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Violent videogames are turning children into murderers! Those videogames are full of satanic imagery! Those japanese cartoons are full of violence, blood, p--- and satanism! We won't accept them on TV! Witchcraft is a sin! Burn those Harry Potter books! Teletubbies is making kids gay! Don't let kids watch these Looney Tunes cartoons! Kids will imitate them and get hurt! Bart Simpson is a bad influence! Videogames are misogynistic! Gamer culture is toxic! Videogames are creating far-right extremists! Anime is full of p---, racism and misogyny, screw Japan! I like the chinese version much more! J. K. Rowling is transphobic! Burn those Harry Potter books! Paw Patrol is copaganda! Pepé Le Pew is perpetuating r--- culture! Speedy González is offensive to mexicans! Apu is an offensive indian stereotype!

: Anonymous (ID: mgYsjHnf Reddit and 4chan are the same (...) 11/14/23(Tue)21:42:09 No.19077692 etindesing in horseshoetheory (1).png 79 KB PNG >Both think they are some intellectual elite (they're just full of midwits) >Both use plenty of unfunny and saturated buzzwords and memes (one of them will get mad if you didn't spend half your life learning those) >Both spend hours a day reading lengthy discussion thread thinking they are enriching themselves >Both think they are an ideological diverse space (they're the usual internet echochamber) >Both think that society is going to collapse in a few years >Both are full of borderline sociopaths >Both are only good for searching degenerate p---

Sources that they did those things or similar things:

*"This is why I hate video games, it appeals to the male fantasy":*

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/460/fantasy.jpg

*GTA 5 game banned from Target stores in Australia:*

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gta-5-game-banned-from-target-stores-in-australia-1.2860195

*Buenos Aires Bans Episode Of Dragon Ball Super After Claiming It Normalizes “Sexual Abuse In Childhood And Adolescence”:*

https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/03/buenos-aires-bans-episode-of-dragon-ball-super-after-claiming-it-normalizes-sexual-abuse-in-childhood-and-adolescence/

*People defending the chinese version of anime is better (Portuguese):*

https://twitter.com/Stuart_xp/status/1692697125325316180

*J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildfire Across TikTok:*

https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-books-burned-tiktok-transgender-issues-1532330

*"I've received so many death threats": Twitch VTuber Silvervale breaks down while recounting harassment over playing Hogwarts Legacy on stream:*

https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-i-ve-received-many-death-threats-twitch-vtuber-silvervale-breaks-recounting-harassment-playing-hogwarts-legacy-stream

*Anti-Hogwarts Legacy site shows if a Twitch streamer has streamed the game:*

https://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/anti-hogwarts-legacy-site-shows-if-a-twitch-streamer-has-streamed-the-game-2053657/

*Many examples of feminists hating p-rn:*

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=feminists+hate+p---#ip=1

*Columnist that said that Pepé Le Pew added to r-pe culture:*

https://deadline.com/2021/03/new-york-times-columnist-raises-a-stink-about-pepe-le-pew-1234708479/

*How Speedy Gonzáles was removed, then came back:*

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-17/speedy-gonzales-cancelled-hollywood-mexican-americans

*The Problem With Apu, documentary made about how the character is offensive:*

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=the+problem+with+apu

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: Anonymous (ID: mgYsjHnf Reddit and 4chan are the same (...) 11/14/23(Tue)21:42:09 No.19077692 etindesing in horseshoetheory (1).png 79 KB PNG >Both think they are some intellectual elite (they're just full of midwits) >Both use plenty of unfunny and saturated buzzwords and memes (one of them will get mad if you didn't spend half your life learning those) >Both spend hours a day reading lengthy discussion thread thinking they are enriching themselves >Both think they are an ideological diverse space (they're the usual internet echochamber) >Both think that society is going to collapse in a few years >Both are full of borderline sociopaths >Both are only good for searching degenerate p---

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Moral Panic Then and Now

Sources that they did those things or similar things:

