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| | Some people seem to be on the wrong side of this one.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZIx5Ynd9_Sw/</ref><ref>https://illustratedphilosophy.com/ip152/</ref> Take Tarl Warwick, who defended Nick Fuentes while attacking [[Sebastian Gorka]]<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/_wZLuDCM4zg/</ref> and [[Ben Shapiro]].<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/JC-QFd1jkYw/</ref> Or take identitarian [[Faith Goldy]], who produced a video for VDARE in support of Nick Fuentes and his defenders that condemned [[Charlie Kirk|Turning Point USA]] and the [[Trump]] Administration as "[[Conservative Inc.]]"<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/GuLEC0jTwSnj/</ref> | | Some people seem to be on the wrong side of this one.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZIx5Ynd9_Sw/</ref><ref>https://illustratedphilosophy.com/ip152/</ref> Take Tarl Warwick, who defended Nick Fuentes while attacking [[Sebastian Gorka]]<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/_wZLuDCM4zg/</ref> and [[Ben Shapiro]].<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/JC-QFd1jkYw/</ref> Or take identitarian [[Faith Goldy]], who produced a video for VDARE in support of Nick Fuentes and his defenders that condemned [[Charlie Kirk|Turning Point USA]] and the [[Trump]] Administration as "[[Conservative Inc.]]"<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/GuLEC0jTwSnj/</ref> |
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| − | This is not [[establishment]] vs. anti-establishment. I am very anti-establishment. But these people attack [[movement conservative]]s as well as [[mainstream conservative|mainstream]] and establishment conservatives. [[The Washington Examiner]] may have forced its employees to get [[COVID vaccine|vaccinated against COVID-19]] even before [[Biden]]'s [[vaccine mandate|federal mandate]],<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/565977-washington-examiner-to-require-vaccination-for-employees</ref> but [[The Daily Wire]] has refused to comply with the mandate.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-leadership-lauded-for-standing-up-to-bidens-tyrannical-vaccination-mandate</ref> | + | This is not [[establishment]] vs. anti-establishment. I am very anti-establishment. But these people attack [[movement conservative]]s as well as [[mainstream conservative|mainstream]] and establishment conservatives. [[The Washington Examiner]] may have forced its employees to get [[COVID vaccine|vaccinated against COVID-19]] even before [[Biden]] announced [[Biden's vaccine mandate|his federal mandate]],<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/565977-washington-examiner-to-require-vaccination-for-employees</ref> but [[The Daily Wire]] filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration challenging the mandate.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-the-daily-wire-challenges-biden-administration-vaccine-mandate</ref> |
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| − | I don't have a problem with people who question or criticize the [[Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--xP8Xvnd8</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omukr2ML8BA&t=909s</ref> Elijah Schaffer called [[Abraham Lincoln]] a globalist,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37n6fi7R1uk&t=3198s</ref> and though I disagree I won't hold it against him. However, I take issue with people who trivialize, downplay, or engage in historical revisionism about the [[Holocaust]]. I'm not talking about clear-cut satire, as long as one makes sure the aim of the comedy is to deride neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. Neither of those labels applies to Nick Fuentes or the famous Canadian anti-lockdown protester Chris Sky, but in the case of the former the satire seemed to be aimed against people who believe that 6,000,000 Jews died during this horrific genocide.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/yQ_nzYWTOlY/</ref> Likewise, Chris Sky claimed that this figure originated in the [[Talmud]] and that it is unrealistic --- before storming out of the interview by [[Rebel News]]' David Menzies having accused the People's Party of Canada and Rebel News itself of being controlled opposition.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYxBY-69WE</ref> A historical event with such a monumental toll on a group of people that caused such great collective emotional, physical, and psychological damage is and should be an incredibly sensitive topic. Even VDARE's John Derbyshire reprimanded Fuentes for his nonchalant attitude toward it.<ref>https://vdare.com/posts/from-the-derbyshire-email-bag-groypers-pro-and-con</ref> | + | I don't have a problem with people who question or criticize the [[Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--xP8Xvnd8</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omukr2ML8BA&t=909s</ref> Elijah Schaffer called [[Abraham Lincoln]] a globalist,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37n6fi7R1uk&t=3198s</ref> and though I disagree I won't hold it against him. However, I take issue with people who trivialize, downplay, or engage in historical revisionism about the [[Holocaust]]. I'm not talking about clear-cut satire, as long as one makes sure the aim of the comedy is to deride neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. Neither of those labels applies to Nick Fuentes or the famous Canadian anti-lockdown protester Chris Sky, but in the case of the former the satire seemed to be aimed against people who believe that 6,000,000 Jews died during this horrific genocide.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/yQ_nzYWTOlY/</ref> Likewise, Chris Sky claimed that this figure originated in the [[Talmud]] and that it is unrealistic --- before storming out of the interview by [[Rebel News]]' David Menzies having accused the [[People's Party of Canada]] and Rebel News itself of being controlled opposition.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYxBY-69WE</ref> A historical event with such a monumental toll on a group of people that caused such great collective emotional, physical, and psychological damage is and should be an incredibly sensitive topic. Even VDARE's John Derbyshire reprimanded Fuentes for his nonchalant attitude toward it.<ref>https://vdare.com/posts/from-the-derbyshire-email-bag-groypers-pro-and-con</ref> |
