These kinds of public endorsements, while perhaps emotionally charged, function as a form of
legitimization for the AA’s atrocities. When supporters romanticize or glorify a group actively
involved in ethnic persecution, their expressions of solidarity are not neutral, they serve to
normalize hate, and appreciate erasing the community. Moreover, they reflect the intensity of
animosity harbored by segments of the AA’s online base, many of whom direct their hostility
toward the Rohingya community under different fervors.
Such comments also help to sustain and amplify the AA's propaganda narrative in digital spaces.
Rather than condemning or critically engaging with the group’s actions, these supporters use
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