Comment by ethbr1

Exactly. If I had to characterize the general internet (read: what would and wouldn't raise an eyebrow in an average forum) in terms of political alignment, it'd probably be:

   - anarchist 60s/70s
   - libertarian-meritocracy 80s/90s
   - capitalist-meritocracy-liberal 00s
   - polarized liberal-globalist vs conservative-reactionary 10s
   - polarized liberal-individualist vs conservative-statist 20s

That SA / 4chan (both of which were really post-90s) existed were in no way proof of an anti-liberal bent. Their very edgelordness was an implicit reveling in absolute freedom of expression (even if their later liberal-pro-censoring and alt-right splinter movements subsequently forgot that).