also clearly state their focus is not on "skinheads" (direct quote), but on Identitarians - a rather modern ideological movement, especially across Europe. The next segment is a "primer", explaining terminology regarding "far-right extremism" and other terms used in the paper. What stands out is a direct quote, taken out-of-context: "The most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule". Then they start talking about a (((Saul Alinsky))) and a book he wrote in 1971 - clear sign of an incoherent paper. Following this - chaos; KKK, Nazis, Pegida... and then something about how humour has an appeal on emotions, cognition, and communication. After that, a new segment emerges, summarising the supposed link between "far-right extremism" and "online culture". And then, the famous page seven - the one showing a Wojak, a Doge, and a Pepe. Their first "point" is on how a melancholic meme turned into a depiction of "liberal" (direct quote) NPCs, who are not questioning what's being served by mainstream media. So, in their mind, whoever criticises bootlickers is automatically far-right winger. Moving on to "point" two, they get irritated by the fact that Doge is being used in combination with German WWII garments - again, an argument without a target. Why on earth would you get mad about a picture showing a yellow dog saying something you disagree with? Last, but not least, they are saying Pepe the Frog has been "appropriated" (LOL) by "far-right on-line activists" (direct quote). They finish their nonsensical rant by calling it the "icon of the alt-right". Yes. And? The page ends with a blah-blah-blah on memes and "digital hate culture". Moving on, we are dealing with what they call "digital hate culture", as well as the "varieties of humour in the far-right ecosystem" - which is clearly a sad attempt to emphasise on the use of memes by people who generally align themselves within the far-right spectrum. I would use the old card about "far-left extremist", but then I remembered the fact that the left can't meme. Their next target is 4chan, which although is said to harbour weird people and situations, it's really missing the whole point of the imageboard: a place where people can post whatever they want, anonymously, without Orwellian surveillance and targeting. Simple as. You can't condemn a whole platform because you despise a percentage of the users, however big or small - or can you? But they don't even focus only on that; the authors also drive their arrows on mainstream social media, such as Facebook, Instagram and various messaging applications. The next two pages are their attempts to "propose" certain "actions", in order to "prevent and counter FRE", which to sum up is a set of directives, in order to "combat violent people" (indirect quote). Up until the sixteenth page, we get links for "further reading" (as if), before a set of links regarding the EU appears. Our statement will be brief: all in all, we are dealing with two people (and the rest of the team of RAN) who are trying very hard to convince people around the Union that the younger generations are "in danger" because of memes. Our duty is to sadly remind people that 1) You are not supposed to believe everything written on the internet, 2) You are not supposed to take anything (or everything) written on the internet personally, 3) Memes are memes, there is nothing hidden behind them, no malicious forces, no extremists, no terrorists, nobody. They are the moving force of the internet, in this modern world of speedy information, entanglement of misinformation, as well as rapid alternation of events. Ask yourselves: why are people who think (((they))) are behind everything bad and evil seen as "naïve people with lower intelligence", but people who think /they/ are behind the spread of modern ironic, post-ironic, nihilistic, absurd memes, occasionally referring to events that trigger certain portions of the political spectrum as "those who will defend and save the young and defenseless from the (far-right) extremists"? Comments are closed.
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