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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The lobsters thread linked in a sibling comment has more examples, but here's him eulogizing Charlie Kirk in a nazi bar https://nitter.net/awesomekling/status/1966456391146606806

[–] veganes_hack@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago

as a bonus here he does a "i'm not usually political, but the left is evil" https://nitter.net/awesomekling/status/1967493595545682220 great, just great

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I never got much of a sense that Charlie would be open to have his own mind changed

No way, really? Are you really doubting the professional nazi troll's desire to have his convictions challenged through good faith dialogue?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

no, you see, exchange of opinions with charlie kirk was supposed to work like this: you get in with your opinion and leave with his

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 5 days ago

It is well known that the Marketplace Of Ideas is Zero Sum

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was hoping it was meant as a trollish sort of post (because anybody who didn't realize that soon after ~2016 has not paid any attention), but then he did a bothsides. Really doing a 'lets be open to the idea of gay people being stoned (and that isn't even the correct quote, it is put to death, leviticus is specific (it also seems to only be about people in Israel, or else the land will vomit you out, and old testament. Kirk wasn't even a good bible scholar). and trans people being eradicated'.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

dunno, I seem to recall I've seen a couple other stinkers from ronacher lately. dude's also full on the LLM bandwagon iirc

probably need to keep a notes file

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago

Sorry I meant that my hope was wrong, and too generous.