*"This is why I hate video games, it appeals to the male fantasy":*

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/460/fantasy.jpg

*GTA 5 game banned from Target stores in Australia:*

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gta-5-game-banned-from-target-stores-in-australia-1.2860195

*Buenos Aires Bans Episode Of Dragon Ball Super After Claiming It Normalizes “Sexual Abuse In Childhood And Adolescence”:*

https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/03/buenos-aires-bans-episode-of-dragon-ball-super-after-claiming-it-normalizes-sexual-abuse-in-childhood-and-adolescence/

*People defending the chinese version of anime is better (Portuguese):*

https://twitter.com/Stuart_xp/status/1692697125325316180

*J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildfire Across TikTok:*

https://www.newsweek.com/jk-rowling-books-burned-tiktok-transgender-issues-1532330

*"I've received so many death threats": Twitch VTuber Silvervale breaks down while recounting harassment over playing Hogwarts Legacy on stream:*

https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-i-ve-received-many-death-threats-twitch-vtuber-silvervale-breaks-recounting-harassment-playing-hogwarts-legacy-stream

*Anti-Hogwarts Legacy site shows if a Twitch streamer has streamed the game:*

https://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/anti-hogwarts-legacy-site-shows-if-a-twitch-streamer-has-streamed-the-game-2053657/

*Many examples of feminists hating p-rn:*

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=feminists+hate+p---#ip=1

*Columnist that said that Pepé Le Pew added to r-pe culture:*

https://deadline.com/2021/03/new-york-times-columnist-raises-a-stink-about-pepe-le-pew-1234708479/

*How Speedy Gonzáles was removed, then came back:*

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-17/speedy-gonzales-cancelled-hollywood-mexican-americans

*The Problem With Apu, documentary made about how the character is offensive:*

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=the+problem+with+apu

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ORTIZ p4rishynes 14h The valid horseshoe theory of consumables über health food by gods own grace. to see his earth and your body as divine objects. raw milk, local eggs & honey, seasonal veg, offals, grass fed beef & butter, your grandma's recipe -anything fermented -good mexican food from a family run joint OPINI -slavic food -tinned fish -anything pickled -homemade bread -dry pasta GOOD TO CONSUME -almond milk oat milk is in purgatory -bagged lettuce natural yogurt zone of moderation homemade hummus -anything that comes as a "bowl" depravity and indulgence to be human. to be sick and begging for mercy. to know despair and glory. cigarettes, horse tranquilizer, zero calorie energy drinks, tic tacs, not eating yogurt w/ sugar store bought hummus zone of danger- -cake pop outfit X that matches -gas station beef jerky -hot dog at ball park -diet soda spiritually ugly -weed -overpriced breakfast -fast food -casseroles -anything ordered on uber eats purgatory bad that tries to seem good. rancid deception. anything pre packaged at TRADER JOE'S BAD TO CONSUME

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Loving And Hating

The valid horseshoe theory of loving & hating IF YOUR GOD LETS YOU DO WHATEVER YOU BIENT THEN YOUR GOD IS REALLY YOUR everything sucks Rejection of faith, abject degeneracy, paganism ("God is dead," "Everyone is the other and no one is himself") Art critic for a legitimate publication, doesn't vote, crazy guy on the train -Embracing confrontation, making peace with the fact that not everyone is going to like you, engaging in harmless gossip -Mount Eerie -no tattoos -HBO cult docs GOOD FOR THE SOUL -Bodega guys who ID 4 cigs can't tell if this is a compliment or if I should be insulted -subtweeting- -bad texters -Autofiction!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carl JungMe zone of moderation Reddit Ivy League degree Epicureanism, life is fleeting and precious, YOLO, f--- it we ball, etc etc ("The art of living well and the art of dying well are one") -Minimalism, Jeff Koons, bad faith interpretations, people who would rather watch highbrow films over reality television -getting your news from podcasts love is all around Glossier zone of danger- substack Intimacy, the 1970s, tears of joy, Shabbat dinner, comfortable silence, earnestness, curiosity and wonder, second chances, giving someone your last c-------- -unabashedly loving something mainstream/ "cringe" -Drake -Instagram reels -Alcoholics Anonymous --Water signs -Whatever the Canadians have going on up there -Septum rings -Fruit-flavored vapes Cloying... overindulgent; mint or cigarettes is typically the way to go -Salt Lake City is mid :/ everything (purgatory) "Fine," "Whatever"... Make up your f------ mind!!!!!!!!! Girls who base their entire personality off being skinny but pretend that's actually not what they're doing (we see right through you), people who have social media but don't post, liberals, libertarians, self-righteous men who are stupid BAD FOR THE SOUL

