>>2401970the divide was the gamergate followed immediately by the /pol/ocaust, but there was a substantial shift in the culture before that
being "far-right free speech" and having a problem with "the growing political correctness of the internet" are damn pretty recent developments. even the term "SJW" is a long younger than most people seem to realize, only coming to widespread usage around mid-2014 if my memory does not fail me.
/pol/ used to be pretty diverse, with a bunch of types of posters, covering the entire politically retarded rainbow of . it didn't even have an "official board ideology" as it does now. it just felt like where /b/tards go to talk bullshit about politics, up to and including idiots spamming NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER at everything. opinions were more per-thread based than overarching struggles for board domination.
>>2401976 for the most part has it right.
