Groypers Are Ironic Nazis

Groypers Are Ironic Nazis

Groypers are a group of online Nazis who believe that if they drench their Nazism in enough layers of irony then suddenly it is not Nazism but something more akin to lib-owning. They exist on the various chan sites as well as Reddit and X. 

They are often led by racists (who sometimes get invited to dinner with Trump) like Nick Fuentes, who will openly say incredibly racist things, and they will identify people with various dog whistles including Pepes, baby-speak, and use of certain keywords (many of which are shared with other extremist communities, like incels).

One thing these groypers love to do is try to provoke folks to call them out, after which they hide behind a transparent pane of ironic detachment. The 'ok' white supremacy signal is in some sense an example of this, where a dog-whistle was caught, where folks had some plausible deniability because it was another symbol, and so AFTER it was discussed as a dog-whistle its use went UP because the assholes thought they could now do it ironically. 

However, this irony only goes so far, because these individuals genuinely believe hateful and fascistic things. 

As we already noticed, Trump is willing to invite these folks to break bread with him, illustrating how deep the influence of this group is; but they have an even deeper hold over JD Vance and Elon Musk.