the alt-right

So, barring some unforeseen awakening, America is heading for an eventual socialist abyss. It is really only a matter of dates. Will we all die in the inevitable communist purges within ten years? Of course not. Will it happen within the next century or two? Almost certainly.

I know I ought not ask but in what fucking alternate reality do dipshits like this think they're living in?

former congressional candidate in Arizona

Strange idea, boasting that you are a loser. I mean, any of us could be a congressional candidate, too. All we need is to pay a relatively small filing fee to appear on the ballot and then sink without a trace.

I know I ought not ask but in what fucking alternate reality do dipshits like this think they're living in?

― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:49 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean i share the sense (Global Warming's Terrifying New Math + global migration to thread) that we're heading for a nasty confrontation between the socialist/radical left and the white nationalist radical right. The migration patterns won't ease, the climate/climate-adjacent refugee crisis won't slow, and I think within our lifetimes that old chestnut about humanity's need to choose between socialism or barbarism is gonna cleave ever sharper.

But I don't particularly enjoy these thoughts the way this guy seems to.

Re that final paragraph of Jesse's there, why is is that these dudes keep referring to their ultimate nightmare, literally the worst thing they can imagine, as being '57 genders' (or sometimes fewer)? I mean it's a bit.. weedy. Doesn't it show a real lack of creative thinking..like, THAT is your apocalyptic vision of the death of America?

there's never a good answer to how it actually affects any of them.

just, you know, having to SEE them. being. existing, being different from them. blood-boiling. there's occasionally the boogieman of being compelled to recognize and correctly use the "57 pronouns" and it's like, dude, we know you still use the f-word talking about gay people so why would i assume you would ever feel the slightest pressure to get this shit right? and if it was mandatory at a job or something you know they would either (a) JUMP at the chance to defy these rules and make themselves snitty little martyrs or (b) comply with it and then JUMP at the chance to complain about it online and on talk radio until the end of time. their forefathers have gotten decades of testosterone-pumping ego-boosts and hate-stoking whining about not being able to use the n-word. as apocalyptic visions of the death of america go, one imagines it would look remarkably like the present, in practice.

hoos otm

also worth noting that this jesse fuckwad and the whole FDRLST whine machine is not really alt-right by any of its classic definitions. if those even hold anymore.

weirdo coup and final reckoning fantasies are kind of a perennial thing on the right

A millenarian fantasy really.

tbf I'd be all for purging them

two lads on train near Knaresborough, probably around 17, arguing about gun control.

Not specifically alt-right but the one arguing for less gun control sounded exactly like Paul Joseph Watson, obviously similar accent was a lot to do with it but same delivery. Kind of talked down at the other lad, though they were both kind of doing it.

'more guns means more chance of them being USED TO HURT PEOPLE"
'you dont KNOW THAT until you TRY IT'
'statistics show...'

Clearly neither of these lada have any intention of ever owning a gun themselves

putting this here as it seems to fit- it's quite something
https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/264627/the-story-of-q

thought the revive would be about this

Yiannopoulos is now apparently advocating "for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,” and sending anti-Semitic messages to Jewish journalists. https://t.co/y4rEsV8WdP

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) June 26, 2018

wonder if the left is gonna respond to this by gently chiding Maxine Waters some more

why are ppl still covering his schmuck, he has no power

He's in his Bolo Phase.

he sent a $14.88 paypal donation to the new yorker fact checker who ice harassed into quitting her job. i wish it was possible to block someone from the world

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/evkeza/neo-nazi-who-killed-heather-heyer-in-charlottesville-was-just-charged-with-29-hate-crimes?utm_source=dmfb

While I am against the death penalty I won’t say I don’t hope he fries.

Milo and Paul Joseph Planet have joined UKIP.

In a case of two sinking boats climbing on board a sinking boat.

https://theconversation.com/schools-must-equip-students-to-navigate-alt-right-websites-that-push-fake-news-97166

meanwhile, this is not necessarily a rigorous study but very plausible -- the way digital literacy is taught is an obsolete joke, advice from decades ago (often literally pulled from old teaching materials) barely updated with the phrase "fake news," and the way persuasive essay writing is taught is often just "here's your assigned viewpoint, now find 3 sources that agree with it." I'm not a history teacher and don't plan to teach anything that involves essay-writing but I'd honestly rather accept Wikipedia than an alt-right media source, despite that going against most tenets of "what not to cite."

like, this handout from a New Jersey school district (I just googled around until I found something from a school district media center, the above link does include NJ teachers) is representative of the "how to spot reliable sources" content I've read, and my day job is such that I read a lot of this. and it's complete garbage in 2018, written for an internet where 5th grade classes still make easily-googleable Angelfire sites about the carbon cycle or some shit. who in this millennium has used the word "webmaster"? http://www.clifton.k12.nj.us/schools/ms.mediactr/pdf/carrds_defined.pdf

Responding to our story @Mediaite about his encouragement of violence against reporters, Milo Yiannopoulos sent me an ominous message: pic.twitter.com/PhRd9Dv39J

— Amy Russo (@amymrusso) June 26, 2018

yeah but please tell me we shouldn't continue to worry about Milo et al jfc

leaving his bolo tie phase, entering his y’all gonna die phase

Fuck that deflated Macy's balloon in his puckered ugly ass mouth.

I shouldn’t be surprised but I’ll never understand why the alt-right isn’t worthy of a moral panic at least on par with video games or heavy metal

because they're on the right wing's side, duh

think about how much panty-twisting has gone on over antifa

yeah I know :-/

quelle surprise

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/30/exclusive-accused-annapolis-shooter-had-deep-dark-links-to-the-alt-right/

have they changed the headline from 'deep, dark links to the alt-right' to just 'dark links to the alt-right'? the article doesn't really seem to contain much evidence of *any* links, tbh

^ and there again silly question but like Peterson isn't Milo meant to be a martyr for free speech so why's he saying journalists should be shot, eh

I do think it's interesting to see this position articulated in plain sight now - a strong valorisation of offense, combined with strong animosity toward people who criticise actual power. This position has been beloved of idiots for a long time obviously but it's not always put so clearly as here.

can we talk about this photo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/he-once-defended-the-poor-in-court-now-he-defends-white-supremacists/2018/07/01/0c7bfa6a-6901-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?utm_term=.8f7bfc241995

what is it with right-wing lawyers and their anachronistic facial hair/stylings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/mgN7wyqCiRvSv7az_CnU4Nkq72U=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FYQ73HC6AUI6RNSWENWGEFHPAE.jpg

You know what it is

a desire to live in the 1840s?

was gonna post "confederate cosplay", but then i was like eh that's glib, i'll click through instead:

The mutton-chopped Virginia defense lawyer, a one-time Civil War reenactor

http://i.imgur.com/ibdKevM.jpg

https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/fan/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhiddenremote.com%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F02%2FIts-Always-Sunny-in-Philadelphia-Episodic-Images-1-23.jpg&c=sc&w=850&h=560

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EId0oEIDwqo/hqdefault.jpg

anytime Charlie goes to court is A+ lolz

It's not just an American phenomenon, this arsehole's been trolling people in Scotland for more years than the Scottish nation cares to remember or admit:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/01/1414837410121_wps_10_Donald_Findlay_QC_outside.jpg

After all, Scottish Protestant bigots are what made the USA what it is today.

I see he's doing an 'audience with' thing at the Edinburgh Festival.

For real I thought that lawyer was this dude who wrote an extremely thoughtful piece about Jay-Z a few months ago: https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/myron-magnet_123

myron... magnet?

no relation to penelope magnet I assume