Film Sessions: Who Weeps for the Hate Nerd?
Editor’s note: welcome back to Film Sessions; our quasi-regular feature on Media Madness in which I share, analyze and expand on a relevant video created by someone on the left wing of YouTube.
Don’t Shuffle For Nick Fuentes
As you may, or (blissfully) may not have heard, noted extremely online fascist provocateur and white nationalist edgelord Nick Fuentes is claiming he’s been placed on the government no fly list; presumably because of his political beliefs. Setting aside that this is probably not true, everyone’s favorite crypto-strasserist investigative journalist has been urging lefties to fight against this authoritarian act, and on behalf of Nick Fuentes. As this short analysis essay on Media Madness demonstrates however, that is probably an extremely bad idea because if Fuentes is being restricted by the government, it’s likely because of the very real criminal acts he’s openly engaging in – not his purported political beliefs; which are explicitly fascist.
Featuring a whole pile of evidentiary source links, and an excellent twenty-two minute video by anarchist YouTube creator Thought Slime, we’re going deep on just who Nick Fuentes is and why it’s appalling that anyone purporting to be a leftie, is helping him drum up support for his dangerous provocateur nonsense. It’s time to go beyond the online culture war; let’s unmask the Hate Nerd for what he really is.
“Look, I know it can be hard to take Fuentes seriously because he’s a walking meme with ginormous hands and extremely weird hobbies for a fascist. The problem is that despite all this Nick is still a very real danger to not only marginalized communities, but basically anyone who isn’t also a white nationalist with open fascist beliefs. Furthermore, this is only partially because of his ability to spew hateful and eliminationist rhetoric; despite his bizarre game of Simon Says provocation, Fuentes also appears to be criminally responsible for inciting a violent insurrection attempt, election interference, and encouraging his devotees to obstruct a federal investigation into the January 6th, Capitol Hill riot by destroying their phones.”
To learn more over on Media Madness, click on the quotation block above, or the header below:
The Hate Nerd; Featuring a Thought Slime Video
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