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Republicans have a Nazi porn problem, again. Virginia Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid is facing mounting political pressure after a report tied him to a Tumblr blog that reposted Nazi-themed pornography and violent sexual content. The allegations, which Reid has denied, have fueled fresh calls for his withdrawal from the race.

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The username used his initials. 🤦‍♂️ What a fucking moron.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 hours ago
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Republicans: Democrats call us fascist and Nazis and it hurts our fee fees.

Also Republicans: Masturbates furiously to Nazi porn.

Every accusation is a sticky mess of an admission with these guys

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nazi porn scandal? The fuck?

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Multiple, in fact.

[–] bund@sh.itjust.works 11 points 13 hours ago

and i thought my brain did auto satire reading the headline

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Sad thing is that is going to make him a martyr. A beyond pathetic and disgusting excuse of a martyr. But hey, whatever burns your cross & sigs yer heil.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago

There used to be a lot of talk online about how popular nazi porn was in Israel. Lots of people said at the time that it was probably due to generational trauma related to the holocaust, but in hindsight I think that it's because nazis love Nazi porn.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

At least it's not CP?

Ugh, this is all so disgusting

[–] JHRD1880@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Just wait, that'll likely crop up later.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I've looked up some weird porn, but I've never thought to look for Nazi themed porn.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Saw bdsm Hitler bunker on steam and knew this timeline is managed by sheogorath.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Better him than YHWH

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not defending the guy in the OP, but "violent", "extreme" and "nazi" porn is a slippery slope. A latex domme facesitting could be framed as extreme, violent, nazi pornography by some people.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, there is a big difference between face sitting and fetishizing genocide.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm saying that, and we had this in the UK with the extreme pornography laws, that puritans (/proto-fascists / cryptofascists) will call it Nazi porn in order to ban it, even if they are (lower-case) nazis themselves

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh, if you're saying banning things are a slippery slope, I agree. Plus I would rather let Nazis be Nazis so I can know who my enemy is.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I mean republicans are full Nazi these days so it makes sense. I mean a lot are self loathing closeted gay Nazis but they’re all Nazis now every last one.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Trust people that say please don’t look it up. It exists. Just because you can chew gum in church doesn’t mean you should.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I feel like masturbating through your pants in church is a more apt comparison.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 29 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yo if people in the 80s and 90s could see these headlines they'd not even know how to digest it.

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Tumblr? Blog? Burn the witch!!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, this is a gay Republican who is also in an interracial relationship?

Um, does he not understand that conservatives....have plans....for people like him?

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 18 hours ago

Nope, John Reid thinks he's one of the good ones.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Shit that might get him elected as all conservatives love fucking children and being hateful. Every. One. Of. Them.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I actually think a lot of the voting base actually does genuinely care about protecting children. They simply have a very warped idea of what that entails, because they’ve been given boogeymen to distract from the real problems.

Look at how many republican voters were pissed about the Epstein files not being released. Especially early on, before Fox News figured out their talking points and had time to keep repeating them. Those voters were genuinely upset about it.

“Protect the children” has been a war banner for the right for a long time. It has been something they rally around, and that Fox would use to galvanize voters. For instance, they don’t like drag queens? Say that the drag queens are harmful to children, and those voters will go along with it. And there is a significant percentage of that voting bloc that genuinely believes the “protect the children” message.

The ones in power absolutely love fucking children.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Nope.

Conservative PEOPLE love fucking children. It's mainly the right that is asking about child marriage, lowering consent age, banning contraception, and such.

Most documented pedophiles that I've seen tend to be white, male, and lean conservative. Now white women are making an effort to catch up in the fucking children department however.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not a weird coincidence that just keeps happening. There is a reason, it makes a ton of sense once you see it explained.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 27 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting read, although I still feel like it's a leap to say that a patriarchal society requires pedophilia. What I think is more likely is that the more pedophiles there are in positions of authority, they will prefer to give positions to those in their "special group". I would imagine it almost becomes a right of passage because those in power need something to hold over those under them.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 10 points 13 hours ago

Trying to make pedo shit out to be an artifact of the patriarchy certainly requires ignoring the fact that there are a ton of women that are pedos. Even in an entirely gender-equitable society there would still be creeps of all genders. Its just a sad fact of life that there are a lot of creeps, and those creeps seek positions of authority in order to enact their creepy shit. Patriarchy has nothing to do with it

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Even if they don’t give those positions to them they certainly won’t punish someone for having those same views. And that’s another part of it, where people who aren’t actively bad are still passively enabling everyone who is because it doesn’t affect them personally.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The Nazi label really isn't working as a deterrent for their base.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Its crazy to me they are seeing it as a feature, not a bug. Its like they forgot their grandfathers fought and killed Nazis to free the world from fascists.

[–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 9 points 18 hours ago

“The masses have never thirsted after truth... . Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”

The Crowd, Le Bon

Propaganda must be continuous and lasting—continuous in that it must not leave any gaps, but must fill the citizen’s whole day and all his days; lasting in that it must function over a very long period of time.’ Propaganda tends to make the individual live in a separate world; he must not have outside points of reference. He must not be allowed a moment of meditation or reflection in which to see himself vis-a-vis the propagandist, as happens when the propaganda is not continuous.

Propaganda, Ellul

Words and symbols have no real meaning to these people. They are more like mantras, or incantations, to elicit conditioned feelings and demonstrate whether one belongs to the group or not. Fascist has no emotional meaning tied to the term, it’s just a meaningless noise “the others” make.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Oh, but they'll cry about how it's so mean to call them fascists.

Also, they'll pull some Murc's Law shit and act like they were made to be fascists because of the mean Democrats...

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Surely he's the ideal choice to be the next GOP Presidential candidate?. Just go and rant ability some minority sacrificing dogs or some shit and he's a shoe in.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

And his base will still say there’s more proof about the dog thing despite it being 100% fabricated.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Reid’s longtime partner, Alonzo Mable, is Black.

If they're into race play, that's weird but none of our business. Judge not lest ye be judged for the porn that you like.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

It also appears the entirety of the evidence the Tumblr account is his is the username being the same. That's interesting, but not conclusive.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 8 points 23 hours ago

Some of the stuff that people are into can tell us about what they're like as people. Fetishizing nazis and white power shit, that's not just a fetish, that shit's a lifestyle, and I'm pretty sure that that carries over into a person's actual political opinions and attitudes. But, it might not be him. That's always a possibility. I'd like some proof that it was.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

are you … defending his ability to share nazi themed porn?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. He’s got a right to do that. Doesn’t make him a great candidate, though.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

i don’t want my candidates supporting nazis in any way shape or form.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 11 points 22 hours ago

Me either. He's not my candidate, since I don't live in VA, but if I did, he would not have my vote.

He still has the right to share Nazi porn.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, both possibilities mentioned are plausible. Some actual investigation and evidence tying him to the account are warranted.