Godwin's Law states that any and every dialogue on the internet will eventually make reference to Hitler and\or nazis if permitted to continue on long enough. This 10 question quiz from usvsth3m.com skips a few steps and starts by asking readers to look at out-of-context comments from visitors websites for The Daily Mail (a prominent UK media outlet) and Stormfront.org (an online chat forum for white nationalists).
The comments have clearly been curated on a selective basis -- but the results are still surprising. Although each and every comment is laced with some degree of racial prejudice or xenophobic speech, it's hard to guess which website some of the comments came from.
Daily Mail
Stormfront
It may not be fair to draw conclusions here. Selective sampling appears to be a factor. A quick look through comments posted to the Daily Mail's website indicates that explicitly racist or xenophobic statements are uncommon, and they're far less prevalent than than usvsth3m.com's quiz seems to suggest.
Still -- the arguably weak data here raises more questions than it answers.
The comments have clearly been curated on a selective basis -- but the results are still surprising. Although each and every comment is laced with some degree of racial prejudice or xenophobic speech, it's hard to guess which website some of the comments came from.
Daily Mail
- Let them get on with their tribal ways. they don't want the modern world and we don't want them. Leave them be.
- they should now tip thes [gypsy] camps upside down, i bet there is loads of missing kids there, disgusting people.
- How long will it be before the star spangled banner gets replaced by the crescent?
Stormfront
- Chavs? Hanging's too good for them. They should be rounded up like cattle, and shot like pigs.
- I am not opposed to the office of Monarch. I am opposed to the criminals who occupy the post today.
- Remember, King is etymolically related to kin, therfore an ideal king/queen will be concerned with their kin (nation) only.
It may not be fair to draw conclusions here. Selective sampling appears to be a factor. A quick look through comments posted to the Daily Mail's website indicates that explicitly racist or xenophobic statements are uncommon, and they're far less prevalent than than usvsth3m.com's quiz seems to suggest.
Still -- the arguably weak data here raises more questions than it answers.
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