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He also wrote on social media, later adding, “Note to liberals; I’ll accept ‘Gay Pride’ when you accept ‘White Pride.’”

Ummmmm.... blocky-wat

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 44 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The klan has become intersectional.

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

It's like if the Klan decided to let black people, Catholics and Jews join so that they could get together and do terrorism against the new scapegoats: queer people, leftists, and refugees.

[–] Droplet@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is my impression of the current state of US right wing politics.

Had to travel to US for work a couple years back and accidentally tuned into a right wing radio show while driving. It was too good to stop listening.

There was some local election going on. The hosts and some guest commentator were openly calling for people to vote for an Asian immigrant candidate running on a conservative/“anti-woke” platform against a woke leftist (read: white liberal Democrat).

“This man is a true American patriot I can get behind! He’s more American than the woke leftists who hate our country!”

Then the conversation pivoted to some news that Biden was ramping up tension against China. They all laughed it off: “Starting a war with China? Are they serious? We’re gonna get our asses beaten by the Chinese easily! Do you think our woke military can defeat China? Obama’s been allowing transgender ideology to be taught in the army for years! Our military is no longer the fighting force it used to be! It’s all about wokeness and transgenderism these days!”

The American right is obsessed with “wokeness” these days. It’s so bizarre and entertaining at the same time.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

20 years ago it was "political correctness"

They're eternally seething that they can't say slurs in public anymore

[–] jaywalker@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's funny because the origins of political correctness (PC) go way the fuck back to the 1930s as a reference to Nazis, but the modern usage of it was born out of leftists saying it ironically about themselves as far back as the 1970s and then finally in the late 80s and into the 90s the rightwingers picked it up as an insult or whatever

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The klan is still anti non-white organization. There are many factions of the american right, and klan just belong to the more explicitly white supremacist ones. The general right wing cares very much diversity despite complaining about it. They have so many minority based organizations and make a big stink about X ethnicity voters and how they love Trump and are tired of dems.

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I know. I was mainly making commentary on how some from those groups who were historically marginalized by the old WASP groups now make common cause to attack new groups of vulnerable people.

My fear with the American right is them discovering the types of fascism that aren't as strictly/ explicitly racialist (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), and adapting strategies for having a cultural "other" to persecute, rather than a racial one. That way they can broaden their appeal to a diversifying American electorate and more easily win power.

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Well, good thing they’re monolingual and hate foreign things.

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Wh... What would you call a political organization like that?"

"The Republicans!"

My fear is they actually get a critical mass of minorities, especially young angry men on their side by blaming queer people and migrants for everything (including why they can't get a girlfriend). It would be a realization of something the Republicans have been trying to accomplish over the last quarter century.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Woke klux klan

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Some people need killing!” His list of those needing killing seemingly included “people with evil intent,” “wicked people,” socialists, Communists, and leftists who persecute conservatives online.

It feels lazy that they’re not even pretending that their enemies are doing anything worse than being mean to them on the internet in response to their hog-brained opinions. Not even bothering with the pretence of antifa pedo cabals anymore.

[–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“We need to start handling our business again,” he added. “Don’t you feel it slipping away?… The further we start sliding into making 1776 a distant memory and the tenets of socialism and communism start coming into clearer focus. They’re watching us. They’re listening to us. They’re tracking us. They get mad at you. They cancel you. They dox you. They kick you off social media. They come in and close down your business. Folks, it’s happening … because we have forgotten who we are.”

Yup, they just want to kill for sport because they suck at posting.

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fella, I handle my business all the time, if you know what I mean

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, consuming fiber regularly helps, as does drinking water

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago

My baked ass was over here like, "Oh, just the ones who persecute conservatives online? So we're good then?"

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Unrelated, governor candidates don't have a security detail 24/7.

[–] Optimus_Subprime@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago

I give this post 3 doohickeys the-doohickey the-doohickey the-doohickey

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

Um... Erm... If... Well... That's interesting.

[–] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fact he said this in a church fills me with a deep spiritual sadness.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Personally I think of the ending of inglorious bastards with how the film theater's doors all got easily locked up with all the nazis conveniently gathered in one place and the whole thing burnt to the ground.

With a convenient schedule that guarantees you an audience to rewatch the end of that movie every sunday.

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

Here's how Varg can start redeeming himself by doing something extremely funny:

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

jesus-christ The mask is really off with this one, plus the face as well. All you can see is the raw red skull and a countenance that projects an aura of death. This really validates my growing fear of them scapegoating queer people and climate refugees as the century progresses. This guy is probably going to be a governor, and that puts anyone in a good position to assume national office, including the Presidency. It's like Matt said, the only platform these people can offer their supporters is to turn the state monopoly on violence against people they don't like.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 27 points 10 months ago

He also wrote on social media, later adding, “Note to liberals; I’ll accept ‘Gay Pride’ when you accept ‘White Pride.’”

Is he an honest-to-god kapo?

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

GOP gubernatorial candidate Clayton Bigsby

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

Chapelle's only good bit.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago

Always love these black republicans because sooner rather than later, the leopard is going to eat their face too and it doesn't care how much they kiss it's ass.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 18 points 10 months ago

Guarantee you this man has some of the most depraved CSAM on his hard drives

[–] Des@hexbear.net 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

this is the most online speech ive ever heard

touch grass dude.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A rant that was meant for the boys' groupchat delivered to confused churchgoers.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

bunch of facebook grannies who have never experienced being "ratioed" on twitter

also wondering why they are being called upon to murder their left leaning grandchildren

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago
[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

yeah this guy should probably be killed

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

this needs cw and nsfw tag for description

[–] pooh@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

Good call. I’ll do that right now.

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

...But can I call to kill the right? Can I call to kill the big business freakshows who poison the water and land for nothing more than their own bottom line? Can I call to kill the stiffs and zealots that want to stuff those who don't conform to their specific narrow, high-control religious traditions and mores back in the closet? Can I call to kill the people who've spent the past decades hellbent on striking the New Deal from the record?

Surely if they can, I can, right? Actually, it doesn't matter because I will anyways. Honestly if not for the whole "collateral damage" thing i'd be calling for North Carolina to get the shit bombed out of it. Even that's becoming less of an issue to me lately.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. No you can't.

Right wing pundits and politicians can literally beat people to death on screen but if you so much as criticize a racist conservative online for being racist then you deserve execution.

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It honestly gets to a point where I’m thinking about just doing it anyways. Shit, a life I have to share with these people isn’t a life I value highly anyways. And what the hell, I don’t care about anyone else I could possibly endanger either.

God there’s some shit I could say in a more fedposting friendly environment

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fucking let them have straight pride and watch barely anyone turn up.

Fact is, straight people are boring as fuck.

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A bunch of dumpy middle-aged men wearing cargo shorts and Star wars t-shirts, talking about wild and crazy sexual positions they've tried like "her on top" and "keeping my eyes open", marching down the street, blasting the Dave Matthews band.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Yup. This is what I envisage

[–] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

He also wrote on social media, later adding, “Note to liberals; I’ll accept ‘Gay Pride’ when you accept ‘White Pride.’”

fash-bash

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Robinson was later asked for comment and replied: Oh I just meant politically killed. You leftist media that deserve literal execution always blow this out of proportion and persecute us True Americans! Death to the left! Political death! Also literal death, but not if you ask me what I said. Now go and uncritically write what I said and convince the public to treat me fairly at take me at my word. Well, a word, maybe not my word. Just whatever word I want them to believe."

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

MLK on steroids