the alt-right

that angle is so overblown itt and in criticism of the book. the book is just unsubstantial, far too short to do any of its subjects justice, it's littered with typos, and it has the depth of a wikipedia article. no insight from nagle, really.

flappy bird otm. the central thesis of the book, that transgression isn't inherently leftist but can be made sexy and appealing against a dominant liberal order too, is strong but unfortunately it's got a bunch of other bad writing and questionable comparisons. she's pretty sharp in interviews and explains her points a bit better i think, maybe just listen to one of the many podcasts she's been on. don't think she's as evil as everyone says she is but she can be a bit needlessly cruel.

Write so much as a horoscope column for Spiked and you're on WTO Rules for benefit of the doubt afaic

yeah, I wd not treat any of them as acting in good faith without extensive evidence

Trying to imagine what a horoscope column for Spiked would consist of: "Stop looking to the stars for guidance, take responsibility for your own actions, are you some sort of weak-willed victim or something?"

"You will be accused of genocide by a sinister cabal of anti-Stalinists"

sort of amazing how Godfrey Bloom has chosen today of all days to start posting anti-semitic conspiracy theories on Twitter

shocking I know

Twitter purge looks to have expanded beyond far-right white groups. Several accounts associated with New Black Panther Party, including main acct @newblackpanthr1, are now suspended.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 18, 2017

Cernovich still active? god, Twitter, you suck so much

I read a thing that posited that those who don't get their accounts shut down will incur scrutiny and criticism from the farther-right over being "acceptable" or otherwise somehow compromised by the mainstream.

I can see it, I guess, but fuck them forever anyway.

I think it was linked in that Sommer thread, actually.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Screenshots provided to me by a source show that Crystal Clanton, who served until last summer as the group’s national field director, sent a text message to another Turning Point employee saying, “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.”

this looks like a hoot

Imagine paying 500 bucks to see Weird Mike, Milk N Cooks and millennial comedian Dan Nainan. 🤣👌 pic.twitter.com/ZKm64I9una

— Victor Bergermeister Meisterberger IV (@VicBergerIV) December 22, 2017

god how much I wanna watch a bunch of alt-right shitheads suffer through an hourlong performance by Dan Nainan

wow Reddit is incredibly good sometimes

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7liww8/im_mike_cernovich_journalist_author_and_filmmaker/

Has anyone here actually been to /r/politics? There's absolutely nothing surprising about this.

Scum:

this is the worst, most heart-rending thing i've ever seen on social media. heather heyer's mom ain't just aware of the bullshit lies spread about her daughter, she's read them herself. https://t.co/LFKlZTZNqx

— Asinus Pervicax (@Cato_of_Utica) December 22, 2017

tbh her mom seems like a very centered and focused human, also badass.

True.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRrKYlGV4AAugSa.jpg:small

[–]PeteIRL 693 points 3 hours ago
Hey Mike. You named your book and lifestyle Gorilla Mindset. Why did you choose the only great ape that can't recognise its reflection as itself? And as such, do you attack the man staring back at you when you look in the mirror?

this AMA is so great

man this is the most i've laughed in days. thank u.

lmaoooo

KonySandusky 605 points 2 hours ago
Hi Mike,

I first wanted to thank you for your book Gorilla Mindset. It really helped me be a better man and take control of my life in a way that I badly needed. I also wanted to thank you for leading by example regarding how to fight back against people who are trying to put you down.

I was wondering if I could ask you a personal question regarding some issues in my life to get some advice from someone who has helped me so much already:

I currently am married with a baby and am living in my wife's parents' basement. Our marriage has at times been tense because I tend to be too much of an alpha for her. I feel like there's a chance she's going to leave me in the next year or so, and though I luckily have some alimony money from a previous divorce, I'm afraid that a lot of the unhinged things I've written on the internet will make it difficult to get custody of our baby. Any advice? And if you were me, how would you change my living situation, which is admittedly a bit emasculating?

Thanks again for everything!

gorillamindset -287 points 2 hours ago
Live a good life, starting TODAY. In America, a Christian nation, people will forgive and forget if you give them good reason to. Make a commitment to change the perception people have of you by spreading love and living the Gorilla Mindset way.

BackOff_ImAScientist 193 points 2 hours ago
Man, you are too dumb to even recognize when someone is obviously making fun of your corny ass and your ridiculous monkey book.

KonySandusky

don't think she's as evil as everyone says she is but she can be a bit needlessly cruel.

― oiocha, Monday, December 18, 2017 2:02 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I know we’re having fun making fun of this gorilla man right now but i need to come back to this. Who has been saying angela nagle is “evil” or “ needlessly cruel”?

That book had all kinds of limitations but it’s still the most serious account yet written of the rise of the alt right. I think it’s a serious topic too given that these people are recruiting a new generation of bigots to scorn the basic precepts of democratic society.

that cernovich ama is the best xmas gift ever

That was seriously fantastic.

i don’t think i can embed the video here but this clip of cernovich insisting he didn’t get owned on reddit before refusing to cry over spilled milk is fucking hilarious

THREAD: Inside the fascinating world of the Far-Right dorks who call themselves “Groypers.” pic.twitter.com/sqOLvdkKfi

— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) December 27, 2017

Editor's comments on Milo's book

I went to the New York county clerk’s website and found this filing. It includes the entire manuscript with allllllll the editor’s comments as exhibit B. https://t.co/fb9yptldbO

— Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) December 28, 2017

I still think I want to fall on the 'not reading it' side, even if I miss out on milo getting humiliated.

those comments are great but also apply to everything he's ever said or done so the shame is still on them for ever even preparing to give him a book deal, imo

that Groypers thread

Exactly. Shame on S&S for commissioning it in the first place.

Feel like this frog stuff could get pretty recursive, with an even fatter frog cartoon coming along in a few months for the even more insanely racist shut-in fringe of this groper lot, and so on ad infinitumy

Yummy yummy yummy
I got love in my infinitumy

i hate that these people like vaporwave

Exactly. Shame on S&S for commissioning it in the first place.

― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Thursday, December 28, 2017 3:30 PM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's my take away.. 'let us help you cloak your vile racist bullshit so we can sell some books'

^though at the same time kinda clueless about its appeal? Like no Milo fan wants him to dial back the insults and egomania.

Might be time for milo to launder his img by doing a few avuncular documentaries about classic railway journeys for bbc4

(lolbritain deep cut)

stephen fry: the o.g. milo

Really smart thread on the Milo manuscript shows how mainstream gatekeepers are laundering fascist and white supremacist ideas to the masses. Also, Jonathan Chait got two positive shout-outs in Milo's book! Congrats Jon! https://t.co/UJGY0uZDwW

— sean. 🎅🏽 (@SeanMcElwee) December 28, 2017

He has just been invited as a keynote speaker to the next Visegrad Group conference on the “future of Europe “ fwiw, so there is still someone willing to pay for his insight.

http://europajovojev4.eu/en/#koszonto

the thread linked in caek's link is a very effective expose imho

lmao

Hell, it turns out I even have my own groyper follower, with the totally not-creepy name of “SleepParalysis Groyper”… pic.twitter.com/lMD9CIcUrT

— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) December 28, 2017

https://i.imgur.com/yeWakc0.jpg

oh my god, i forgot about those kids. jfc

The only thing I see in this photo is how terribly the hem on the big kid's jacket was sewn up. His mom must have really been in a rush!