Stew Peters Advocates for a Violent Overthrow of the Government | Right Wing Watch
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Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, …
  • @PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
    4•9 months ago

    Ah, I see what you meant now. I’m too used to you and others calling me a troll automatically, simply because I disagree.

    Regardless, from what I can tell, Stew Peters is his actual name, not a joke or troll name:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stew_Peters

    https://www.havasunews.com/news/judge-rules-arizona-has-jurisdiction-to-hear-sheehy-s-defamation-lawsuit-against-national-podcaster-stew/article_b0e55b02-281c-11ee-9531-f761d2967534.html

    And double regardless, shit like this within conservatism should be a giant red flag no matter what subsection of conservatism is saying it. Being “ironically” racist is racist, similarly being “ironically” fascist is still fascist. /u/PeepinGoodArgs has explained this very well.

    • Throwaway
      1•9 months ago

      Im still not convinved he isn’t just a troll, especially with a birthday on april fools days, but that is a lot of effort.

      Red flag for what exactly? We all know assholes and idiots exist.

      • @PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
        2•9 months ago

        That second link is from a court case, which presumably would have his actual name. And again, I don’t care too much if he is a troll or not. The fact that conservatives embrace him at all is a problem.

        Red flag for what exactly?

        For conservatism. I’m sure you’ve heard this quote before, “If there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, then you got a table with 11 Nazis.” This guy may not be a literal Nazi, but he is waving the flag of fascism for one reason or another, and he is quite successful in the right wing sphere from what I can tell.

            • Throwaway
              1•9 months ago

              Fascism is a problem across all over the political spectrum. Look at any tankie post if you want left wing fascism.

              • @PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
                3•9 months ago

                Yeah, because if there is one thing fascists have been historically known for, it’s been pro-communism. In case it wasn’t clear, that was a joke, fascists put communists to death.

                Tankies are terrible, but nowhere near as big of a problem. This isn’t a both sides issue.