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Horseshoe Theory Of Chair dEsign

MODERNIST Hedonism HORSESHOE THEORY of Chair Design and Function Altruism Socialism 3RD wave feminism Post Modernism Communism "REGRESSIVE MODERNITY" "Liberal" Center Science accurate LUNATIC FRINGE MILKING STOOL ANARCHO PRIMITIVISM TRADITIONAL Corporatism Catholicism Conservatism Male Chauvinism Nationalism Fascism "OPPRESSIVE TRADITIONALISM"

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Horseshoe theory isn't real it can't hurt you - horseshoe theory: | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes

YOUR GAME IS TRANSPHOBIC I'M BOYCOTTING! HOGWARTS LEGACY YOUR GAME IS WOKE I'M BOYCOTTING STARFIELD

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Horseshoe Theory | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes

The movie explicitly promotes gender equality and anyone who says otherwise either wasn't paying attention or is purposely lying. BUAYAKI YERBA MATE wisch Margot Robble Barbie bie is everything July 21 It's Men Bad: The Movie Kendom was unironically amazing and should be emulated irl

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Horseshoe Treat Theory

"A treat would just slow me down right now" Things are going well "I deserve a Treat for all my hard work" Treat Horse Shoe Things are going alright [Incapable of even desiring a treat] Success NO TREAT TREAT TIME "I can't afford to have a treat right now" Things are going badly "A Treat would make me feel better" Catastrophe

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The horseshoe can be true sometimes pt 1 | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes

The Horseshoe Theory of "I support n Economic- Left I GOT Fresetera BLACKED.COM "I Authoritarian SUR + W

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Yet another HorseShoe Theory Confirmation | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes

left far left centre LGBTQ NEWS Evangelical Christian furries are worried they'll be targeted for their faith Leaders of the Christian Furry Fellowship say they could be doxxed if people discover their anti-gay beliefs 08/04/2022 by HEMANT MEHTA +Follow 322 right far righ

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Horseshoe theory strikes again! | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes

I'm gay because I hate straight people I'm gay because I hate women

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Horseshoe Theory - Moral Panic, Then and Now (No AI)

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Sunsoft Bass

Sunsoft Bass

Jan 20, 2024 at 01:45PM EST

"YOU ARE MAKING THAT UP!!!! THAT NEVER HAPPENED!!! IT NEVER HAPPENS!!! IT'S ALL A BUNCH OF STRAWMEN!!! YOU ARE MAKING FAKE PROBLEMS IN YOUR HEAD TO GET MAD ABOUT!!!"

This is why I hate video games, it appeals to the male fantasy:

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/460/fantasy.jpg

GTA 5 game banned from Target stores in Australia:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gta-5-game-banned-from-target-stores-in-australia-1.2860195

Call Of Duty Trailer Recklessly Promotes Far-Right Conspiracy Theory:

https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-trailer-recklessly-promotes-far-right-cons-1844869021

How far right uses video games and tech to lure and radicalise teenage recruits:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/how-far-right-uses-video-games-tech-lure-radicalise-teenage-recruits-white-supremacists

Right-Wing Extremism in Mainstream Games: A Review of the Literature:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15554120231167214

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