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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, …
  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m not saying you’re a troll, the jury is still out on that. But I’m saying the guy who calls himself stupider is a troll.

    • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year 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@lemm.ee
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        1 year 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·
          1 year 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.

            • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
              3·
              1 year ago

              I’m saying that fascism is a problem within conservatism. And guys like this are an example.

              • Throwaway@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 year 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·
                  1 year 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.

                  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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                    1 year ago

                    Fascism as a term is vague and isn’t limited to any one thing anymore, no one is talking about 1930s/1940s Italy anymore.