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| − | You can disagree with Ben Shapiro on [[trade]]<ref>https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2018/03/12/debunking-ben-shapiro-tariffs/</ref> or [[theology]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMCVjIvNnc</ref> People have respectfully challenged him in those areas, and he has admitted when he has been wrong.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ben-shapiro-admits-trump-100-right-100-wrong-latest-report-true/</ref> Even his own co-workers have disagreed with him<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPcJ0qSl0pA</ref> or held differing opinions from him.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/klavan-networks-are-lying-about-trumps-trade-war-daily-wire</ref> You can do that without [https://www.bitchute.com/video/u36xeZEjna8/ stooping to anti-Semitism or emotionalism], or attempting to humiliate him in front of his wife and children.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQDiPcBWEY</ref> Ben Shapiro is largely right about the groypers,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrWly5uNUI</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_RUxBTHN4</ref> despite the claims of some.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/shameful-never-trumper-ben-shapiro-quotes-a-nazi-to-smear-america-first-patriots/</ref> He is not the only one on the right side of this issue.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkaZXqL4UuM&t=360s</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZTe0WohCuo</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/very-disturbing-nick-fuentes-and-his-groypers-infiltrated-the-tpusa-event-last-night-and-bashed-gays-and-jews-video/</ref> | + | You can disagree with Ben Shapiro on [[trade]]<ref>https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2018/03/12/debunking-ben-shapiro-tariffs/</ref> or [[theology]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMCVjIvNnc</ref> People have respectfully challenged him in those areas, and he has admitted when he has been wrong.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ben-shapiro-admits-trump-100-right-100-wrong-latest-report-true/</ref> Even his own co-workers have disagreed with him<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPcJ0qSl0pA</ref> or held differing opinions from him.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/klavan-networks-are-lying-about-trumps-trade-war-daily-wire</ref> You can do that without [https://www.bitchute.com/video/u36xeZEjna8/ stooping to anti-Semitism or emotionalism], or attempting to humiliate him in front of his wife and children.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQDiPcBWEY</ref> Ben Shapiro is largely right about the groypers,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrWly5uNUI</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_RUxBTHN4</ref> despite the claims of some.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/shameful-never-trumper-ben-shapiro-quotes-a-nazi-to-smear-america-first-patriots/</ref> He is not the only one on the right side of this issue.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZTe0WohCuo</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/very-disturbing-nick-fuentes-and-his-groypers-infiltrated-the-tpusa-event-last-night-and-bashed-gays-and-jews-video/</ref> |
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| | I'm all for criticizing [[Breitbart News]], as Nick Fuentes has done. When I heard that Breitbart caved and fired editor Katie McHugh [[Essay: Why I no longer support Breitbart|for criticizing Islam]],[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/06/07/just-happened-newly-politically-correct-breitbart-fires-editor-tweet-islam-499698] I opposed and continue to oppose that. If Nick Fuentes' claims are true that Breitbart tried to pressure Congressman [[Paul Gosar]] to disavow him, I oppose that as well. Fuentes is right when he says that Breitbart is no longer relevant and that not very many people read their articles anymore in all likelihood. He's right when he says that part of the explanation is that all the interesting people are gone ([[Steve Bannon|Bannon]], [[Milo Yiannopoulos|Yiannopoulos]], Shapiro). But he's wrong when he says the main problem with Breitbart is that it's run by a [[Jewish]] [[Zionist]].<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/officialamericafirst/view/why-are-fox-and-breitbart-writing-60e4b292e73e5aad92db5ce9</ref> I've found [[Joel Pollak]] to be too politically correct at times,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EhuZ5Irwoo</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnTdTHT9afI</ref> but that has nothing to do with his Judaism or Zionism. And contrary to what Fuentes maintains, the establishment is not Jewish or Zionist --- quite the opposite, in fact (see [[The Establishment and Zionism]]). | | I'm all for criticizing [[Breitbart News]], as Nick Fuentes has done. When I heard that Breitbart caved and fired editor Katie McHugh [[Essay: Why I no longer support Breitbart|for criticizing Islam]],[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/06/07/just-happened-newly-politically-correct-breitbart-fires-editor-tweet-islam-499698] I opposed and continue to oppose that. If Nick Fuentes' claims are true that Breitbart tried to pressure Congressman [[Paul Gosar]] to disavow him, I oppose that as well. Fuentes is right when he says that Breitbart is no longer relevant and that not very many people read their articles anymore in all likelihood. He's right when he says that part of the explanation is that all the interesting people are gone ([[Steve Bannon|Bannon]], [[Milo Yiannopoulos|Yiannopoulos]], Shapiro). But he's wrong when he says the main problem with Breitbart is that it's run by a [[Jewish]] [[Zionist]].<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/officialamericafirst/view/why-are-fox-and-breitbart-writing-60e4b292e73e5aad92db5ce9</ref> I've found [[Joel Pollak]] to be too politically correct at times,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EhuZ5Irwoo</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnTdTHT9afI</ref> but that has nothing to do with his Judaism or Zionism. And contrary to what Fuentes maintains, the establishment is not Jewish or Zionist --- quite the opposite, in fact (see [[The Establishment and Zionism]]). |